The fact that you are feeling bad about it, just indicates that you have a bit more insight and sensitivity to the impact on other people than most 17 year olds. in reply to. Now cue the sappy inspirational music! Seventeen is a tricky age/ stage for most young adults.

But then I get mad at myself because in reality my life is pretty awesome so why am I not satisfied.

And most importantly, I am not an enlightened master who have looked through the illusion of life and death and understood the true meaning of meaningless and emptiness. Basically as it stands, I refused to go into work today as I was. NewAccess – Coaching you through tough times, Create your Beyond Now safety plan online, Recovering from a mental health condition, Supporting someone with a mental health condition, Supporting someone to see a health professional, Just speak up national awareness campaign, Building resilience in children aged 0–12: A practice guide, Signs and symptoms of anxiety and depression in older people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, Lesbian, gay, bi, trans, intersex (LGBTI), bodily, gender and sexuality diverse people, Resilience in the face of change: stories of transmen, At home - everything you need for a healthy family, Helpful contacts and websites for educators. It sounds to me as though you are thinking and behaving much like most 17 year olds. in reply to. However, I find myself not seeming to be happy or excited by anything anymore. I’m going to do big things, and people everywhere are going to know my name.

The holidays don’t excite me. And the Truth is we don't actually know that things are this way. What is your inspiration? Due to depression, I dropped out of school with no future plans of education or employment. Don't waste your precious time! I would like to learn more about you and try to provide some guidance if you want more from life that the big white canvas you currently see as your future. Part of the physical issue also depends upon your nutrition and how well you are or are not eating. The key thing here is to reconnect to your emotions.

In addition, I have written three books and have been in the teaching industry for over 14 years. Not allowing us to be open or free to be any other position. - Jack Nicholson --- Col. Nathan R. Jessep. They are great at making you tap into your authentic emotions once again. Their infinite nature. You have 2 minutes left before being logged out.

If yes, absolutley start dropping those immediatly. This helped keep my family off my back and distracted me from the fact that there was no job I wanted to do. worry about long term goals and motivation. Loss of a loved one.

Moving from one position to another (meaninglessness to meaningfulness) is just a start. I hate it, because my friends get all happy and excited, and all I can do is nod and act like I'm happy when really I don't feel anything. I am also very passionate about politics. "You can't handle the truth!" Over the past 2 weeks I have stopped coming in on certain work days and as you would imagine, they have been getting really annoyed with me. Paradoxically saying "everything feels meaningless and empty" IS MEANING. Enlightened people who truly understand these truths are not as depressed as me. Anyone can find themselves stuck saying: “I don’t care about anything anymore.”.
At your age I wouldn't worry about long term goals and motivation. I am starting to feel like an alien from everybody. But that requires work! If I were to continue my life, I want to have an unconditionally happy life. You sound very uninspired. Now I'm feeling totally motivated and inspired. Absolutely. There are also great subjects that are useful to spiritual growth like psychology and philosophy. There are values in attending college.

And you will start to see that these things are completely subjective and start to see what meaninglessness and emptiness actually are. @onacloudynight If you say you don't care about anything, you do care. I don’t know if I’m making sense, but I’m just going through the motions lately. However, I find myself not seeming to be happy or excited by anything anymore. I’m getting older, my dreams are fading more, my parents are getting older, my children are getting older, and I’m finding that I do not like the whole life cycle thing. Sign up for a new account in our community. They are happy.

I had this kind of thoughts for several weeks, feeling extremely depressed. I am going to experience the most beautiful thing. I have been diagnosed as depressed, as well as having anxiety, and OCD.

Before you can post or reply in these forums, please join our online community. And I don't really care either. 2. I wish I could just fall asleep or wake up. Needless to say I am far from a millionaire. I committed to a 3 day work week, but can't handle forcing myself to get up to work. You have obviously thought through that if you do nothing you may well end up on the street. But the last few months… the things that used to make me happy, excited, or engaged don’t mean anything to me. I have been there when I was on my junior year in high school with all the pressure to get straight A's on my AP classes. Life is beautiful and awesome! Other times I feel like if I cared about anything in life I could do some great stuff and actually make something of myself, but I know it won't happen. I need to meditate. They are disciplined.

Because they've created taken for granted positions and beliefs and lost side of their absolute freedom. How to go from meaninglessness into caring about stuff ? I don’t care anymore. I immersed myself into phone, food, porn. I need to read books. And my perspective on life changes a bit: in this life, I am going to live for the highest quality. The low energy and apathetic feelings you describe could be the result of a medical problem that is, as yet, undiagnose. However, I have lived with these my entire life, but I was always able to find something that excited me or kept my interest. Started by

I stopped feeling depressed, useless and lazy.

...Care to elaborate? It's easy! @Truth I'v been dealing with similar problem and your answer is very helpful. I don't care what people thinks of me, if people thought I was a pedophile, then I wouldn't care. The biggest takeaway I think is: don't lie to yourself and believe that you can live a no suffering, happy life. Community Software by Invision Power Services, Inc. Community Software by Invision Power Services, Inc. On a pragmatic sense, it is better to make a living with a college degree. I can’t find anything that sparks me. It's gonna change you as a person. I need to contemplate. I still crave for success and comfort. I'm self educating at home with tons of books (money, psycology, nutrition, relationships, success, marketing). Your session is about to expire.

The situation is, my parents recently bought a business (part of the reason they bought it was so they could employee me and get me working). I fully accepted my situation. I turn fifty this year but don't think it is a mid -life crisis. What you called meaningless and emptiness is probably not an insight you got. Your parents are probably feeling old and knackered. I just want to live without anyone expecting things of me and needing me to do anything. (A trait alone that employers are always desperately seeking!).

From simple things like sleeping times, having a shower and brushing my teeth, to getting a job, getting a education or living on the streets. College makes me feel miserable, bored and stressed.

The behaviour you describe sounds a lot more like the symptoms of depression.

No wonder you are depressed and "lazy"! Okay, then I think to myself, obviously I don't have the courage to end my life now. I am going to be the happiest person. I was always obsessed with something. (Could you really imagine having a tooth so rotten that you are in agony for weeks or months until you knock it out yourself? We were not created to fulfill some atomatronic function in life, but to be inspired by it. At 17, you are probably the strongest and fittest in the family. But you need to turn around and walk right back through that door, because even though you may not want to be there, you’re still committed to it. I don't care about anything anymore. All I want to do is lose my virginity and then die.
Hopefully this can help you start to wake up and see how free you are, by taking on this attitude of things feeling meaningless and empty will make you free. You need to be a member in order to leave a comment. I feel numb or fuzzy all the time now like walking in fog. I don’t care if this world is or isn’t experiencing a shift of paradigm (such hype!) Some people at your age know what they want to do for the future but most haven't got a clue.

Please help us improve the lives of people affected by anxiety, depression and suicide, Before you can post or reply in these forums, please complete your profile. They are hard-working. I feel numb or fuzzy all the time now like walking in fog. I think the world has completely lost its mind and this is my outlet for dealing with it. If it wasn't for movies, I literally wouldn't have anything to live for anymore. I don't care about anything anymore. Everything is meaningless right...... At this point I felt that maybe this "everything is meaningless" is just an excuse used by the ego to avoid work. I don't feel depressed. Grief. Anyone else feeling like they were meant for something more and didn’t achieve what they were expected to accomplish and instead, they just settled? I have never really had a dream job, instead I pretended to be interested in some random things I was told as a child payed good money (E.G. But we can pretend to know, and this gets us into trouble. The fact that you recognise that their expectations don't seem to be unreasonable, almost makes it worse for you because it makes it hard to explain why it is difficult for you to manage it.

I have a masters degree in education and I am also a Reading Specialist. Now I just don’t care. The bottom line is this: You’re checked out at your job and you just don’t care anymore.. Whatever you want to call it; and deep down they recognize that it's time to return, and how can they when they’ve already decided that it’s meaningless and pointless?


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