"Existence" is not "Life"

I really, really want to start screaming this, over and over again. I can't quite get myself to do it. What would be the point?

What is the point in anything?

I am at a loss. You think most people might understand, but you would be mistaken. Some people understand. Be careful who you talk to, and what you say, for that reason.

I agree that living is more than merely existing and there have been long periods of time where I have only been existing. Fortunately, I’m not in the merely existing mode right now.

And that is the question.

By the way...there is no point to anything....that's the point. Kierkegaard and Nietzsche also believed that life is meaningless.

Part of the Philosophical school of Existentialism, Nihilism is the belief that our human existence has no real objective meaning, no purpose, no essential value or comprehensible truth.

https://ieet.org/index.php/IEET2/more/danaher20151220

It's sad that we live in a society where we are punished for not conforming and for being different; for existing, not living.

Who says 'existence' isn't living? What human qualified that phrase into the human consciousness to mean that if you don't have or don't do a,b, and c, then you are viewed as just 'existing' and not 'living.'

Is a homeless person just existing, not living? A poor person? A mentally ill person? A religious person? A non-religious person? A military person or non-military person?

We ascribe meaning to our own life and our perception of our reality is what matters in the end. To allow outside influences (like people or systems like religion, the military, schools, corporations, etc.) to qualify the quality of your life is the same as surrendering yourself to become a slave to those outside influences.

Don't become a slave to someone or something else's ideas or ideology. If you do, then you'll lose yourself and your right to qualify your own existence.

To exist is to live. To live is to exist. Meaning is meaningless. Perception is not reality. Truth is a lie, because it's not based on reality. It's based on perception.

You're absolutely right. Some timed though all we can manage is existence until we get to a better spot. I'm sorry you're having a rough time and I do understand. I was recently there for 2 years. Big hugs.

I think I've been there for the past like 8 years.....