I know that a large percentage of you will scroll past this but to the few of you that don't I have to say one thing

I know that a large percentage of you will scroll past this but to the few of you that don't I have to say one thing.
Life is shit.
For the past 3 years I have struggled to find happiness in life and I am really starting to worry what to do. I question life almost every day and to be honest I believe I am running out of good reasons to live.
For those of you that have actually read this far, please just tell me what to do because I have no idea anymore.

Why not just try a bunch of new shit? Go out on adventures, meet new people. Idk, it's a lot to live for, you just have to find something that you like to keep you going.

My friend, I wish to kill myself too. However, I do not want to die alone. Will you form a pact with me?

I used to have a big friendship group but it has slowly diminished. Meeting people isn't really something I am too good at.

Go for a run, listen to good music or try to find some, play videogames, engage in something that is challenging and you can invest time to get better.

I've been in the same situation for 8 years now, it never gets better, but i can always find reasons to keep going, at least for some time before i get all depressed again.

Kill yourself if you're feeling courageous.

Find some sort of hobby or some shit that you really enjoy doing and then try to meet others that are interested in the same thing.

That should make it easier to find yourself. Find out what makes you happy. Focus on yourself and try new shit. Is there anything that you're interested in?

>meditate

Sounds like me. I play video games a lot and I feel like that's what has put me where I am. Getting behind the screen is second nature and I thought maybe that would be the reason I lack social skills now to keep up with my friends and meet new people.

Stop posting pictures for ants for one thing. Goddamn, son.

"But life is shit" and Imma scrolling.

I couldn't think of anything else that would catch attention and this was the first image that came up... I have lurked for too long ahhaha

Do drugs. They help.

why not give blowjobs to all of us?

I have a thinking mind and for this i am blessed. I can redirect my thoughts to enjoy my awake time. I am so glad that I am conscious of the one mind and not asleep anymore. Life is hard........compared to what

I never had a lot of friends in the first place so i don't really think videogames made me stray further from social circles.

best advise.. stop browse Sup Forums/b/
and go out in the real world meet a girl get a job. done

Just try something new everyday. Just dont do herion or meth.

You gotta keep yourself busy. Find a new hobby.

Meditate and learn to love yourself, if you dont love yourself then find a way to change it. I'm still a fat fuck but im working on it.

The one thing that keeps me going is the pursuit of pussy. Chicks like the one I posted keep me going. Just the pursuit of it anyway.

Life is misery you stupid cunt

Buy a motorcycle. It's an elegant form of potential suicide. It's so much fun and will bring purpose back to your life. Especially once you start making friends.

>been riding for 2 years, am addicted

Smoke weed.

get all your savings and move to a new place.

I kinda have a girl but recently I feel like its a struggle to talk to her without making a fool of myself and it is really having an impact on things.

loving acceptance of self and others

What would be a good starter bike in the EU ?

>FZR
MAH NIGGA

How can a motorbike give your life purpose when you start to make friends? It is not like you can drive them around in it

smoke some weed, take a huge dump, then hang yourself

You must construct additional pylons.

You must construct additional pylons

You want the ultimate distraction from internal torment? Work out with a routine. I'm assuming you don't get too a gym often, if only because you ask b for advice. But when you're lying in bed, aching with pain that only sleep can fix, you're not suicidal at that moment. If you keep at it, you'll get stronger, and then look at yourself in the mirror one day and admit your muscles aren't half bad. Just my two cents, but it helped my through a rough ass time.

delete ALL your porn and quit Sup Forums and you will live a MUCH happier life

Jerk off to Leigh Darby

An Hero yourself?

If your out of ideas might as well just give up

The only porn I have on my computer is the photo that I downloaded to use for this thread.
I thought about this for so long and did get into it... but I lost motivation and spiraled back where I started.

Therapist Here

OP, it sounds like you could have some symptoms of depression. . . much like people get sick with colds and other illnesses, the mind can have the same things happen to it.

I would encourage that you speak with a professional if possible. . . they may be able to help you push your life in a direction that you think would be best for your overall health and sanity/safety.

>Pic of DSM-V criteria for Depression. second pic incoming soon

Drugs, alcohol. Maybe a trap

Life fucking sucks. I'm borderline homeless. I have no job because I can't work due to things wrong with me, I never leave any place I stay because I have no vehicle and no money. I always struggle, I always worry, and I always stress about everything. Life is never going to get better.... I have no reason to live yet somehow I keep persisting.... honestly? I don't know what even drives me anymore.

start a diet tommorow
cut out sugar
cut out bread/bread products
only eat red meat 1x max a week
go get a gym membership
dedicate 1-3 hours a day lifting and cardio at the gym

get in shape, eat lots of greens/turkey/chicken/fish
have some fruits but mostly veggies and lean white meat/fish
take a multi vitamin every day
get a job, work the job as best you can, do more then you have to, ask every few months if their are any higher positions available, apply for them if they are

every time you meet a new girl you think is cute, no matter how out of your league you think she is, meet her by asking her the question, UHHHH, are you the girl of my dreams?, and talk to her, try to fuck every girl that interests you

Do the above and start spending time, dating and working hard and working out hard and gradually over a few years if you focus on those things and giving your absolute best effort every fucking day, things start to get great and people envy you because they think you started living that life by circumstance and they are too lazy to do the same

good luck faggot

Therapist here
>Part 2 of DSM-V criteria for Depression.

Let me know if you have any questions, OP

Why are you sad? Fix that problem and find some hobbies.

Well perhaps if you didnt look for purpose in life here on Sup Forums (no offense) you would find it.

Give your own life meaning.
Making/having friends is essential...

I am in no way questioning your advice... But I feel as though if I fixed my social issues I would be alot happier. I have the connections I just don't have the confidence to use them. I am far from a social butterfly, I am more of a social retard.
Any advice?

You choose to be happy. Go do something. Yeah being depressed stops you from wanting to do stuff but you have to fight that shit and get the ball rolling.

It's called the hedonist paradox, nigger. (Google it) If you try to be happy, you won't. Some wise asshole in Japan 100 years ago was all like "happiness is the absence of searching for happiness" or some shit. Although our modern society/pharmacology/utilitarianism/whatever has done a lot for us as a whole, it's left some of us with a voice in the back of our heads telling us "gotta b happi m8". But you gotta kill that shit.
Some people devote themselves to a bigger cause. Others use drugs/meditation and try to kill the ego altogether. Some fucks just learn to live in the moment and quit wishing shit were different.
When shit gets hard ya gotta make sure you take care of yourself (eat rest, hydr8, fuck hoes, meds, therapy,etc). But other than that don't focus on the mental Illness at hand. It's a hard balance to make but it's worth it.

>For the past 3 years I have struggled to find happiness in life

There's your problem. There's no such thing as happiness by itself.

Therapist Here.

Well, OP, if you think it is more "social anxiety" that is something that you can actually work in incremental steps (think baby steps). You do something each day and slowly build up from it. So to start off you just chat with someone for two minutes in some kind of small talk. Do that for a week, then slowly build your way up in increments of 5-10 minutes and practice that for a week.

HOWEVER

If you think that you are more of a "Social Introvert" then that is more of a personality quirk that is totally fine. You just need to find activities and friends/acquaintances who are also into introverted activities. . . .

Any of that make sense or help out? Or are you wanting super specifics.

Huh. . . I'll have to look this up (not OP) but this sounds intriguing! Thanks!

How old are you OP?

Socially awkward is more where I was going. I would love to talk but the thoughts that run through my head are "what do I say?" "What do I talk about?"

Not going to lie here. I have browsed Sup Forums for a long time now but I am not actually old enough in the eyes of this sites rules.

Stop telling yourself that you can't do things and that you're not this type of person or that type of person and start being positive no matter how bad things get. Live in the present, not the future or past. If you want something done just go do it, don't wait and procrastinate.

Life ALWAYS gets better with time homie. Take a deep breath and explore what Earth has to offer. If you say you've done everything you're a liar so do everything you can that isn't damaging.

Not sure if baiting, but if real, you're thinking like a shitty adolescent (no offense), just hang on bro, things will stabilize, things will get better (or you'll just stop giving a shit about a lot of things) on the mean time just do whatever you want to do, its your life OP, you just get one.

Therapist here.

Oh, that isn't so bad then!! (not trying to downplay your emotions and experiences).

Honestly, OP it just sounds like you are putting too much pressure on yourself on what to say and having "the right thing" to say. . . . unless you tell someone "Nigga I will fuck yo couch" or "Grill the homless people" or "Your are a stupid cunt". . . there really is not much that you can say that is the "wrong" thing.

Honestly I would just practice being mindful and present. Push your worries aside. Stop caring about having something to say all the time. If you pressure yourself less, then your brain will relax and it will do better in processing, and responding to, information.

I remember seeing a video and reading a study about how a majority of people feel "nervous" and "awkward" at the beginning of a conversation. The people who were able to adjust and go with the flow and essentially take the pressure off of themselves generally had more positive reflections about the conversations they had in the research study that was done and positive feelings about themselves as a social being.

Solution to this problem is just to do. Don't think. Just go and don't filter yourself but be kind and honest and people will always like you. The more open you are the easier it is to make friends and meet people in general but just realize that not everyone is meant to be in your life and if things don't work out then you move on because there are 8 billion other people on this earth.

unless you're clinically depressed, if so you just go see a doctor.

This guy fucks.

HA HA HA if this is actually how you live your life you are a pathetic little bastard. It might have been the way for you to overcome your little teenage depression you had but the real is, for most of the people, more then fucking and working out your primitive retard. To "succeed" in life you have to do those things that please you the most. But you also have to understand that everything that you do has consequences. For example: you like eating burger king? Thats totally fine but if you do it too often without working out to balance your weight your going to get fat. Theres also nothing wrong with being fat if it is what makes you happy

I find it incredibly hard. I appreciate everything you have said and I will do my best to change how I approach shit. I overthink everything and its fucks me up bad lmao

Do you have a job? Or finished college or something?

I need to get a job. No I haven't finished my schooling.

Therapist here

Overthinking is a part of life, OP, you just have to "study" yourself in a way and learn how to talk yourself down and de-escalate your anxiety, fear, doubt, etc.

You will always want to kill yourself. Some days you may not think about it, but it will always be there. Some days you will actually feel pretty good, but you will know there will always be a low to follow that will be your penance for briefly experiencing pleasure. You will seek help after a while, but nobody will know how to help you and the suggestions will be repetitive ad nauseum. You will get older and start noticing parts parts of your body wearing out and this will scare you because you know things will not improve If you are lucky one day you will finally gain the courage to kill yourself. When you do it you'll wonder if this is the right thing to do, and probably try to stop yourself but fail and end up dead anyway. Only then will your suffering be over. Whether you kill yourself now or when things start wearing out is up to you, it will make no difference.

Thats because youre looking for happyness, wich is extremely relative and is compensated with sadness everytime.
Theres literally nobody happier or sadder than you, they just act like it.
Life is about seeking peace and clarity user, thats the point all religion try to explain with nice stories. My english is absolute crap, i know

You have given me more useful information over a public message board than any other psychologist I have ever seen. Thanks alot man.

Godspeed, OP, Best of luck. Just remember that you are the expert on yourself. However, even with that being the case, you are still learning about yourself (especially if you are young).

It's confusing as fuck to think about, but that is just life.

theres nothing your passionate about? fucking go for your dreams.. even if you have to slowly build them on the back-burner.. one day you will have it.. or just pretend like everything you truely want is impossible and wait for death.

Hey man, if you're still around, I thought about killing myself before. Reason I didnt do it is because I dont want to die, honestly I just want all my problems fixed. Anyway, you're not alone. Finding some faith might help. I dont really claim any religion, but I studied up on them, even the pagan ones, and I took from each the things that spoke to me. I kind of have my own religion of stitched together aspects from many. Anyway, I cant give you a fix for your problem. My advice is to DO something. I know you dont want to, I know nothing seems exciting, but you have to do it anyway. Go for a run, wash your car, mow the grass, help a friend with something, read a book, go to sleep and repeat. Keep your mind busy. I realized, thats what life is about. You wont find some ideal static situation of a good life. You have to constantly be doing something. Spend less time inside your head. Forget about what you want, dont think about the future, think about the next five minutes.

>Long hot shower
>Clean clothes
>Mow the grass
>Paint the shutters
>Shower again
>Go for lunch
>Be nice to a stranger
>Read a book
>Watch some "Friends" (its really good for lonliness or depression.
>Go to sleep worn out and tired.

>Do it again and again for the rest of your life.

no drink or drugs man, trust me, trust a guy in his 20s with a fucked up liver already. It will only make things worse.

Get a hobby. I mean it, it can sometimes be life changing with all the friends you can meet. Just hang on though, I promise you there is a light at the end of the tunnel.

Try smoking weed

let's be real most of us are wanting to burnout then fade away so honestly how about we all form a pact to do a bunch of fucked up shit, like go on a rampage , rob and rape some people mabye do some extremely hard drugs and in the end we should all kill ourselves