What do you live for?

When you get depressed and think that life is pointless what is it that you are actually living for in life? Your future career, holidays, a hobby?

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Reply 1

frank01277779

Potential fun in whatever form basically. Mostly friends/potential new friends in the future...

I'm fairly sure life is pointless, so you may as well just have as much fun as possible while alive. (Something I'm actually better at saying than going through with but meh :-D)

Reply 2

Planto

When I get "depressed" I begin to doubt all of those things.

Reply 3

Christopher123

A good night's sleep does the trick for me, but then again I only get depressed when I'm hungover.

Reply 4

kopi, ffs

Yeah, being free, listening to music, having fun.
Not everybody is as lucky and you and me, and we won't be young foreva..

Reply 5

saturn

Ok, yea its hard for people who don't work to have fun because there is always the guilt of not working, I guess thats why working is part of life, people gain something from doing something they don't want to.

Reply 6

saturn

Planto

When I get "depressed" I begin to doubt all of those things.

I know me too thats why I asked, I just wondered what it is thats so good that makes people carry on in life.

Reply 7

Cocaine Socialist

Glory.

Reply 8

Planto

I dunno. Hope maybe.

Reply 9

frank01277779

saturn

I'm not working atm either, find it hard to get the motivation to find a job. More money = more fun potential though I guess. (It's wrong that you essentially need money to live, but that's another debate entirely)

Reply 10

Cowberg

The world.

I don't care about my future, my job or whatever awaits me in life, I just think that there's too much in the world to ignore and would never wish to throw away the oppurtunity to not be able to see more than I have. I know I would be sad if I could never see a Sunset, or green fields, or a full moon, or gorgeous clouds, or hear happy birds, flowing rivers, snoring dogs, or smell fresh air, or flowers, or feel a cool breeze, or hot sunshine, or freezing snow, or touch those who I love ever again.

Reply 11

Scarlett_Jewel

When I'm depressed, creating something tangible to look forward to for the future makes me happy. That, and listening to musicals. ahem.

but what motivates me on a day to day basis is money. Everything I do is in pursuit of money.

Reply 12

Zen90

Boxing,hardcore (music) mainly
and friends and football

Reply 13

LaurenFah

Doing things that in the future I will look back on as a 'good memory'.

Reply 14

Logan

Quite simple in my case

I remember all those disney movies

The wretched witches, devil step mums, crazy uncles, and nature going against you

But we all know the ending

We all live happily ever after

Honestly i still have that false sense of belief everythings gonna turn out allright... but it does seem true if you put your mind to it.

Reply 15

Mush

I have such a passion for music, it temporarily takes away my aches and pains.

Other than that, I just strive and wait for my lucky break... that day when I meet the girl that I'll spend the rest of my life with... that day where I do something important, significant, meaningful and break-through... that day when people know my name for something worth recognising... that day when I realise that life can be worth living... that day.

Reply 16

newman24x

Cowberg

The world.
gorgeous clouds,

the sky look so much bigger when your are consumed with the worldly things :smile:

Reply 17

Charlybob

Well if you'd asked me about a month ago, I would have come up with a pretty good list of all the joys in my life that I just wouldn't want to miss.

They've pretty much all been completely destroyed in the last month though, so right now, as strange as it sounds. I haven't got a clue. I'm just going on with everything as it happens and letting everything go as it does, I don't really have a reason. I just don't have a reason to top myself either, and I'm not stupid, I know that this will probably just be a temporary depressive stage and I'd regret it if I did do anything. If it's possible to regret it after dieing.

So yeah suppose as far as reasons go at the moment, all I've got is that my life should get better.