Discussion Do You Live or Just Exist?

[Açucarzinho583]

Dear Emptiness,

I wake up every day, but it's not a choice; it's a routine, an automatic repetition. The days pass by so quickly. There are no plans, no goals, just the void of an existence that follows the path others have set.

My life is like a river, without a current, flowing towards the sea. I don't swim against the tide; I just wait to reach the end. The choices I make—if I can even call them choices—are dictated by circumstances, by external pressures.

I am merely a passive observer, a spectator of this empty existence. I work because I have to work, and I sleep because that's what one does at the end of the day. The emotions I feel are vague, as if I can't express them properly. I can't remember the last time something made me truly happy or deeply sad.

I have no expectations for the future. Death doesn't scare me; it's just the final destination, the inevitable endpoint. I don't long for it, but I don't fear it either.

 

[maniac116]

Dear Emptiness,

I wake up every day, but it's not a choice; it's a routine, an automatic repetition. The days pass by so quickly. There are no plans, no goals, just the void of an existence that follows the path others have set.

My life is like a river, without a current, flowing towards the sea. I don't swim against the tide; I just wait to reach the end. The choices I make—if I can even call them choices—are dictated by circumstances, by external pressures.

I am merely a passive observer, a spectator of this empty existence. I work because I have to work, and I sleep because that's what one does at the end of the day. The emotions I feel are vague, as if I can't express them properly. I can't remember the last time something made me truly happy or deeply sad.

I have no expectations for the future. Death doesn't scare me; it's just the final destination, the inevitable endpoint. I don't long for it, but I don't fear it either.

I think you did a great job of expressing your emotions.
I sincerely hope you feel better.
I hope you are able to find some measure of peace

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I Live, but I never Learn.

 

[Themogger]

Dear Emptiness,

I wake up every day, but it's not a choice; it's a routine, an automatic repetition. The days pass by so quickly. There are no plans, no goals, just the void of an existence that follows the path others have set.

My life is like a river, without a current, flowing towards the sea. I don't swim against the tide; I just wait to reach the end. The choices I make—if I can even call them choices—are dictated by circumstances, by external pressures.

I am merely a passive observer, a spectator of this empty existence. I work because I have to work, and I sleep because that's what one does at the end of the day. The emotions I feel are vague, as if I can't express them properly. I can't remember the last time something made me truly happy or deeply sad.

I have no expectations for the future. Death doesn't scare me; it's just the final destination, the inevitable endpoint. I don't long for it, but I don't fear it either.

This is really beautiful and poetic

 

[emptyenvelopes]

Thank you for sharing, this is a beautiful way to express yourself

 

[Worndown]

Mostly living, some existing. Depends on the day and what it brings.

 

[hereornot]

I stopped living 11 years ago. In that gap there is just a big void.

 

[Steff1337]

Maybe I did live until I was 16, but from then on, I only exist.

 

[ham and potatoes]

I used to live.
Anymore i just exist on autopilot

 

[Hollowman]

Just existing

 

[davidtorez]

Existing. Hamster on a hamster wheel until I drop dead (sooner than later hopefully)

 

[Kurai]

Existing in this torment

 

[Whydaddy]

Way too apathetic. But I get it

 

[kyhoti]

Just sucking air. I have a date planned, but lately my brain keeps asking me why I'm bothering to wait.

 

[BasilThePlant]

For me, I simply exist. To others, I live more than most. Like many people, I am a perfectionist, and want others to love me. So I try to excel in everything I do, and I have many friends. It may look like I am living my best life, that I am going out with my friends and having fun, but this has become such a part of my day-to-day life, that it's just me existing. I am able to exist with a permanent smile on my face, even though I feel sad. I am able to keep friends, even though I know I will someday leave them, and that I constantly feel guilty hanging around such great and perfect people. I am able to stay on top of everything I do, even though I know that it comes naturally to me, and that I don't deserve it, and that others should be where I am. This may seem emo, but I am being truthful. Sending love <3

 

[outrider567]

Just barely exist, for 2.5 years now

 

[Marishku]

only exist

 

[hawkshorizon]

Subsist

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I merely survive. I believe that 99% of humans are merely surviving just like how I'm merely surviving too. The only people who I see are truly living life are the billionaires and the neets

 

[Praestat_Mori]

I'm alive but my life is living without me. Yet my life isn't that bad that I would say I'm only existing anymore.

 

[strngpass]

Once you have constant ideation life becomes a dread for sure

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

I only exist to suffer get old and risk even more unbearable pain for no reason

 

[FuneralCry]

Certainly just existing and I'm so tired of suffering in this terrible, torturous existence that only ever caused me pain, I'd never wish to exist no matter what and the fact that I cannot just have a death like never waking again causes me to suffer so much. It terrifies me how this existence could continue for so long just for one to die in agony from old age in this reality where there is no limit as to how much one can be tormented, I'll always be so tired of existing.

 

[SoulWhisperer]

My existence can be easily described as surviving rather than living.