For what kind of people is life unlikely to get better for?

[Ambivalent1]

I think I might be flucked. Even if I kept living, my happy years will just recede further into the past. Continuing to live achieves nothing since I'm still going to die anyway someday.

 

[Forever Sleep]

No one can know for sure but I'd say the following won't put them in a strong position:

- No hope left. I'd say that's the major one. Really, you can probably get over other things so long as there is some hope left.
- Treatment resistant illness- physical or mental, or both.
- An unwillingness to try to make things better. I think it takes effort- lots of it to change life around. I think very few good things just appear magically for us. So, there's that whole: 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.' Attributed to Einstein but could be Mark Twain or Ben Franklin.
- A nihilistic philosophy I'd say will always make them at odds with this world and- they'll either not do anything constructive because- what's the point? Or, they'll resent having to do things like work and study because- what's the point?
- Little or no enjoyment left in anything this world has to offer. Leaving only suffering.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I think the answer by @Forever Sleep hits the majority of points for the question. And they are amazing points indeed. Though, I think I'll add that life is unlikely to get better for those who just perpetually get screwed over by luck no matter what they do or those who are permanently screwed by their life situation (such as living in a third world country with no way out). Additionally, life can just screw you before you even have a chance by being born with a disadvantage

In my case, life is unlikely to get better for me because I'm born autistic and I'm so disadvantaged to where I simply can't be as tough as life wants a human being to be. I applied for numerous basic entry level jobs and I can't even get hired for those. Also, I fit the last 3 points of what forever sleep said above

 

[untothedepths]

For me it was the logical optics of how my life is going to go with the secondary reasons being how I feel. There is never going to be a better outcome for me, just different shades of ruination. I really didn't want that to be the case, I never saw myself actually coming to this point, and my intentions didn't line up with it but here I am.

 

[FuneralCry]

Honestly I just believe that existing gets worse and becomes more tiresome as time goes on in general especially as the human body just decays and deteriorates. The thought of this existence continuing for decades is just horrifying to me especially as there is no limit as to how much one can suffer. It's truly hellish how there is no limit as to how torturous existing can get, the more time spent here just means the more opportunities to suffer, to me existing truly is just an meaningless process of slowly dying and waiting around to die.

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

No one can know for sure but I'd say the following won't put them in a strong position:

- No hope left. I'd say that's the major one. Really, you can probably get over other things so long as there is some hope left.
- Treatment resistant illness- physical or mental, or both.
- An unwillingness to try to make things better. I think it takes effort- lots of it to change life around. I think very few good things just appear magically for us. So, there's that whole: 'The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results.' Attributed to Einstein but could be Mark Twain or Ben Franklin.
- A nihilistic philosophy I'd say will always make them at odds with this world and- they'll either not do anything constructive because- what's the point? Or, they'll resent having to do things like work and study because- what's the point?
- Little or no enjoyment left in anything this world has to offer. Leaving only suffering.

The first point is so important, though I agree with all of these 100%. If a person is not satisfied with life, the hope that tomorrow brings about a better day can keep them trudging along. Once you've lost your dreams and your hopes for the future, then what motivation is left?

I think an impulsive person can be talked down and persuaded to keep living if they have hope that things can change. When someone ends up in a situation where they cannot find even a glimmer of hope, that is when things become truly dire, I feel. When I first joined this site, I would cling to various hopes, like a new test or treatment, but these would inevitably never pan out and leave me feeling worse each time this hope was crushed.

Constantly wishing for things to get better then being let down over and over again when the improvement you've worked towards doesn't manifest is a huge killer of the spirit. I think once things get that bad it is hard to come back from, unless something appears that can rekindle those hopes.

 

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