[vega]

I find myself frequently asking myself what the point is to life in general. This is not a suicide post. I feel like I get up in the morning go to a job I hate all day, feel anxiety and panic in the evenings and repeat the process each day. I hope for the weekends and it seems they're gone in a flash and I'm back to the monotony all over again. Anyone else think like this sometimes?

[scatterbrained04]

I think like that a lot too. It just feels like there's no point if you're miserable all the time.

Though, I have many things in my life that are worth being here for.

[Permacultural]

Originally Posted by vega

I find myself frequently asking myself what the point is to life in general. This is not a suicide post. I feel like I get up in the morning go to a job I hate all day, feel anxiety and panic in the evenings and repeat the process each day. I hope for the weekends and it seems they're gone in a flash and I'm back to the monotony all over again. Anyone else think like this sometimes?

I feel like the point to the life is experiencing.

The stuff we do outside of our normal day, that we make a conscious effort to do.

[mortalache]

This is on my mind a lot, too. I work full time at a dirty job and when I come home I'm usually too drained of energy to get back to my real life doing things I love to do. Like I have no more time to paint as I did before this job. Not even enough rest to gather inspiration for new projects when I do have some extra time. I have no family or partner, no friends and the few things I love and live for I have no time for.

I just often feel trapped in this. I've been looking for a different job, but at the end of the day I don't think it will lead to much of a difference. I'll likely feel the same just in a different setting. I can't escape feeling so trapped and without real options. This seems like it's what I'm supposed to accept though. Having a job- keeping it even if it's miserable to drag myself through each day.

I find myself thinking the same thing. I work at a job that I basically like, but the job is not that exciting. I work at typical hours (m-f) and I feel blessed that I have it. I agree that the weekends go by like a flash.

I feel pretty alone in the world. Fortunately I have one friend and that does help. But there are times that we don't get together on the weekends. We rarely get together on the weekdays because we live somewhat far apart. On the weekdays, I don't mind that there's no one home with me because I've had enough with dealing with people. But on the weekends, I feel pretty lonely.

I feel like I'm in a routine and a rut. It all goes like a well oiled machine. But I feel like it can lead me nowhere. And I don't know what to do to change. Also I feel like there's nothing much in the future to look forward to. I constantly think about how the good things I have going for me now will end up being taken away from me. That gives me a lot of feelings of dread.

[kray_bray_may]

Originally Posted by vega

I find myself frequently asking myself what the point is to life in general. This is not a suicide post. I feel like I get up in the morning go to a job I hate all day, feel anxiety and panic in the evenings and repeat the process each day. I hope for the weekends and it seems they're gone in a flash and I'm back to the monotony all over again. Anyone else think like this sometimes?

Yes, I wonder that all the time. What's the point of suffering all the time? However, I don't always enjoy weekends because they leave me more time alone with my thoughts which can be deeply unpleasant.

[Mountainbard]

I think most everyone feels this way from time to time, and I think that depression can make that feeling worse/more persistent. "What's the point of it all?" is of course a question humans have been asking since forever. Maybe the important thing is asking the question rather than answering it. They say that what is important is the journey, since the destination is the same for all of us. That may be true, but sometimes it's hard to understand why the journey must be so difficult.

[Happy pills]

I tread the same old boards each day doing the same job day in day out and I think the last 2 years have just flown by. I have done nothing that makes any difference to anybody not even myself. I mostly think what is the point...
"I think therefore I exist", I bet cats don't plod on thinking about being bored.

[Skeezyks]

This was pretty-much the story of my working life. It's one thing I am grateful for in retirement. Not that anything has really changed that much. But at least I don't have to pretend to be happy about it all...

[stewartmays1]

yup most days im like why do i bother to get up at all i have no life job family ect its very sad but i guess the only way is up when your are this far down

As far as I can tell, the point in life seems to be whatever you make it.

[summersmom]

Originally Posted by vega

I find myself frequently asking myself what the point is to life in general. This is not a suicide post. I feel like I get up in the morning go to a job I hate all day, feel anxiety and panic in the evenings and repeat the process each day. I hope for the weekends and it seems they're gone in a flash and I'm back to the monotony all over again. Anyone else think like this sometimes?

I feel like this every day. I wake up and feel panicky and then that passes, and then I feel fatigued all day. I don't want to live like this, so I keep hoping I will find some remedy to get the light back in my life.

[whybother10]

I feel the same way too. I used to think about the s word. But I don't anymore. I just fee numb to it all. But I came here looking for some ideas about how to maybe crawl out of this. I feel very worthless and hopeless. But I don't want to give up on trying to figure out things that might help me get out of feeling this way.

I second George H's opinion. Life has no meaning that anyone will really ever be able to discern. It is the meaning that you give to life that gives life meaning.

There is this great quote by Picasso somewhere that says "It took me 4 years to paint like Raphael but a lifetime to paint like a child." The meaning that I ended up taking from it is the same but for the world. Yeah, I learned super easily how to despair. To plod the same dirt everyday and not feel like I was living so I figure honestly, my own point of living at this point (which is subject to change at anytime lol), is to rediscover the enthusiasm for the world that each one of us had as a child.

There is also a great movie called Colorful (that I recommend) that I think really gets down to the gritty of it. I want to experience more. I have not had my fill yet of happiness. Of the people that I love. The food I want to eat. The things I want to learn. There are still so many things I want to see. So many things left to do. I want to be angry and joyful and sad and experience the whole gambit. And when I get to death's door, I'm going to march into the other side proudly saying that life could not beat me down. (and that's my other point to life lol. Getting revenge on life itself for trying to wear me away hahaha)

[ablankscript]

I feel this right now , and sometimes I think I get it, some divine purpose, being that i am bipolar I tend to swing both sides on this to the extremes. What is the point of anything? For me it is to take care of my son that I decided to conceive with a woman during a hypomanic phase bad to say I know but it is amazing that kids do bring joy and purpose but not stability... During my depression there is no point, it is like painting a holographic picture and then burning it so it is gone forever without a trace or purpose.

[annoyedgrunt84]

I feel like this quite a bit. Like wake up pretend I'm ok because if you don't then you're just a drama queen, go home dread the next day coming, go to bed wake up repeat. Weekends and days off fly by, I'm just waiting to die is what it feels like.

[sub-dural]

I used to. Then I started working in healthcare and got a better idea what the point is. Really nothing. People die terrible deaths and a lot of f---ed up sh---t happens. I work off-shifts and don't drive cars and stay away from my family and that's the only things that keep me going.

Intellectualizing.

[ManOfConstantSorrow]

Of course but there is no simple answer.

Now that you can talk to your mobile phone I like to ask it such questions. The answers suggest that phone technology is not yet at a state where it can help. But any day now.

[avlady]

i am disabled and wish to God i had a job, any job!!! I am not capable because of a head injury and other broken bones and etc. i live and breathe for my husband and son most days. i do only light housework, pshysical therapy, and on internet alot too. i do enjoy our backyard in the summertime, we have fires in our firepit. otherwise i am a homebody and lonely. i did do some volunteer working with the elderly too and will be again soon too. so as to say i am thankful for some things but just wish for a bit more.

[vega]

Originally Posted by unicornsareamyth

I second George H's opinion. Life has no meaning that anyone will really ever be able to discern. It is the meaning that you give to life that gives life meaning.

There is this great quote by Picasso somewhere that says "It took me 4 years to paint like Raphael but a lifetime to paint like a child." The meaning that I ended up taking from it is the same but for the world. Yeah, I learned super easily how to despair. To plod the same dirt everyday and not feel like I was living so I figure honestly, my own point of living at this point (which is subject to change at anytime lol), is to rediscover the enthusiasm for the world that each one of us had as a child.

There is also a great movie called Colorful (that I recommend) that I think really gets down to the gritty of it. I want to experience more. I have not had my fill yet of happiness. Of the people that I love. The food I want to eat. The things I want to learn. There are still so many things I want to see. So many things left to do. I want to be angry and joyful and sad and experience the whole gambit. And when I get to death's door, I'm going to march into the other side proudly saying that life could not beat me down. (and that's my other point to life lol. Getting revenge on life itself for trying to wear me away hahaha)

This post is inspirational to me, thanks. I need to really change how I think and process things.

[FireIsland123]

I've given up on the big "meaning of life" questions. Too many disappointments. And believing that trend will no doubt continue. So, what I try to do is stay focused on the next 24 hours. What can I do to make the next 24 hours more enjoyable or at least more tolerable? One example is not listening to talk radio or watching some stupidity on TV. Talk radio is full of anger and uses fear as its biggest talking point. TV? We are being constantly bombarded with advertising designed to make you feel like cra+p because you don't have this car or that IPhone. True. Turning off the TV or radio won't give you the meaning of life, but its just one way to start shedding the anxiety and disappointment that keeps us from any sense of joy. Avoiding toxic people and gossip is another. Just small things to make the next 24 hours a bit more tolerable than the last. Big picture problems? None of us can really see the big picture because we are IN the big picture. Trying to change it is nearly impossible and its why we feel so overwhelmed. OK. Class dismissed! Enjoy the next 24 hours the best you can!