Discussion Is it just your life that's worthless or is it this world?

[loaner]

Do you think that life is worthless in general or is it just your life that went wrong/sucks/worthless?

 

[JazzyWolfWhistle]

I wish you could be happy. I don't want to see you maimed by a failed suicide attempt. Compare yourself to people who are worse off than you. Lower your standards so what you accomplish is enough. Watch more movies. Play more video games.
But that doesn't answer your question does it?

 

[loaner]

But that doesn't answer your question does it?

Yeah, not really answering, I was just interesting in the general viewpoint of the forum members.

I wish you could be happy. I don't want to see you maimed by a failed suicide attempt. Compare yourself to people who are worse off than you. Lower your standards so what you accomplish is enough. Watch more movies. Play more video games.

It's not just the worthlessness, it's also the suffering. And there's a limit to how you can lower your standards and compare yourself to others, I've already done that to some extent. When most of the people around you are living a functioning life and your life is f***ed up beyond imagination you can't comfort yourself by the idea that somewhere in your city or your neighborhood there are probably a few people with life f***ed up more than yours.

 

[JazzyWolfWhistle]

That's true. But this suicide thing is hard to do right? You don't want to waste your time obsessing over it. Trust me. So laughter can be an answer to suffering. That's the spirit I'm writing this in. I've spent hours today just looking for any chance that I can google something that will kill me. Tonka beans. Magic shaving cream. I wish I could stop.

 

[JazzyWolfWhistle]

And if either your life or the world is worthless then do something fun. Spend your time doing the little things you enjoy. Do the minimum for the rest. Artificial intelligence might be running the world soon so you won't be expected to and you can goof off.

 

[JazzyWolfWhistle]

Hey, why do you say that?

 

[Final Escape]

My life is worthless and a waste.

 

[Partial-Elf]

For me it's just a preference for nonbeing over being. The world and my life both have their ups and downs.

 

[bigj75]

The world makes my life worthless over time.

 

[Nanako]

It's my life, to be honest. If it wasn't for my disability I wouldn't be suicidal... I was fine even when I only had to deal with my mental ilness. But then again, I'm not a traumatized person and I wasn't abused in any major way at all so it's easy for me to say that. In the end, though, it all comes down to luck I guess, so maybe it is the world that's worthless after all... This unpredictable hellhole.

 

[bigj75]

It's my life, to be honest. If it wasn't for my disability I wouldn't be suicidal... I was fine even when I only had to deal with my mental ilness. But then again, I'm not a traumatized person and I wasn't abused in any major way at all so it's easy for me to say that. In the end, though, it all comes down to luck I guess, so maybe it is the world that's worthless after all... This unpredictable hellhole.

True. It's all luck. There is no absolute free will like people like to belive. You can't do everything you put your mind to. You are limited to your genetics, environment, and how you were raised. That's it! All you can do is try to increase your knowledge and improve your physical and mental health.

 

[TAW122]

It's mostly my life, but society also sucks too. I was dealt with a shitty hand (depending on your preferences and priorities) as I have Aspergers which killed my social life as well as social anxiety and low self-esteem (worsened through bullying and teasing while growing up). Then I'm also ugly and born Asian American in the US. (Asian Americans have a big disadvantage when it comes to the dating/relationship game especially in the western world. (unless you meet certain exceptions such as ridiculous wealth, really really tall, and look handsome and shit). Also I've sucked at a lot of things that most average people take for granted, social skills and interpersonal skills being a big one. My parents sucked while raising me, while they provided physical needs adequately, the lack of emotional support and early childhood verbal (along with some physical) abuse ruined me a bit. I'm also not all that well built, meek, which affects me doing labor and stuff, thus left with only my brains. I could go on and on, but those are the main things that make my life shit.

As for society, well things are just getting shittier day by day. Think of all the tragedies, bullshit, injustices, inequalities, rising costs of living (food, shelter, commodities, etc.), and hard to get by. Society is flawed and fucked and if there is even a chance of getting better, it won't likely come until ti collapses which would be too late. The thing that makes me the angriest is that society has this fascination that all life is great and that life is beautiful bullshit. Not all life is good and sometimes death is better than suffering through life. Furthermore, anything to challenge the status quo or question society gets censored or even shut down, which is why I never bring up the topics here IRL. It sucks but in order to be safe IRL is to wear a mask.

 

[Fivelimit]

It's hard to find a constant source of inspirsinsp . Plus the world is very twisted and full of people who seem to actually enjoy that

 

[MsM3talGamer]

My life and the world are fucked. Where is an asteroid when you need one?

 

[Pulpit2018]

I dont think the problem is with me.Sure i am not happy most of the time,but i think the world is fundamentally flawed.
I believe it is an unacceptable,cruel,nasty,unfair experiment by nature.The will to survive is a curse.
I think one must abandon the will.I think Buddhism got it right when it says that existence is a burden,and the goal is to stop existing.

So yeah,i think we are all fucked,more or less.

 

[Empty Smile]

The only way life and the world could get better for me, is if every human died except me.

 

[peachesNpoison]

There are a few exceptions, but the vast majority of human beings are capable of being garbage. My perspective is that if we (most of us) live in an era of plenty in terms of having all of our basic needs met and still find ourselves hurting each other, then that's indicative of the basic human nature to get off on dehumanising each other and harming.
I don't think things have or are ever getting better in terms of civilisation, we've just become more skilled at stealing and then silencing and ignoring the victims of prosperity. We have everything we need on this planet to all be happy and we simply, collectively, choose otherwise.

 

[NumbItAll]

Both:

• Life is cruel, unfair, and pointless. There will always be suffering, and there is no final destination of "happiness" that everyone craves.
• On a personal level, I've been depressed for 10+ years and have had no social life, no love life, no real job, and almost nothing fulfilling. The absurdity and awfulness of life leaves me unmotivated to ever get "better." I've still made some improvements like getting a degree, getting in shape, making some money with side hustles, etc., but I just feel worse and worse!

 

[Johnnythefox]

Not so much worthless as pointless, I see no meaning in life. Even the greatest scientific minds or philosophers can't tell you the meaning of life. They speculate or theorise but it still remains unanswered.

Perhaps Douglas Adams was right and the answer is 42.
https://www.independent.co.uk/life-...iverse-and-everything-2205734.html#r3z-addoor

 

[therhydler]

I believe life can be beautiful and have deep meaning. Mine was like that for a while... then I lost everything, so I'm here... so for me it is worthless in the end. Is it always like that? I don't know, but I don't think so.... which makes it even more painful and me even more bitter that things have ended up like this...

 

[Xerxes]

Was never meant to be here on this planet in the first place.