Do you have a negative outlook on life?

[PI3.14]

I see some members being nihilist, perhaps not in the the true philosophical meaning, but they nonetheless tend to find life as always negative?

Tbh, and although there are many negative aspects of life that I hate, I still would've loved to live, hadn't been for the shitty show I had to go through in my life.

I personally hate my luck in life more than I hate life itself, since I don't really hate life, merely some aspects of it.

I often see individuals mentioning that even if they had the "perfect" life, they would still want to die. Well, we can't test that, but I personally would absolutely love to live if my life didn't go the way it did.

Ig the question is, can you imagine a life in which you're happy? Or will it always be a doom and gloom for you?

 

[throw-me-away]

Yeah, I can imagine a life in which I would have been happy. If people didn't abuse me, if people didn't leave me, if I was financially secure - I'd be fine. But so much went wrong so long ago and even though I kept trying... There's no energy or hope left for me to achieve that happy life.

 

[CaptainSunshine!]

I think as long as I am me, I cannot be happy and longing for life. If I had a different brain and such, perhaps I would be happy then, but at that point it cannot really be considered me.

 

[coralreefer]

I don't think my life is doom and gloom. I'm pretty lucky in life, y'know rich, sorta good looking and yada yada yada, but it's just kinda okay. I just cannot find meaning with living or experiencing things. So I guess my answer is that no I don't see myself as happy in another life, but I don't feel like life is full of despair. It's just sorta okay. Not worth it.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

i will never consciously want to live or exist under any circumstances.

much less as an always hungry small fragile animal who can suffer unending unbearable pain which is what i am and what imo a human or life is. and on top as a slave in this evil world . and on top having to work all day shower , work a job, countless chores : like who the fuck isn't tired of this every day shower groceries take out trash clean everything to do lists,problems , suffering etc. all to only risk extreme torture.

when you've seen the worst hell is probable you conjoin everything including the pleausurable addictions that lead to the worst hell . how can one separate the enjoyable addictions from the worst pain the worst hell ? i can't. it's all part of the same evil.

like uh my watching a video is worth hours of the worst pain or a hell that is trillion times worse than one can imagine

 

[Liebestod]

Yes I do have a negative outlook on life because suffering is inherent in life. Life is suffering.

 

[UserFromNowhere]

I can't say. If I could enjoy my interests without being distracted by minor annoyances, if depression didn't constantly weigh on my mind, if I didn't constantly feel like there's obligations that I can't meet, that'd be one thing. But I've tried medication and therapy and I still don't see a path between here and there. I've never been able to see myself in the future.

 

[Cosmophobic]

A negative outlook on life might just be the very thing that makes it bearable for me. Alienation would drive me to insanity if wasn't for the ancient tradition of scorn for material existence which existed long before nihilism.

 

[gunmetalblue11]

I honestly try not to think about that often, because I guess sure, maybe I could have been somewhat happier. And when I really dive into that question in my head and ask myself, how would I today be happier and a better person if things were different, it always brings me back to every reason I am not. And every person who has done me wrong. And how I simply wasn't ready to handle, neither know how, to handle anything. And in the end none of it matters.
I guess I find comfort in nihilism. But I admire others for being able to see differently than me, and soothing in their own opinions to the question.

 

[Dante_]

I personally hate my luck in life more than I hate life itself, since I don't really hate life, merely some aspects of it.

Honestly, its best summarized that way for me too, not like I hate life in its entirety but there are some aspects of it i find incredibly difficult bare with. Some aspects of it always gets to me and i hate how its happened, even down to minor inconveniences.

 

[Beholder]

I might be happier under different circumstances. But the price of my happiness is too high because I hate myself. I care so little of my good qualities (I know I have plenty but they've no worth to me) yet I care too much about my shortcomings. I feel like someone who wants to be a painter but born blind (this is just an example). I'd need to be really rich to change many parts of my life just to make it mediocre. I'm not poor btw. I'm just not enough for myself.

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

No, I think life is beautiful but you gotta be strong. I started giving up around 20 years ago and I shrank and shrank. Never accept dishonor, never quit, never "let yourself go." I could have been so much better.

 

[ABadPerson]

I don't imagine myself ever being happy no matter how different my life played out, as it's moreso my perspective of the world that's the issue.

I'm fundamentally built in a way where I could never be happy safely, maybe if I just wasn't 'me' it would've been possible. My life surely has been shitty, but the underlying psychological issues will always have been there either way.

I guess I just hate the foundations of life itself? Nothing about it all seems worth it, I have no interests in any materialism or most societal experiences; everything seems so pointless.

 

[theway1]

I'm a male who suffers from sexual dysfunction. I have sexual anhedonia, can't really feel sexual pleasure. It's like a freak, one in a million, medical phenomenon.

I've had this problem since I was a teenager, I'm in my 30s now. It's especially sad because I do consider myself good looking, I never had a problem getting attention from women. But it all has gone to waste because of a freak medical condition.

Going through life as a male with a broken dick is beyond miserable and humiliating. It also leads to isolation and loneliness later in life. It's a very real nightmare.

I'm healthy in every other way, and I'm in excellent shape. But this one health problem completely ruined my life. I just wish my dick worked, sadly it will be cured with a bullet to the head.

Be grateful for your health, kids. A healthy person is richer than you could possibly imagine...

 

[itsgone2]

Yes. I always did. Never wanted to be here. Never took life seriously. So effin stupid. Never thought things through. Parents were absent but can only blame them so much. What's even life now? Work until you're nearly dead? Company will f you over in a heartbeat. Something like cancer or heart disease waiting. Or a mental illness that starts a path of suicidal ideation. wtf is that. I did lots of good in life. What did it matter? Who gives a crap? I effed up the important stuff. Badly. Life is stupid and I players it poorly. But it was a stupid game I never wanted to play anyway

 

[daruino]

I personally don't think I have a negative outlook on life, but rather a realistic one. I don't understand how one could have an optimistic/a positive outlook on life without being ignorant. I find it so strange how this view is accepted but a realistic one is labeled as pessimistic or negative. There isn't anything bad about it, it's just seeing the world for what it truly is. Unfortunately the bad outweighs the good, and being positive won't change that.

 

[EternalShore]

Yeah, I can definitely imagine a life in which I am happier~ :) unfortunately, that's not this one unless a miracle or 2 occurs~ I can say tho that in general, I do have a pessimistic outlook on life~ I could definitely see someone being much happier in my given position than I tend to be (not that it's necessarily good, but it's better than when I first made my account and even earlier this year)~ :)