4damant
Member
- Jun 9, 2022
- 6
I wasn't a very pessimistic person years ago, there did exist a time where I held out hope that good things will come and I persevered day by day, at least until when I begin to let my curiosity wander and questioned about the world.
Long story short of it is that I became utterly disillusioned with life, things seems to always be able to get worse, for as much as I wanted to hope for otherwise I repeatedly am reminded of why I "developed" my line of thinking to be pessimistic: it was to be able to cope with and anticipate future BS (unnecessary conflicts, misfortunes, problematic interpersonal relationships, et cetera) that'll inevitably occur in life and protect what remains of my "self". There's only so many times I could get hurt and retreat in anguish before I realize that my past worldview is not reflective of the reality I'm faced with. Eventually I ditched the notion that CTB is automatically regarded as bad (in the views of the society at large) where I'm at and felt quite liberated, as well as stumbled upon this site later on.
Now that I'm here, I'm torn between staying as a sort of obligation to the people around me, versus working my way towards CTB and a (ironically, hopefully) definite end to my gripe with this world. But the feeling is worse when I can't quite "let go" just yet, I'm still in an unfinished degree study (although not like it'll be definitely better working in the future), and I'll inevitably end up hurting the handful of people who cares and didn't throw me away once my "usefulness" is finished. The dilemma above in addition to survival instincts makes for a crippling sense of hopelessness, wherein I'd internally debate this matter in mind and struggle to "be productive" from my waking moment. At what point when enough is enough? Living isn't for me, yet I'm still a prisoner to my obligations, social pressure, and bodily mechanisms, that to me is the real hell. It'll be easier if I wasn't born to begin with, I simply have no goals of any sort for the rest of my life and less so is staying alive to old age a desirable outcome for me.
Just needed to get it out I guess, sorry if this doesn't fit here or it's been repeated by others before. I wish anyone seeing this to have a decent day.
Long story short of it is that I became utterly disillusioned with life, things seems to always be able to get worse, for as much as I wanted to hope for otherwise I repeatedly am reminded of why I "developed" my line of thinking to be pessimistic: it was to be able to cope with and anticipate future BS (unnecessary conflicts, misfortunes, problematic interpersonal relationships, et cetera) that'll inevitably occur in life and protect what remains of my "self". There's only so many times I could get hurt and retreat in anguish before I realize that my past worldview is not reflective of the reality I'm faced with. Eventually I ditched the notion that CTB is automatically regarded as bad (in the views of the society at large) where I'm at and felt quite liberated, as well as stumbled upon this site later on.
Now that I'm here, I'm torn between staying as a sort of obligation to the people around me, versus working my way towards CTB and a (ironically, hopefully) definite end to my gripe with this world. But the feeling is worse when I can't quite "let go" just yet, I'm still in an unfinished degree study (although not like it'll be definitely better working in the future), and I'll inevitably end up hurting the handful of people who cares and didn't throw me away once my "usefulness" is finished. The dilemma above in addition to survival instincts makes for a crippling sense of hopelessness, wherein I'd internally debate this matter in mind and struggle to "be productive" from my waking moment. At what point when enough is enough? Living isn't for me, yet I'm still a prisoner to my obligations, social pressure, and bodily mechanisms, that to me is the real hell. It'll be easier if I wasn't born to begin with, I simply have no goals of any sort for the rest of my life and less so is staying alive to old age a desirable outcome for me.
Just needed to get it out I guess, sorry if this doesn't fit here or it's been repeated by others before. I wish anyone seeing this to have a decent day.