
Noctis
I wish I'd done it years ago
- Dec 15, 2021
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My therapist asked my what my goals in life were. I had no answer, because I've been going one day at a time for my entire life. The thought of knowing I'm probably going to be here for another thirty years, and planning for what I want to do in that time... it's exhausting.
For people like me, it's a stupid question. It's like asking someone what their dream job is when the only correct answer is "I don't dream of labor. I don't dream about living in a place where I have to trade my time and body in order to buy food and housing. I dream of being in a place where I'm free from all that bullshit."
When I was 16, I had a shitty job at the movie theater. It was very boring, and I spent most of my day standing there with a plastic smile on my face, waiting for customers to approach me. If you had asked me at any point during any of my shifts what I wanted from that job, my answer would be "I want to leave now. Assuming I can't, I want everyone to leave me alone until I can leave."
That's what I want from life. I want to leave. But since I'm too much of a coward to do it myself, I just want everyone to leave me alone while I try to find a way to distract myself from the pain and misery of my life while I count down the days until I can. I don't want anything from life.
I just don't want life.
For people like me, it's a stupid question. It's like asking someone what their dream job is when the only correct answer is "I don't dream of labor. I don't dream about living in a place where I have to trade my time and body in order to buy food and housing. I dream of being in a place where I'm free from all that bullshit."
When I was 16, I had a shitty job at the movie theater. It was very boring, and I spent most of my day standing there with a plastic smile on my face, waiting for customers to approach me. If you had asked me at any point during any of my shifts what I wanted from that job, my answer would be "I want to leave now. Assuming I can't, I want everyone to leave me alone until I can leave."
That's what I want from life. I want to leave. But since I'm too much of a coward to do it myself, I just want everyone to leave me alone while I try to find a way to distract myself from the pain and misery of my life while I count down the days until I can. I don't want anything from life.
I just don't want life.