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MV Edit: You matter. You really do. To me. To someone. Stay and fight. Thrive through spite. Be aggressively kind.
ryokomagus9
Survival mode can make us feel despondent. Keep going and focus on those things that you do care about. We will make it through.
SeekerOfFire
Life is like that.
StellaMatutina
Anomie. Correlated to more diverse interdependent specialized societies. Also correlated with higher rates of suicide in these societies. Y'all want a local social science communicator for this kinda stuff?
joot
And then I got cancer.
TheCommentWoman
Yeah this one really hits home huh
Imustntrunaway
It's no measure of health to be well adjusted to a profoundly sick society. We are all being let down by the way things are, it isn't your failing anything that makes it seem this way, and it shouldn't be your job to make it better for yourself or others, but all we can do is try.
EatPieLander
Wow ... ...
Eviiana
I used to be so passionate about the things I did. Especially art and writing. I created so much. It was all terrible. Now I can't even bring myself to do that anymore.
rkingesd365
I feel like this all the time, I'm afraid I've reached a point where I'm comfortable feeling like an empty shell.
seenunseen
Yep. Happens with age.
greentights
I think that's just depression
PlanckEraWasMyBestEra
I'm 40 and still care way too much about things. If you feel this apathetic, you may want to see a therapist and see if there is more going on. It's like when I explained a normal day to my therapist and they were like "So... let's get you tested for ADHD". Sometimes we assume our normal is normal, but it's not.
DeguRatface
This comic describes exactly how I've become, it's very much the learned helplessness of having ADHD for many, especially if you didn't know about it.
WhoUhz
“Things you own end up owning you.”
SneakECoyote
I'm there.
MoonBoots92
On the other side of this feeling, there's small bits of gratitude that can bring some of the color back to the ordinary. Putting yourself into a little state of gratefulness softens some of life's rougher edges.
ItsMoreComplicatedThanThis
Compassion fatigue. A lot of us ran out of empathy fuel. Out of fucks to give, even though we want to give a fuck.
Refuel. Rest. Pick your battles. We're no use to anybody if we burn out.
You deserve rest.
Pusheenicorn1992
ErgodicAnomaly
Get a cat, I exist to come home to this fucker.
FentuckyCriedKhicken
After like 40 I found out that care about stuff means nothing. That’s when I really care about stuff I want to care about.
afterdarkart
@OP Thank you. I was just going through this with my therapist. I'm 40, single, trying not to be upset about it, and really think life has a lot of things left, but...I just don't care anymore, and it feels like the world is just...gray, and tiresome, and not worth it anymore.
BusterWinkmeyer
gearsmith
I'm in this photo and... I feel nothing.
ekzeko
You read any litterature at all?
BusterWinkmeyer
I read the ingredients on the shampoo bottle if I forget my phone when pooping 💩
ekzeko
neat. Anyway, as a thoroughly dispassionate guy myself, getting somebody elses ideas spelled out straight into my brain really helps me consider things more deeply and with more interest than just carelessly moving through the world.
pompodompolus5000
Oh god … there it is. Put into words.
LlamaLlamaQuack
So I've reached a point where I no longer care (as much) and it's been so freeing that I can feel at peace with myself. Like, humanity inevitably sucks, but knowing that's a fact and it's up to me how I handle that, I keep choosing joy cause we only have one shot at this thing. I hope the same for you.
DecepticonCustomerService
Agreed. It's understanding that I can and HAVE to choose joy. Find it wherever it lays.
TheNamesTophBeiFongSoGetMeOnThatFerry
Hard to choose joy when you dont even know where to get it from anymore :I The joy sources of old have dried up so to say
BrigidtheMechLady
This is called depression. Please talk to someone about this if you feel this way. There's both therapy and medication that can help a lot.
MAup
Sigh. Thats all the energy i have left.
ArcanisTheOmnipotent
Well, maybe I am depressed.
illeatassbutnotthebruisesonbananas
Same lol
quadraspaz1
On Thursday my 6 year old son spontaneously lay on the floor and did an impression of one of our fish and it made me giggle, then I realised that it was the first time that I'd felt happiness in so long that I couldn't remember when it last happened
meowingintensifies
existing is exhausting.
magicrhombus
Caring is exhausting in such an uncaring world.
CommunCreator
Give yourself permission to say “fuck it.” I can’t change the world by myself. Maybe the best I can do is to slow my little corner’s slide into the abyss. So I’ll do my best and forgive myself when I alone couldn’t stop things from getting worse.
Kreviathan
"Mortal beings are the instrument by which the universe cares." - Brennan Lee Mulligan
I regularly find myself tempted to just give the fuck up. It's an understatement to say that it's incredibly difficult to care when others will not. But if we don't, who will? As easy as it is, I won't slip into that nihilism, and I sincerely hope you and others like you won't.
DecepticonCustomerService
So effing true.
spookyu
Indeed, I've learned one small trick though. Shrink your scope, some days "your world" doesn't have to exist beyond the 4 walls you are inside of, or maybe your yard, or your block/street, or town, etc. You can't always change the world, but you can always improve something in your immediate surroundings, even if it's just picking up a piece of trash, let yourself have that small victory. You aren't ignoring the world at large, just taking some solace from your own little sphere of influence.
Predacane35
I've found that caring about those who don't return the same energy is a big chunk of what drags me down. I've been refocusing my life and attention to more effective people and things. I'm still not happy, but things are slowly improving.
SedatedSl0th
Nah yeah. Same m8.
DrElihuWhipple
I will NOT die before trump.
jesuisgur
He has better health care than you do...
Prettyasknives
Ooo I like that motivation! I also heard something great along the same lines "view self depreciating thoughts as if Trump was saying them" so much easier to dismiss them like that, in my experience.
TheMershedPerderder
Imadethisaccounttopost
This...
Eldibs
Like, I didn't need any motivation to carry on, I already have some, but DAMN that's some good motivation.
hyperchondriac
Yeah, but it means you have to die knowing whatever shithead he/Elon installs afterwards will finish ruining the world.
blueKD
Survive out of spite; you've got graves to dance on that haven't been dug yet
Harm
There's now 3 people I want to see to their end before mine,for diametrically opposite reasons: my parents,and Trump.
foxthebloodied
Live to piss on his grave
somewhatparanoidpanda
I’m hoping technology makes immortality possible but not if it means he gets to live.
DecepticonCustomerService
#damnright let's hold on for that and for hope
squishybaker
Good old spite.
verityauger
Or Putin
Noraneko
Very true but it makes me sad to hear that. This is what my friend from Russia says who is very suicidal but politically active (opposition) - that she has to outlive putin. Sad that nowadays one might feel the same in the USA.
UWAGAGABLAGABLAGABA
Same. Like. I'm not suicidal or anything, but living kinda sucks. I hate this place.
Darnarus
"Now it's over, I'm dead and I haven't done anything that I want,
Or I'm still alive and there's nothing I want to do" - Dead by They Might Be Giants
Becklesthecat
Same
JourneyBeforeDestination
I'm the exact same. If I could just sleep and be gone, at least for a while, I think that would be grand! Always here if you need to vent or rant
CreativeToAFault
Oh yeah, like I don't want to die, but if I got hit by a bus and killed, I wouldn't mind terribly, you know?
Slayage
I'm not suicidal either, but when I'm depressed I go like that looney tunes scenes, blowing my brains out, with my hand gesture. Or hara-kiri.
aggraphine
Hate how much I feel this
RosaElefanten
It's just a long, slow wait until it's done for me.
dakonsept
Most days, it just takes all my damn energy to throw the blanket off my self and get out of bed.
I'm a software engineer, so the current job market is the "jumper-cable-to-my-nuts" incentive to show up to work.
But I just want to sleep and sleep and sleep some more.
ongabonga
This timeline is a lot to carry. The same happened to me. I know that the sparks are still there. It's important to not forget that.
Also, here I made a merged version.
GeneralComments
As Robbie Williams says: "I don't wanna die, but I ain't keen on living either"
ElvisCatStello
I feel this in my bones
lilgoth89
thats often what depression is, its not an overwhelming sadness, its a blank empty void space where sadness and happiness SHOULD be
JackieDaytonaRealHumanBartender
Same, like there are things I enjoy, people I enjoy, and I generally consider myself happy, but I have no optimism for the future and everything I'm looking forward to involve planning and trying to ignore anxieties/the larger world.
DecepticonCustomerService
I feel itt. Hugs, internet stranger
GCRust
Yup. As I say - I have no desire to quit, but I really don't want to play any more.
gbh2
I used to like living here. But the USA is bad.
WoundedZetian
The world is on fire. We have been living through one in a life time, once in a century, write full history books on events for a while now. Feeling numb after overwhelming events is normal, and they just keep happening. I feel like we haven't had time to process anything seriously since 9/11.
SkamanSam
My secret is that I've learned what truly matters and i don't care about the rest. Hint: there isn't a whole lot that truly matters. Find out what truly matters to you.
Tumescentpie
That might just be depression.
kiara8942000
Do you ever get alittle bit tired of life?
Like you're not really happy but you don't wanna die.
spiceass9000
I just kinda try to ignore everything except movies, tv shows, and video games. Now that I think about it I basically just avoid this reality and live in others and it’s good
CardeasIV
I am having loads of free time last few months, and for the most part, i am just chasing the feeling i had doing shit i liked...but...it like never comes...every now and then, small surge...but nothingness, slow descent into despair even deeper than when i started the chase with hopes of ejoying the free time i finally got...
criminalsarcasm
I go through phases of feeling this sentiment HARD, but I’ve learned to focus on the times I don’t feel this way. I’m lucky enough that they don’t last long and I’ve identified triggers, but man is it no fun. Now, I’ll have a good day and it’ll just pop into my mind that I thought about how pleasant it would be to not exist a couple weeks ago and regret even having the thought. That being said have grace if you feel this way. Life is hard nowadays. Always has been really.
Aeonika
Yes. My mom died in November and quite a bit of the sparkle I had left just kinda went with her. Things just keep going wrong now seems like.
Zeladar
I'm sorry 😞
Aeonika
Carrying on, may there be better days for all of us soon.
angryjeep
Yea like what happened to looking forward to things? Yall remember that? Been a while
GabbyJayYay
Like weekends & holidays... Now it's just another day before work
shadow351
Cucumberclouds
I try to keep it small and simple- things I can control. Volunteer in the community, local and regional sightseeing, just small stuff. Otherwise it’s too Big Sad
habslove
holy shit that hits hard...so true
DL17
Things? In this economy?