What does living mean to you?

[goneStar]

To some it means fighting, suffering.
To others it means going on a journey, "finding themselves", whatever.
Then there are some to whom living means fulfilling their destiny.

To me it means trying and failing, trying and failing, over and over again - never getting anywhere, never making actual progress, aka being stuck.

What does living mean to you?

 

[locked*n*loaded]

Pain, suffering, wasting space and resources better given to someone who actually wants to live, absolute loneliness, waiting around for some horrific disease or malady to strike me as I age.

 

[MountainMonkey]

Living means that every second of the day belongs to me. Not a boss, not a college, not the government. I journey through life in my own terms. Living means enjoying the natural wonders of the earth. I would prefer living if the earth was in its natural state, without millions of humans pouring concrete over everything.

 

[leeloosnow]

pain, suffering, disappointment. continually trying to do the right things hoping that it'll pay off somehow as that's what's "supposed" to happen, yet arriving at the reality I knew all along, I'll just be used and thrown out like a dirty paper plate, over and over and over. but i can't be an asshole, i can't be a user, no matter how much the opportunity presents itself. i can't put my own needs in front of others if they're in dire straights, and I ultimately pay the price. i can't even stand being awake or alive at all anymore, bz's is the only thing that helps numb out the pain. i don't even give a shit about being high or drunk or anything like that, I haven't got the time or energy or interest for it. I just don't want to hurt anymore and there's no viable good way out of this situation that I haven't already tried =/

 

[LittleJem]

an ongoing ordeal unless I have weed. that's with my current reduced depression. With the level of depression I usually have it is torture. Hopefully getting weed on Sunday….Then I am mad but happier..

 

[Ashu]

Waiting.

 

[Huntfish34]

Trials and tribulations....... Smiles and cries, ... To Whatever degree that may entail. Kinda like what some others have said . I could go on but that's my short and simple answer.

 

[TakeMeBack07]

Being perpetually lost and confused at the absurdity of all aspects of life and myself . Being a slave to my base desires, thinking short-term, thinking it is pointless to consider long-term. i also relate to you with failing to reach goals over and over.
due to this, i'm trying to find peace with isolating myself and indulging in fantasy and music. i do fear the fact that there is not much more for me

 

[Hollowman]

I can barely remember what it's like to live I just exist.

 

[outrider567]

Just existing, happiness is non-existent, any upbeat moments are muted

 

[0000000000000]

An exhausting and unpleasant burden. I would like to be able to ctb and donate my organs to someone who really needs them.

 

[Mia11]

A nightmare. Everyday.

 

[Darkover]

being free to do what it is that you want to do without any constraints, free to redesign this machine as i see fit, unlimited space and resources, free to learn all there is to know about atoms mathmatics science ect

 

[SadVegan]

Starting to die. Going back to non-being again but this time, for all eternity.

 

[SpenceGence]

To some it means fighting, suffering.
To others it means going on a journey, "finding themselves", whatever.
Then there are some to whom living means fulfilling their destiny.

To me it means trying and failing, trying and failing, over and over again - never getting anywhere, never making actual progress, aka being stuck.

What does living mean to you?

Having had chronic pain for a year that answer has shifted for me. Now I just want most of my days to be adequate enough to make me content. So far that's not been the case.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Like that book title- 'A series of unfortunate events.' Deep down I'm very resentful that I've been given life. You can't achieve that much happiness when your baseline is resentment. The best you can do is distract yourself from it where you can.

 

[Anonymus]

Learning, is the only thing I have done since I have been aware of my existence.
//
Aprendre, és l'únic que he fet desde que sóc conscient de la meva existència.

 

[jay308]

trap

 

[Jarni]

sth repetitive, even with incredible events and 1000 creative and artistic hobbies (before my illness, now I have no life).
Life experiences are very limited...

 

[Garbage Person]

I'd say it's merely existing, but that feels juvenile. For me, it's a search for peace and sustainability. The rest feels like walking a tightrope, or sifting through a landfill for a token that's good for one cope. I feel like I can't exit until I can honestly say I've tried everything to make living functional and tolerable. "Living" as a word seems like it should come with vibrant thoughts and feelings of love, but under modern day paradigms we function under, it comes with thoughts of decay and the feeling of running in circles. I can swallow the pill that says life feeds on life, but I choke when I try to swallow the one that says humans double down on it.

 

[AnonymousS]

To some it means fighting, suffering.
To others it means going on a journey, "finding themselves", whatever.
Then there are some to whom living means fulfilling their destiny.

To me it means trying and failing, trying and failing, over and over again - never getting anywhere, never making actual progress, aka being stuck.

What does living mean to you?

I stopped living a long time ago really, i am alive and breathing, but all i do is lie in bed all day. Get up for several hours and stare at my laptop, i try and keep things ticking over, laundry, self hygiene etc. I tend to sound better than i am because i have been told i can articulate it well. At the end of the day it's existing, i would rather donate my organs, if they would put me to sleep. I have had some good times, but it's not getting better from here.

 

[FuneralCry]

It doesn't really mean anything. Something so useless and awful as life could never be meaningful in any way, life is just an unfortunate consequence of evolution that I was so unfairly forced to endure. I've never wanted to associate with existing and never could do, I see life itself as being the true problem, existence is something that is completely unnecessary and could never be worth it.
I view the existence of life as being a tragedy, it disgusts me how life continues to be brought here where this cycle of endless suffering will just very sadly repeat. I see it as always being preferable to not exist no matter what as I see existence as being a terrible burden that could never be beneficial, instead such a thing as existing could only be harmful. I hate how I've managed to exist for this long and didn't leave at an earlier age.

 

[Unending]

Suffering greatly the majority of the time only to be given little treats on occasion that lure me into traps and keep me enclosed in this place.

 

[kamakura]

Living means paying taxes

 

[outrider567]

Eternal Depression

 

[Rainy_days]

Obligation - to fix myself, to not be a shame on my family, to appear a productive member of society.
But also a chance to learn and wonder at things, to experience new things, to appreciate goodness and beauty.

 

[ShanaRei]

Being tired and depressed. Having to deal with narcissists all the time. Failure, disappointment and anxiety. Realizing everything you've been told is basically a lie and hoping that death will be at least painless.

 

[Tiberius85]

Born to die, that means living to die. Because since birth, every passing second is one that brings one closer to the inevitable, natural state of dying, ceasing to exist, nothingness.

Sooner or later that's the journey, there's the outcome. Living means nothing in that sense. It's simply existence for sake of existence as long as I am 'allowed' to exist. Other than that I try to detach any 'emotional' meaning to living. Because that would ultimatly only an opinion, that is not grounded in the reality that there is no meaning to living other for existing. Existing to die. Like everything does, eventually.

 

[bennydiazapine]

Living is what I was doing before I got into this predicament. Growing, challenging myself, having fun, working hard, having goals/aspirations and an amazing partner.

What I'm doing now is merely existing.

 

[ithurtstobealive_AN]

Living is a constant struggle. Every little thing is a struggle.