What is there to even live for?

[darknight18]

What is there to even live for?

 

[AstroV]

I wish I had an answer for that.

 

[Shadowplay]

 

[finalexit]

No idea

 

[Pluto]

If you work hard, you get the privilege of eating and sleeping and then resuming work the next day.

 

[iriia]

LOVE.
Love has always been the meaning of my existence and I still believe that this is its deepest meaning. Love in its different ways and manifestations...
Death stole what I loved the most and now I just wait she come for me or I will look for her.

 

[Superdeterminist]

Depending on who you are, anything from everything, to nothing. For me personally, there is close to nothing to live for. Nothing really brings great joy or meaning in my life.

 

[samras]

The hope that an end to life will come sooner rather than later.

 

[motel rooms]

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[existtosuffer]

 

[OpheliasFlowers]

What is there to even live for?

for me....nothing, absolutely nothing

 

[mlha]

The cruel thing is life doesn't care about your higher needs and makes you a hostage with the help of SI and prods you with hunger, thirst, and coldness.

 

[Ch92921]

Would be love for me, and this is unfilled!

Cause of my ugliness.

 

[Jenjoh2358]

Something about carving a legacy in this world (I.e. being remembered) and your legacy (Son or Daughter) living after you and carving they're legacy ultimately you live forever, it's like caveman's invention of immortality through growing the family tree until the last distant relative eventually is In the age of immortality when mankind eventually invents it, until then you are the cog…

But this is all speculation, I don't know!

 

[Ch92921]

The cruel thing is life doesn't care about your higher needs and makes you a hostage with the help of SI and prods you with hunger, thirst, and coldness.

To ceratin extent but not endless.

I know someone who consumed Zyprexa for longer time. Then he weaned off. After that he could sleep anymore. After 4 months no sleep he ctb. This clealy shows your comment is invalid.
I know about people who ctb just because they didnt get the news playstation.

The cruel thing is life doesn't care about your higher needs and makes you a hostage with the help of SI and prods you with hunger, thirst, and coldness.

Dont share your opinion. Otherwise how you explain that nany men ctb when their love breajs apart?

 

[waterstrider]

When I was younger and still in school I had a small friend group and we would hang out nearly every day. Being with others, belonging somewhere. communicating, laughing, partaking in something... I used to love that before everything went to shit.

I also loved pursuing hobbies, listening to music, dancing and camping in nature.

 

[Ch92921]

When I was younger and still in school I had a small friend group and we would hang out nearly every day. Being with others, belonging somewhere. communicating, laughing, partaking in something... I used to love that before everything went to shit.

I also loved pursuing hobbies, listening to music, dancing and camping in nature.

I am talking about romantic love

SI has it limits.

 

[waterstrider]

I am talking about romantic love

SI has it limits.

Those were just my personal reasons when I was still feeling somewhat normal. Of course I would also like a relationship but that is even further out of reach for me than a group of friends.

I'm sorry you are suffering so much.

 

[Journeytoletgo]

1. Companionship
2. Romantic Love
3. Hobbies
4. Healthy body
5. Healthy brain
6. Income

 

[mlha]

Dont share your opinion. Otherwise how you explain that nany men ctb when their love breajs apart?

Really thanks. I didn't claim a hostage can't break free, but it certainly isn't like walking out of a music club if you don't like the music or whatever. Yep, SI can be easily overcome, basic needs can be easily ignored, ctbing on a whim without rumination is state of the art, or are they. I'd argue that those people had to accrue a tremendous willpower to ctb or they had to have a condition which diminishes SI which I'm not aware of.

 

[LonelyBrazilian]

1. Companionship
2. Romantic Love
3. Hobbies
4. Healthy body
5. Healthy brain
6. Income

damn, I never had any of those 6, maybe only hobby (I don't know if listening to music and reading books are hobbies).

 

[Mashedout]

Knowledge and experience. What a feeling it is to be able to walk through Hell with a smile on your face. To suffer in silence is the most sublime feeling of all. To reach a place where you no longer need to die, but simply wish it to be because you're ready for whatever may come next due to the skills you've developed along the way.

 

[Hateyouprolife]

To look forward to ctb. But here are two cents what to do before if you have planned date and are absolutely sure you will go. If possibble, do everything you ever wanted to do. Forget fears, you have nothing to lose. Just make sure you dont do anything that could get you in hospital or prison.

My week is currently going on and enjoying every fucking second of it.

 

[FuneralCry]

For me, there is nothing. Nothing would ever make me want to stay alive. I have many reasons not to live instead. Life is just suffering. I see it as better to never be born in the first place, we were all perfectly fine not existing until we were forced to live. Life is very unnecessary. I am only here because it is difficult to ctb, we want to die but we are programmed to survive, the society takes away the peaceful methods. I'm pretty sure many people are not actually living but just existing. I am tired of this empty existence.

 

[apathetic.]

Nothing matters in the end so I don't see anything worth living for.

 

[darknight18]

Nothing matters in the end so I don't see anything worth living for.

Well unless everything does matter in the end

 

[CelestialGoddess]

What is there to even live for?

If you want to find a reason to live, you need to find values: what do you want your life to be about? There is most definitely a reason to live: remind yourself that your depression is skewing your reality of things! Depression tends to distort your vision of the future and any sense of hope. However, you can find values and identify responsibilities to uphold your personal values to help you to have a life worth living.

The first thing I want you to recognize before you find your reason to live is that there are two main components that provide a reason for living in your life: your values and responsibilities to uplift your values. You can identify as many values as you want, but you have to realize that you have to accept some degree of suffering and sacrifice to uplift your values. For example, if you value being successful, you will work hard out of your comfort zone, which may cause short-term suffering. However, aligning with your values will cause long-term happiness. Sacrifices to uplift your personal values will make your life worth living. If you are wondering if I am one to listen to, I have depression myself and found this out recently, and this information helped me so much.

There are two main components, again: values and responsibilities. To find purpose, I want you to identify ALL of your values and then identify the responsibilities in your daily life to align with those values.

Now, the first step is finding your values. Values are not goals. You can set goals and milestones to align to a certain value, but distinguish between values and goals. Values are things that will last you an entire lifetime until you change your mind: it is not like a goal that can be completed. Look at some websites to find ideas for core values in your life. I chose almost 20, so choose all the ones that appeal to your life.

I made a document that you can access. You can copy the document and fill it in on your google account by pressing "File" and then "Make a copy."

The link to the document is here to help you: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1jGgq1BWsVONoqoicaQBSQV34IJmu2c-fQvjrmoj6NYc/edit?usp=sharing

If you want some ideas for values, here are some websites that I used:

Defining Your List of Values and Beliefs (With 102 Examples)

Putting together a list of values and beliefs that matter to you can help you determine what it is that you need to feel successful and fulfilled.

soulsalt.com

Core Values List

Want to discover your core values? Browse this core values list to see more than 50 common personal values and beliefs.

jamesclear.com

Write them all down in the document as you find them. Choose the ones that appeal to you.

Then the other component for finding purpose is to take responsibility to align to your values. Keep in mind that life does have suffering to a degree. We need to take responsibility for the values we make. Where it says "Responsibility/How you will incorporate it in your life," write down actions that you can do to align with your value. For example, if you value is success, consider your responsibilities as planning and working out of your comfort zone. There are unlimited possibilities depending on your personal values. Some values may require more planning to align with your value: you should try to find some milestones that align with your value to help you achieve more of your value.

I hope that this helps, and please reply and tell me how it goes! :)

I would suggest printing it out after you fill in everything to remind you of your values. You might forget to open your google document and all of your progress, so I would suggest printing out 2 to 3 copies in real life and putting them in places that you know you will see to be reminded of your values all the time in real life. I hope that this works well! This is just something I have been doing recently, and it helped me a lot (I have clinical depression).

 

[Kristicide]

I really enjoy traveling. I've been blessed to go to many places around the world and there's plenty more I would love to visit. My appreciation of different countries and cultures I've experienced means I won't feel regret when I ctb.