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Tool-Bearing Hominid
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Hows it going guys. Recently I just been struggling with a problem.

Im never good at stating thing I think in my head because it rather confusing. But, Ill try to keep it words you understand .

Basically I been depressed as of lately. And not for the reasons you think. I recently been thinking of everything around me(and I mean everything), trying to make since to questions that started to arise from my head.

Whats the point? Of life I mean. This question that not only I am curious about. Why do I get up in the morning? What do I fight for? How do I know that I won? Now before you tell me seek therapy or send me a link to chase´s Purpose of Life article, STOP! IM not suicidal or anything ._.And if your wondering if I read it, I have. I found it really insightful to be honest. But back to life the stuff I seek and desire I wanted I cant really get it to thrive. Of course the desire is still there but it isnt there I had when I was little. Its not the desire that made me obsess over my passions like crazy. The very thing I need to strive and concur.

Before I let things get to heavy, lemme go back to when this started. It started last week when I finally decided that I going to enroll in college. Now im 20. When I graduated High School, my mom suggested that I take a year off so I could get situated then go to college next semester. I missed the first year of school including the year after from constant procrastination and missing deadlines. I worked about year at the local McDonald's, went home,slept, and collected my share and started over again. The two years consited of my me mostly working, maybe a go out with friends every blue moon, not approaching girls, and not furthering my career goals. So can you imagine how much of my time I used wisely? None of it thats what. Finally I got tired of doing the same thing and finally set up a meeting with an advisor at a local college nearby

The advisor set me up in the computer for me to sit don and choose what classes I was going to take. Now first year of college are always standard classes it didnt matter what I choose to major in or what to aim for so early. But like most people I still had my path undecided. This was it! This was the perfect time for me to analyze what I wanted out of life. At last- there was gonna be NO CONFUSION! My desires would stand right before me. No more asking myself what do I decide to do with my life. And it was hard! It was the most unnerving feeling in the word. I had to deeply analyze my strengths, my weaknesses, what Im willing to put up with, etc. Then it hit me. What am I doing this for? Was I chasing something that likely Wouldn't make me happy? How will I feel when I accomplished it? Indifferent ? Worse? Uhhh headache.

Now I know that sums up this article in itself but, thats my point. When does the feeling go away. Something I noticed for many things down to the core I tend to less appreciate. Questions Questions Questions . They arose from all over? What makes me happy? Would I have took this career had I known about Girlschase? Whats the point of having kids. Its been playin the same record since then ....and frankly im tired of it

What helps you in this situation. Whats the best way to deal with flooding emotions
 

Drck

Cro-Magnon Man
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Basically I been depressed as of lately. And not for the reasons you think. I recently been thinking of everything around me(and I mean everything), trying to make since to questions that started to arise from my head. .... Whats the point? Of life I mean. This question that not only I am curious about. Why do I get up in the morning? What do I fight for? How do I know that I won?

>>>> Your thoughts are fucking depressing, they are depressing because you reflect the reality we live in. I totally get you, many times I have exactly the same thoughts. I say fuck therapy, therapy is just a nice and superficial patch that doesn't solve anything.

I can't give you any advice, so don't listen to me... If you read my previous texts you'd easily think that I contradict myself a lot... I am not, I'm just looking at life from broader view... There is no just black or white, there could be both, and at the same time... plus many other colors...

I wasn't necessary depressed but I was asking the same questions you are asking, I see the questions as clearly as you do even today. So I went to college, I studied hard. I was lucky, I really like it, it paid off, I got a great job, great income, met great people, met great girls, and even today I have much higher potential to have what others call life...

Does it make me any happier? Did these questions disappeared? They are there, with the same intensity... All I realized after years of hard work that I just lived in illusion... I still live in illusion, I live according to dreams that others dremt... I realized that all this hard work is only chasing some dream, somebody's else dream, just some illusion that can be never fulfilled... The whole college, the whole "life" is just a dream, it is just a superficial patch that doesn't solve anything... Under certain point of view, it is just an escape, escape from reality...

Did the dream, did the illusion made me happy? Yes. Sort of. Well, only temporary. But it never solved the questions itself, it only postponed them by couple years... The questions came back with the same intensity... You just can't solve the questions by dreaming, by living lives of others, by therapies, by what others call 'happiness'... You have to confront the questions directly, assuming that you are really seeking the answers to them...

Is it depressing? For people who don't understand it must be. I bet it is depressing for many who read this. For me, no, it is not depressing, I am actually quite happy...

But I was also quite lucky (should such thing exist at first place), I was seeking intensively and I found many answers to my struggles in Buddhism. I actually want to say that I found All the answers I was looking for, but I believe I still have many years to go on this planet, so I'll leave that open...

Am I a Buddhist? Do I practice Buddhism? Nope. I just found answers in Buddhism and other things like yoga or Gita...

Am I telling you to start studying Buddhism? IMO you should but nope, that is not what I am telling you... That worked for me, it may not work for you... So don't listen to me, don't listen to anyone, seek your own answers...

There is no purpose of Life, just the question about purpose of Life creates the illusion that there must be some purpose... There is None. Drop the question and the need for purpose will disappear... We are just here, just travelers through Life....

Somehow we sat on this train called Life, and we are passing through different panorama... We are passing through different stages, different understandings, different places, different people, different desires, different happiness and different struggles ... and one day we will arrive to our final station... We will be kicked off the train, whether we want to or not... We can be happy about it, or upset and angry, or we can try to understand as much as we can about the train, but in essence we are just sitting on such train, we are just passing through Life to the final destination - Death... It is there, most people don't want to even consider it, they are afraid of the thought itself, but the final station is there, patiently waiting, and most of us have no clue when we arrive.... I can't help you, I can't help you with those feelings, I can't save you from the final destination... you have to face it yourself...

Are there another trains? I have no clue but I believe that there are... I believe that there are the same trains, but also many different vehicles... I believe that there is more to life than just chasing dreams, or chasing girls and pretending that that is all there is and it is supposed to make us somehow happy... I became to believe (recently) that our whole life, our whole travel on this train is actually a preparation to the final destination... our Life is preparation for Death, and at the moment of Death our next destiny, next vehicle (if any) will be determined...

But that is me, that is my answer. My believes may be just my another illusions, just another temporary solutions that make me feel happy... Right or wrong, you should seek your own answers... don't believe others, always trust your Self, always rely on Self only & Good Luck on your travels ...
 

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Tribal Elder
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I recommend meditation.

It develops awareness of the outside world rather than being stuck in your head. It's useful for fighting depression, and its also good for picking up girls.

http://www.buddhanet.net/m_part1.htm

Nick
 
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