what makes life so terrible

[Darkover]

1 limited resources no money
2 no home nowhere to setup a base or lab
3 no love no sex no intimacy heartbreak
4 no friends sharing thing you have in common with each other
5 sickness injury disease deformities disability ugly mental health problems
6 lack of basic needs food shelter water sex sleep heat
7 no fulfilling job lack of purpose
8 very stupid severely lacking intelligence in both adults and children
9 the very slow speed at which the universe operates at light speed
10 needing to eat sleep drink shit and piss
11 being enslaved inside a death trap
12 limited time
13 death decaying machine and old age
14 small spaces house are shoe box sizes for the vast majority
15 verbal communication is terrible slow and is prone to miscommunication
16 evolution is blind and down to random mutations no where near producing the best result
17 catastrophic disasters flooding land slide earthquakes wildfires hurricane virus
18 no off switch when you really need one no mercy
19 loss of a loved one
20 at the mercy of your emotions
21 bad parents
22 shitholes
23 harassment discrimination racist bullying
24 rapist murders pedophiles thieves
25 war

 

[Roxas4001]

That sums it up

 

[reimu]

For me what makes it so terrible is really simple., the world and the people in it.

 

[sos]

the expectations once you hit a certain age

life was easier when i was a kid (early years)

there was no need to worry about working 9 to 5, bills or to take care of myself

you'd be completely clueless about the reality of life since you could do whatever and you could say whatever bc yea, you were a kid and you didn't know better

rn you've got to watch what you're saying and watch what you're doing bc you're expected to behave as an adult / to behave in a certain way

gotta love life . . . . . . ! :)

 

[trappedinthislife]

Having to work your life off only to retire when your body is actively breaking down

 

[enduringwinter]

1. Inequality
2. The Four Universal Sufferings (birth, old age, illness, death)

As far as Buddhism is concerned birth here refers to both pregnancy and childbirth and being born into undesirable circumstances; illness refers to both illnesses and disabilities.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Life is so terrible for various reasons. The main reason is because suffering and slavery exists. The former is experienced by everybody and the latter is experienced by 99% of humans. Death is the cessation of both suffering and slavery

 

[DarkRange55]

Devil's advocate but what about a list of positives?

- good food
- nice weather
- sex
- video games
- adrenaline
- biking
- skiing / snowboarding
- reading
- painting
- movies / anime
- being in nature
- good friends / camaraderie
- humor / laughter
- sunrises / sunsets
- weed / alcohol / cigars
- massages
- playing with dogs / cats
- swimming

 

[tezw]

The inevitable loss we will encounter, watching loved relatives pass over, powerless to change it, watching ourselves change and grow and no always for the better, everything constantly evolving whilst we ourselves stagnate, or maybe I just projecting there, those are some of what makes it unbearable for me bro, that and how people love to control dominate and exploit you, it is rather disgusting, I agree with your list mate, you hit the mail on the head with everything you said, everybody has, amazing insight, and oh so depressingly real

 

[Mebius]

When you look in the mirror and see an ugly mfker

 

[DarkRange55]

In Civilization and Its Discontents, Sigmund Freud says, "Suffering comes from three quarters: from our own body, which is doomed to decay and dissolution and which cannot even do without pain and anxiety as warning signals; from the external world, which may rage against us with overwhelming and merciless forces of destruction; and finally from our relations with other men. The suffering which comes from this last source is perhaps more painful to us than any other."

1. Hostile conspecifics (competitors of the same species, i.e., other humans). It's competition, at the most basic level, that causes all hostile conspecific actions towards you, that's the psychology. People realize subconsciously not consciously that every person they encounter is potential conflict and competition.
The more beautiful the woman is the more competition there is.

2. The decay of the physical body