Discussion What is the worst feeling in the world?

[DearFate]

I don't mean physical pain, but emotionally or mentally what do you think is the absolute worst feeling a human can experience? Is it inner shame? or hopelessness? or something else?

 

[nool]

For me, it's knowing how utterly useless I am at everything I do. I will never amount to anything, and as much as my family tries to pretend I will, we all know the truth. As long as I live, I will always be a burden on them all and it eats at me.

 

[dust-in-the-wind]

Major depressive disorder. No matter how good your life may be you still want to die. I've been practically bedridden for two years and can barely function. Even putting together a suicide plan is a struggle.

 

[Fall_Apart]

For me, the worst feeling is when you realize there's no limit to the amount of suffering you can experience in life. Physical, mental, and existential pain. More specifically, I'm referring to existential tribulation, which includes anguish, terror, and despair.

 

[brokenspirited]

Existence just causes so much pointless pain and suffering it's truly horrifying how it can cause so much suffering to so many people

 

[used_and_abused]

K

For me, the worst feeling is when you realize there's no limit to the amount of suffering you can experience in life. Physical, mental, and existential pain. More specifically, I'm referring to existential tribulation, which includes anguish, terror, and despair.

yep spot on, life isn't a anime, just because you eat shit for awhile doesn't mean it'll pay off, if you want a good example look at how for centuries people lived their entire lives being slaves

 

[tretion]

I don't mean physical pain, but emotionally or mentally what do you think is the absolute worst feeling a human can experience? Is it inner shame? or hopelessness? or something else?

well

for me it was waking up after my suicide attempt that i thought was gonna actually 100% kill me, then i had to miss my cat funeral bc the pills drugged me.

then the spiders.. so many fucking spiders.

 

[katara]

For me, the worst feeling is when you realize there's no limit to the amount of suffering you can experience in life. Physical, mental, and existential pain. More specifically, I'm referring to existential tribulation, which includes anguish, terror, and despair.

Ya something like this. Knowing there's no ultimate purpose maybe?

 

[Upon a hanging Body]

Grief... trust me it's grief
Grief... trust me it's grief

 

[Scythe]

For me it's being powerless to save the things/lives important to me, being forced to watch them die or leave. Same with friends, watching them leave or change so much that I don't want to talk to them anymore, and I can't do anything about it. I can try but it's all for nothing in the end. I can only watch, I can't change anything.

 

[divinemistress36]

Lack of control, not feeling safe, emptiness, shame

 

[Doll Steak]

In my experience it's emotional numbness, nothing feels sad, nothing feels happy, nothing feels real, nothing makes you feel stable. Luckily it only happens for short periods of time.

 

[Isit]

I think being in love with someone and having a child with that person only to find out she's been cheating on you with your best friend and the child isn't actually yours. That's a lot of grief and betrayal public embarrassment and shame.

 

[lasttogo]

The worst pain to me is when someone is not dead, but they are dead to you, or you are dead to them. Like ghosts that still walk the earth.

 

[submarinedownsea]

Wen u wake up and u find out you wasnt even close to die, you see your mom looking scared and blaming urself, ur dad with no reactions, ur husband will look confused, u get not just embarassed but u feel useless, idiot, dumb. Worse feeling.

 

[Freedombus'25]

Guilt/shame etc especially when triggered by calm/being ok/being relaxed.

One of the worst feelings is not being able to be "ok" without being triggered. Fuck CPTSD.

 

[dissociation]

Grief

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

to me the worst pain is unending constant unbearable physical unbearable pain .

there are other kinds of pain or suffering that are unimaginably unbearable like grief, depression, heartbreak more. there are so many ways a human or other animal can suffer horribly. 1.5 million people in the U.S attempt suicide every year. life is bad.

to me nothing is worth even a second of the worst pain

the worst pain far outweighs any pleasurable garbage addiction. life and this world are very bad and evil

this is with 150 years of inventions machines to make suffering less like air conditioning, washing machines, dishwashers ( and hot water) try fucking washing pots and dishes by hand with cold water, cooking utensils, refrigerators , electricity, houses ( this one is 1000s of years old), supermarket, running water, uber eats etc

the brain is a torture chamber

just one example. if u are put into a sealed 10 foot by 10 by 10 ft room or 3 meter cubic room , bare white walls , nothing else just a water faucet and toilet. food dropped in every day. how long hoe many hours, a day , a week, months, years? before sitting in a room with bare walls will become unbearable suffering, ur being given basic physical needs but still it's torture. so life is bad very bad

 

[FuneralCry]

The feeling of being trapped in this dreadful, torturous and deeply undesirable existence without the option to just peacefully cease existing and never suffer again, it's so terrifying to me how the suffering and torture of existing can go on for so long with no limit as to how much one can be tortured.

I suffer so much as being burdened with this existence I always saw as a mistake, all I want is to never suffer ever again and I'll always see this cruel, futile existence as only suffering, I find it horrific how a human can suffer for so long just to die in agony from old age, existence really is an abomination to me and I always find it so terrible and dreadful to exist, all I want is some peace, I just hope and wish to never suffer again.

 

[Forveleth]

I always carry this with me on my phone.

 

[princexhhn]

Numbness for me. I'd purposefully put myself in mentally painful situations just to feel something.

 

[Off_Switch]

Seeing horrible people live wonderful lives.

 

[Fall_Apart]

Ya something like this. Knowing there's no ultimate purpose maybe?

exactly, life is meaningless

 

[fallingbehind]

When I realised I am me, just me, and nothing will ever change that.

 

[kopebaldy]

Lost

For me, it's looking around and feels like not knowing where to go, both figuratively and literally.

I don't belong here, I don't belong anywhere. People doing their things, people feeling life, people having other people, people finding their paths in life, people having a place they belong to... I can't relate to any of that.

I was brought into life against my wish and now I'm here, walking without a destination, one foot in front of another, dragging through, each step heavier than the last.

I walk simply because the world doesn't allow me to stop.

It's exhausting, friends.

 

[Pale_Rider]

Idk, but I have been there. I don't normally have obvious amnsia due to DID, but I did then. Emotional pain can also make me fall asleep also. It hurt so bad I felt like my head was crushing.

 

[30LoverForever]

Im not sure I can feel anything that's me anymore. Uncomfortable, angry, irritated are some that I can say

 

[Ligottian]

This would be near the top for me. Knowing that your best times (assuming you had any) are gone forever and will never come back.

 

[EvilStepSister]

Abandonment

 

[Whole-Ad]

The worst feeling for me is knowing I'm going to hurt my family and those I love. Or possibly nostalgia because things will never be that good again, and you know what you have lost.