I just want to know if anyone else thinks this way in their depression. the major thing that gets to me during my lows is the fact 'i don’t understand', in-fact thats a question that i usually repeat over and over in these time in my head or out loud hoping that at one point I’ll find the answer or someone will tell me. what i don’t understand is existence. whats the point of it? i can’t fathom the humans need for survival, if we die, big deal! why continue doing the same things over and over again just for our children to do this over and over and then their children… endlessly for the rest of eternity? If existence really is as futile as this, what is the problem with a person choosing death? there are so many hundreds of people who don’t think in this way who can continue what i believe to be humanities purpose, which is reproduction, so why is it so bad i want to die. don’t get me wrong, i enjoy my life to a certain extent i just don’t know how to live in a world which has legitimately no meaning. and if one more person tells me i just need to “find my purpose in life” i will god damn scream and proceed to spontaneously combust :) does anyone get this???
Is it just me or who else feels this way about our existence?
- Posted:
- 3+ months ago by katiebear17
- Topics:
- depression, major, feel, existence, fact
Responses (4)
I guess no one really understands why we exist maybe the reason we exist right now is to try and find that out. People say that we are here to enjoy life and let other people enjoy it and making it so our children and their children can enjoy the world in a new way. Everyone's experience in the world is different but most people ask the question of why? Why are we here? I would just try and not focus on that and just enjoy what you have and maybe ask why not? The sky's the limit when it comes to what we can achieve
It is only natural to feel what you do. After a while the things that used to excite you may lose their charm and in that.. most probably lies the root of your question. Why exist at all?
Every single person will have varied answers. Some will raise their eyebrows at being asked this. Some will just shrug their shoulders and move on. Some will stay back and ponder.
To exist is a choice. To live ones life is a decision taken from that choice.
Most people go their entire lives without ever raising the question of existence. That does not equate to ignorance but simply a benign acceptance of what transpires around.
We exist to live a life of our making.
Do not go looking for your 'purpose' for it will evade you, until one fine day it reveals itself to you.. When you least expect it to.
We have the ability to create things within certain parameters. If we choose to simply sit in one place nothing will come about. Unless we create that ripple in the pond of our life, everything will be absolutely still and that will appear bland and useless.
This a small fragment of my opinion. I hope I'm not too late.