How do you go on when nothing makes you happy? Im not sure if I really have any friends...

How do you go on when nothing makes you happy? Im not sure if I really have any friends, I have a job that I neither love or hate, lost interest in my college major( I just want to finish it so I have a degree), being single for 3 years straight and im only 22. My mediocrity is killing me.

same. i'm 34 now and started feeling like this around 10 years ago. i think it may be depression so i'm currently thinking about going to see a therapist to see if it could help.

I hate my job, have no degree and most likely won't anytime soon
I drink myself to sleep most of the time

I think this is the reality of modern life in the Western world. I don't know where I belong, or what will make me happy. I just know it isn't here and it isn't this.

Dunno how to go on and I often ask myself why even try
I used to be happy but now corporate life has sucked my soul dry

I have to speak to people all day and when I'm done I just wanna be in my room alone, hence no social life

me too :*(

Yeah exactly. I live in the UK, moved here from sithole eu country. Financially it's all about my job, I have to support myself so I can't ever take a break. My life is as much holiday I can get and weekends.

I often think of actually leaving this place

Yep, 27 and I'm so god damn alone... I just don't get how to be around people, everything about the way people behave annoys me. I think everything that happens on social media is ridiculous and pointless.I'm only happy when I'm drinking so... every night for like 5 hours. Every single time I try to reach out and be close to someone, I'm eventually just betrayed or used. Friendship is a lie, you're only in someone else's life for as long as you are useful then they abandon you. Bowling is fun though.... so that's something.

But leaving this place doesn't mean an end to this life. Any other country I'd move to it would be the same.
I guess Spain would be warmer, nice beaches

I have a raging burning fire inside of me that wants revenge on everyone who ever did my wrong ... my revenge is to simply prove them wrong i am a drug dealer i never had jack shit and i still dont but me myself and i and money

The the question im asking myself at the moment is why is it wrong when you look at people that have it better than you and you want to be like them is wrong. People always say cheer up others have it worse than you. Yeah but people have it batter than me also. So its ok to feel good that you have more than someone, but not ok to feel bad, because someone else has more?

You have to look deep inside yourself and ask yourself what will make your life feel fulfilled.
Probably what is happening is you aren't taking life by the balls and doing what you want.
Start doing what you want more and saying what you want you'll be happier.

Britbong born and raised here too. WHat country did you move from user? I often think about trying to save up and move somewhere were cost of living is cheap. Then get a more fulfilling job and a better pace of life. Cost of living and housing and food here is ridiculous. I live alone, so doing it all on one wage means I can't have a nice car or fancy holidays. A daily struggle that is testing my mental strength, just to afford to exist.

nothing interests me anymore

You may just need a holiday or something mate.
Surly there is something in your life that interests you.

Fuck yes my man
I moved here from Romania as soon as I graduated school, I just wanted to escape my religious family and the no future I had there.
Moving here tho is not much different, I have to work so hard just so I can have a place, food etc.
I live in Brighton btw, you?

I enjoy getting drunk, and stoned, and playing vidya. But that shit is kinda boring alone and also not very productive or fulfilling. I don't really like travelling and need the money to pay my mortgage and bills. A break would probably be good though.

I used to be passionate about art, music, socialising. But as I have grown older I have grown bitter and angry with life and have no patience for people anymore. To the point where I hate leaving the house. So I spend my evenings and weekends alone, where I am happiest.

I recently picked up the guitar again and played for a few hours, that was fun. I want to start getting out in nature more (I like walking and means I can leave the house but still be somwhere with not many people, also walking is free). I want to start doing yoga too.

In 2 years I will have my mortgage paid off at 36 years old. Now this isn't a forever house, it's a first time buyers house, but still a good position to be in. It would also be the best time to make a change to my job or where I live. But I have been thinking about where to go and what to do that will make me happy for years. I am no closer to a solution now than I was 6 or 7 years ago.

I am in Manchester, so housing etc definitely cheaper up North than in Brighton. But still a high cost of living in this country compared to a lot of other places in the world.

Once you have a houdr you own, surely you could rent that and have a passive flow of income. Quit job, go see the world with the money some wagecuck will pay you just to have a place to live

That is the best plan I can come up with at the moment. The money I get from renting my house would cover cost of living in a lot of places. So maybe I could roam the world until I find somewhere that feels like home. I have a friend in Finland and a friend in Grand Caymen so they would be great places to start. Canada looks good to me too.

I worry about getting bad tenants though and the house getting trashed. Or having to pay for large repairs and not having the money coming in.

Exercise, paleo diet, and lithium orotate (available otc). That's what helped my depression.

Good luck user.

I get bout 1.5-1.6k after tax, after bills and stuff it leaves me with about 700 to live with, not that bad, but my job is a nightmare.

I once took a trip to Morocco and I paid £50 for the return airplane ticket. The bus to the airport was also £50

How is it that it costs the same to get from one continent to another as it does to be on a bus for 2h?

I feel you. Silly, but slanging is a way out for some, especially if you have skills to put into a business. Eventually the drugs become less worthwhile than the business with a little luck and a lot of grinding. Good luck, user.

Letting agencies can deal with your tenants, repairs would be done out of the deposit they pay anyway, and make sure you write up a letting agreement that favours you.
Here in the UK tenants have it bad but as a landlord you're punching

I’m 23 and working full time to support my mom and 2 younger siblings. It’s hard man. I rarely get to go out because I’m always working overtime to make enough money for rent and to buy essentials. Every once in a while I’m left with some extra cash and i use that to take my mom and the kids out some place. So they can have fun. That’s what makes me happy. I’m depressed. I stopped taking my medication long ago. Sometimes when I get some time off, I’ll find myself just sitting in my room, hours go by and nobody messages me, nobody calls me. I’m alone, I feel like I don’t have any friends anymore. I don’t like reaching out to people because I feel like if I’m bothering them. So I’ll just sit here with my dogs, and try to enjoy the silence. Because when the house is quiet, that means my mom and the kids are out around town, eating pizza and going bowling. Stuff like that. That’s what keeps me going.
Hell, the kids even say that once they’re older, when they graduate and get a job, that they’ll take care of me like I’ve done for them, that gives me hope.

Some philosopher said something to the effect of unhappiness comes from comparing yourself to others, compare yourself to who you were yesterday. You can still be doing leagues better compared to where you used to be. Doesn't mean you don't have value just because you're not Elon Musk.

You sound like a good guy user.

That sounds like a really bad idea. You just get more disappointed with yourself

Wow, you're amazing user, I'd never be able to carry all that by myself
You're doing great

Thanks guys, I appreciate it.

I gotta get to work now
I hope y’all are happy, and if you aren’t don’t worry. Joy will come around eventually, just keep your chin up.

P.S. nice dubs

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