Have you ever felt lost on the road of life?
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I don't know if this topic is already discussed but please feel free to let me know if it was discussed already.
As the topic says, Have ever felt lost? Like the feeling of emptiness, where you don't know what to do, or what you want. The feeling where you knew that nothing could possibly make your day better? Like all your goals and aspirations are like "not" worth it and it just felt like everything you do is useless.
As the topic says, Have ever felt lost? Like the feeling of emptiness, where you don't know what to do, or what you want. The feeling where you knew that nothing could possibly make your day better? Like all your goals and aspirations are like "not" worth it and it just felt like everything you do is useless.
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broken1 wrote...
I don't know if this topic is already discussed but please feel free to let me know if it was discussed already.As the topic says, Have ever felt lost? Like the feeling of emptiness, where you don't know what to do, or what you want. The feeling where you knew that nothing could possibly make your day better? Like all your goals and aspirations are like "not" worth it and it just felt like everything you do is useless.
Yes I have..right now actually. It feels like I'm walking down a dark grey corridor holding a Brown and Black teddy bear except I'm not holding the Teddy Bear. O.o
Basically this leads to the whole what do I have to live for when everything has been taken from me archetype and the answer to that is not easily found.
Unfortunately I just got through watching Ghost in the Shell will a Anaylisis of the movie and it spoke to me.
If you want I can Link it to you
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Always. OP, understand that you're not alone and that feeling this way - lost, confused, disengaged, defeated - is totally normal. I think everyone hits this roadblock at least once. There are guides and there are companions who will walk alongside you, but nobody is meant to tell you how to live your life but yourself.
Notwithstanding, I think the worst mistake to make is thinking that there's only one road to success and happiness. I take the avenue that feels right for me; if it turns out that what I'm doing isn't making me happy, I always have the opportunity to change.
Notwithstanding, I think the worst mistake to make is thinking that there's only one road to success and happiness. I take the avenue that feels right for me; if it turns out that what I'm doing isn't making me happy, I always have the opportunity to change.
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Yes, definitely. I always wanted to fight professionally, but I always wondered, "Am I really good enough to fight? Can I make it big like those guys?" Whenever I start to think like that, I feel lost, empty, and depressed. After every other training day, I occasionally ask myself if what I'm doing is worth it, or if I'm really committed enough to fight. I see my siblings, especially my brother, who's considered a genius, as individuals I can never match up to in their own field, which are academic and technical pursuits.
So I thought, "I'm going to be great in my own way." And I'd accomplish that through fighting, because I thought I had talent. I thought I was good. Then again, with every cut, bruise, and loss I accumulate, I believe that I wasn't good enough after all. In the end, you never know. I know I still have a chance to make it. I've got the age, the arms, the legs, for it. All the greats I look up to, Manny, Ali, Tyson, The Fireball Kid, all had their rainy days, but they toughed them out and ended up on top. It is my strong belief that continuity leads to success.
I do feel lost even when everything seems ok, and most of the time, it makes me go mad. But for some reason, I always bounce back. Sometimes, I wonder if I could have a better life if I studied harder, got higher marks, picked the more practical course, and all that, but what's done is done. The more you regret about your past actions, the more you'll get lost in life. I also realized that there is more to life than just trying to achieve whatever you want to achieve or getting those things you've always wanted. Especially when you start to appreciate nature, fall in love, teach English to kids, life is actually good if you just stop trying to do everything in your power to fulfill your life-long desires. In the end, we all die. Nothing is permanent.
Life is a long ride, take it easy. Go outside, have some coffee, get into Buddhism. Just relax. Time is never wasted when you enjoy your time.
So I thought, "I'm going to be great in my own way." And I'd accomplish that through fighting, because I thought I had talent. I thought I was good. Then again, with every cut, bruise, and loss I accumulate, I believe that I wasn't good enough after all. In the end, you never know. I know I still have a chance to make it. I've got the age, the arms, the legs, for it. All the greats I look up to, Manny, Ali, Tyson, The Fireball Kid, all had their rainy days, but they toughed them out and ended up on top. It is my strong belief that continuity leads to success.
I do feel lost even when everything seems ok, and most of the time, it makes me go mad. But for some reason, I always bounce back. Sometimes, I wonder if I could have a better life if I studied harder, got higher marks, picked the more practical course, and all that, but what's done is done. The more you regret about your past actions, the more you'll get lost in life. I also realized that there is more to life than just trying to achieve whatever you want to achieve or getting those things you've always wanted. Especially when you start to appreciate nature, fall in love, teach English to kids, life is actually good if you just stop trying to do everything in your power to fulfill your life-long desires. In the end, we all die. Nothing is permanent.
Life is a long ride, take it easy. Go outside, have some coffee, get into Buddhism. Just relax. Time is never wasted when you enjoy your time.
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Drifter995
Neko//Night
Every now and again. I try not to think about it, otherwise it gets worse, or I start dwelling.
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I feel lost and adrift right now. I think most, if not all, young adults from the ages 18 to 25 feel that way. Our early adulthood is fraught with uncertainties, fears, and yearning for self-discovery. We have no idea what we really want to do with our lives, and when we find out or have a pretty good idea, no idea how to make it happen. On a psychiatric level, our brains are finishing their development, so things are once again reeling with hormones and changes as we fall into step with who we are.
If anyone in this age feels like they're not lost and completely unsure, they're either in denial or behind in their emotional and mental development.
This stage of development is a completely normal and necessary part of life. It carves us out for who we are, and are going to be.
If anyone in this age feels like they're not lost and completely unsure, they're either in denial or behind in their emotional and mental development.
This stage of development is a completely normal and necessary part of life. It carves us out for who we are, and are going to be.
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Have I ever felt lost?
Yes, I have, and quite frequently in my journey through life, but I had a valuable asset , I always had a guide. Someone who has, or is still, traversing that lonely path. More often than not, I had several guides, they weren't psychologists, they weren't great people by societal standards (not to insult them, but I was never in a trench with Christopher Hitchens or Carl Sagan, personal inspirations to me), they were lost, or at least still unsure, but with their help, their caring and compassion, I was always able to get to a point where I can stand. Human solidarity saved me time and again, and I would be grateful to both reciprocate and to carry on their legacies of kindness.
Feeling of not knowing what to do or what I want?
Plenty of times have I felt this, but here I had a different tool, I had literature, ridiculous though it may seem, pages of Huxley, Orwell, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky etc. would give me an idea. They entertained me whilst giving me lessons in morality and a general sense of what to do, as always, the overarching lesson was that of hope for the individual who didn't quite fit in and a sense of duty towards others, even society as a whole. Their brilliant works put things into prospective by depicting a staunch black-and-white representation of both the necessary duality of morality and the struggle that the individual must overcome. It isn't for everyone, perhaps it will only work with idealists such as myself, and still only while nievite and idealism hold sway during youth.
The feeling where you knew nothing could possibly make your day better?
Depression is a hard thing to overcome, but an accomplishment, however token, can mean a world of difference. Finish a book, create art that expresses your feelings, clean your home, even finishing laundry and folding it could make you feel a needed feeling, that of pride. Once I spent 19 hours cleaning my tiny apartment, but at the conclusion I felt amazing, everything was done, neat and tidy, it was my home again, and that was the last thing I did whilst depressed.
Feeling of goals and aspirations not worth it
Yes, but a very selfish realization came out of that, what do I care about another person's value of my life? I came to realize that it doesn't matter, I'm not (or at least, I don't try to be) a good person because I give a toss about the opinions of others, I do it because it makes me feel good. I choose my value because it is measured on my own scale, I try to bring the scales into my favo, contributing whatever I can to it morally, intellectually and even financially (that is to say, having a financial net value in the positive range will at least prove empirically that you are worth something, and something with a measurable unit rather than abstract value without a quantifiable integer). My aspirations follow suit with self-worth, a worthwhile individual doesn't undertake worthless endeavors.
Yes, I have, and quite frequently in my journey through life, but I had a valuable asset , I always had a guide. Someone who has, or is still, traversing that lonely path. More often than not, I had several guides, they weren't psychologists, they weren't great people by societal standards (not to insult them, but I was never in a trench with Christopher Hitchens or Carl Sagan, personal inspirations to me), they were lost, or at least still unsure, but with their help, their caring and compassion, I was always able to get to a point where I can stand. Human solidarity saved me time and again, and I would be grateful to both reciprocate and to carry on their legacies of kindness.
Feeling of not knowing what to do or what I want?
Plenty of times have I felt this, but here I had a different tool, I had literature, ridiculous though it may seem, pages of Huxley, Orwell, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky etc. would give me an idea. They entertained me whilst giving me lessons in morality and a general sense of what to do, as always, the overarching lesson was that of hope for the individual who didn't quite fit in and a sense of duty towards others, even society as a whole. Their brilliant works put things into prospective by depicting a staunch black-and-white representation of both the necessary duality of morality and the struggle that the individual must overcome. It isn't for everyone, perhaps it will only work with idealists such as myself, and still only while nievite and idealism hold sway during youth.
The feeling where you knew nothing could possibly make your day better?
Depression is a hard thing to overcome, but an accomplishment, however token, can mean a world of difference. Finish a book, create art that expresses your feelings, clean your home, even finishing laundry and folding it could make you feel a needed feeling, that of pride. Once I spent 19 hours cleaning my tiny apartment, but at the conclusion I felt amazing, everything was done, neat and tidy, it was my home again, and that was the last thing I did whilst depressed.
Feeling of goals and aspirations not worth it
Yes, but a very selfish realization came out of that, what do I care about another person's value of my life? I came to realize that it doesn't matter, I'm not (or at least, I don't try to be) a good person because I give a toss about the opinions of others, I do it because it makes me feel good. I choose my value because it is measured on my own scale, I try to bring the scales into my favo, contributing whatever I can to it morally, intellectually and even financially (that is to say, having a financial net value in the positive range will at least prove empirically that you are worth something, and something with a measurable unit rather than abstract value without a quantifiable integer). My aspirations follow suit with self-worth, a worthwhile individual doesn't undertake worthless endeavors.
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sometimes I feel that everything is boring, as if life doesn't have any merit to me.
seeing friends getting married, have family and stuff, I feel so empty. The only thing I have left is my job, sometimes I stayed late in the office just to keep myself busy, otherwise at home I don't what else to do, except eat, take shower and sleep, since I don't have much motivation to play any games anymore, I feel so old now. I don't know what in the last 5 years happened for me to fall into this state.
Perhaps it's just because I'm still a single.
seeing friends getting married, have family and stuff, I feel so empty. The only thing I have left is my job, sometimes I stayed late in the office just to keep myself busy, otherwise at home I don't what else to do, except eat, take shower and sleep, since I don't have much motivation to play any games anymore, I feel so old now. I don't know what in the last 5 years happened for me to fall into this state.
Perhaps it's just because I'm still a single.
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Have I ever had a mental breakdown:
Yes.
Have I ever been depressed:
When I was 13 and wanted to be edgy.
I'm just assuming this is what op is actually asking
Yes.
Have I ever been depressed:
When I was 13 and wanted to be edgy.
I'm just assuming this is what op is actually asking
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It's funny that this thread comes up, that is actually how I'm feeling at the moment. Or I should say for the past month or so, the answer is never simple is it?
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Constently heck even right now I feel lost I don't know what to do or where to go and I've been like that since I can remember but luck has always been by my side so I try not to worry it makes life harder
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devsonfire
3,000,000th Poster
No, I have many assignments to worry about during normal days. During holidays, I work and spend time with my friends.
I enjoy little things in life. I don't go thinking what I am gonna do in the next 50 years, or thinking how once I finish Uni I have to work for the rest of my life. After all, like many people had said, you gain many different types of experience in the journey, not the destination .
I enjoy little things in life. I don't go thinking what I am gonna do in the next 50 years, or thinking how once I finish Uni I have to work for the rest of my life. After all, like many people had said, you gain many different types of experience in the journey, not the destination .
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Happens quite often to me.
There's not many things that I'm interested in which makes me wonder what's the point in life when nothing arouses my interest. o.O
There's not many things that I'm interested in which makes me wonder what's the point in life when nothing arouses my interest. o.O
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I've pretty much felt that way for the past few years. I have good times and bad times, but sometimes I just sit down and wonder "is this it?"
I want more out of life, I want to experience as much as I can.
Right now I'm really looking to make a change in my life, just haven't figured out what yet.
I want more out of life, I want to experience as much as I can.
Right now I'm really looking to make a change in my life, just haven't figured out what yet.
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Almost every single day for a little over a year... I always used to brush away those sorts of feelings but lately it has been nearly impossible. If I have nothing to do and nowhere to go, I feel anguished and craving for some purpose. If I have something important to do, I feel like giving up. I begin to think what's the point of it, if it's worth it and if I'm going the right way.
Sometimes I just feel like becoming a dead beat loser living of my parents' money and just staying home all day playing video games. But when I see other people moving on with their lives (and they seem to always know exactly what to do) I want to do the same. When I try it, I find I always fail miserably.
Sometimes I just feel like becoming a dead beat loser living of my parents' money and just staying home all day playing video games. But when I see other people moving on with their lives (and they seem to always know exactly what to do) I want to do the same. When I try it, I find I always fail miserably.