Discussion Does everyone here have a shitty life or are some of us just sick in the head? I know it can be both.

[Eternal Disaster]

My brain was some sort of different from others but my parents never gave a shit to it. Life kept on becoming worse and now my brain is fucked up.

 

[moribundwhispers]

i think it's because of my life tbh. and because of some mistakes i made that i don't think can be fixed.
really wish i could turn back the clock or start over and have another life

 

[Scythe]

Well my life could have gone better, but I wouldn't call it shitty objectively. I have skills that can get me a decent job...maybe...... I do have a family that would be willing to let me live with them even if I'm stuck at a min wage job.
It's shitty due to my mindspace. I wouldn't say I'm sick in the head either, I'm simply not exactly human. Therefore I won't fit into human society, and I don't want to live in this society. The main reason is really I hate working, I hate it enough to prefer death, and from my understanding this is not a rare opinion here. There is also the factor of me never truly belonging anywhere.

 

[tercermundista]

That's what I want to know...
I want to know if I'm suicidal because I'm a failure in every aspect of life, or if I would actually think differently if I had a better life. The problem is, I don't think I'll ever figure it out because I don't clearly see how to improve my life, and that makes me angry.
At least I'd like to have a normal life to find out if I still think everything is crap and be able to decide whether to live or die without regrets and without fear of feeling like I missed out.

 

[SoulCage]

It's an interesting question. It seems simple on the face of it but, I don't think it is. Comparatively speaking, I probably don't have a shitty life. My health isn't too bad. Thanks to inheritance, I am able to live independently and I could afford to pursue the education I wanted and, more or less, eventually land the job I wanted. The things I don't have- close friendships and relationships, I have chosen to neglect.

But, I'm (obviously) not happy. I'm tired of working- even though it's what I wanted to do. I'm tired of the pressures of having to financially and practically sustain this life. Really then- it comes down to a question: 'Is it shitty to be expected to work to sustain life or, is that a reasonable expectation to put on someone?' Am I 'mentally ill' because I resent having to comply with this world?

In a weird way, I'm not so sure either apply to me. My life isn't excessively shitty- although I have a lot of shitty childhood baggage. I'm not convinced I'm mentally ill either. Not debilitatingly so anyway. I'm just tired mostly.

Thanks for sharing your thoughts. They make me feel like I am also allowed to be upset about life despite my "actually good" circumstances. The same question pops in my head - am I really mentally ill because I see the world for what it is and because I am not able ignore and cope like most people. Like doctors and therapists try to hammer into me.
I really don't know how to answer it... And even answering won't help, because it won't change reality anyway.

 

[Dusk till dawn]

Both, i was born with bad genetics so i am "sick in the head" i'm neurodivergent and had a bad life, and even if i didn't, i just don't see myself having a good life because i would screw it up, i would've 100% been a drug addict if i had access to those stuff, i couldn't develop social skills in a thousand years no matter how much i tried

 

[ultradespair]

Bullying gave me trauma which made me isolate completely and turn my life into shit, also not looking for help etc just made it worse and now I feel like its too late.