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DerpyTacos99

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I am constantly seeking out reasons to be upset or unsatisfied with my life as it is. I always get what I want, my life isn't the least bit pressuring or restricted, yet anything and everything I do always feels like it "isn't enough". A constant state of feeling like something is "missing" and that I'm missing a key element that will make my life "complete".

 

There is also the problem of feeling as if I know what my issues are, and trying to tackle imaginary stresses that simply do not exist. I convince myself that I am shy and all I want is some friends, yet I am not shy and make friends easily. I convince myself I am not good enough at anything, yet if I try anything I will always excel. I convince myself I need a girlfriend, yet I realize that it's not actually something I want to rush into, and that I'm perfectly confident and capable of getting one whenever I want.

 

So then, what is the problem? I have no clue. Any problem I can conjure up always has an immediate and easy solution. The problem then starts to delve deeper into my being, and I start questioning whether I have any purpose or point in life. Yet, I enjoy my life as it is, there's nothing more I want out of life. So then WHY does it still feel as if something is missing? Why am I in a constant state of uneasiness and discontent?

 

Life is anything I want it to be, nothing is out of my reach, I'm living the way I want to, I have access to anything and everything I need to be happy, yet still no matter what I'm doing at any given time, I will feel a sense of longing. A sense that what I'm doing is simply not good enough, and that I'm missing an opportunity for something greater.

 

I have endless ways to be productive in terms of education and careers, I have endless ways to stay entertained and happy, I have endless ways to exercise and stay physically active, I have endless ways to stay healthy and content, so why do I instead lay in bed and ponder why I'm feeling "so miserable"? I have anything I could ever want and the rest of my life is open before me with endless opportunities I can reach out for whenever I'm ready. I feel perfectly confident with my future, yet no matter what, I always feel like some part of me is missing. So instead of taking advantage of all the good things in my life, I waste my days away feeling devoid of any happiness, and feeling like nothing is ever enough, when I don't even have the slightest clue what I "need" to make myself feel complete. I will spend all day thinking of reasons to be miserable when I really have no reason to be.

 

There are people that have good reasons to be upset or miserable, yet I am not one of those people. I don't know who I am or what I want from myself. I don't know for certain what I think and feel about any given thing. I don't know what defines me as being me. The only thing I can pin down about myself is the negative emotions I feel towards my place in the world. I always have a sense that I am out of place, and that I never "belong" anywhere. Yet, who is this "I" that doesn't belong? I will always feel unsatisfied in any social situation, whether in person or online, yet why? What do I want from myself? What wouldn't feel unsatisfying? What would I need to actually feel content? How can I long for something when I have no idea what it is? That's not just when it comes to social situations, but even being by myself.

 

There are also other sides to my personality that I begin to pin down with negative terms, such as selfish, arrogant, egotistical, indifferent, to name a few. Perhaps labeling myself in such crude terms isn't good for myself mentally, but I find it hard to accept feeling any other way. In short, I don't know who I am or what I want out of life, and I've entered a state of limbo. Nothing bad, yet nothing good. Just time passing... Day after day... Week after week... Month after month... Year after year... The same thing, over and over...

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That's a horrible and tough habit to break. Although I always get that feeling, even though I accomplish much one day, or get positive attitude, I try to remind myself that life isn't perfectly accomplish-able for everything you do, even if that counters your meaning of life. Nobody's perfect at even what they do best. I think the thing you seek is un-seekable. Never had I heard someone's life being somewhat complete and they were being serious about it. Maybe it's your routine. Try to get out of that groove, and go out a little more, try new things. You'd be glad you did.

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Well, I took my first college classes, got a dog a few years ago, started taking tae kwon do classes, and started taking hip hop dancing classes. Those are all nice things and fill up life with various new experiences, yet they still don't feel like they're filling up that certain mysterious void for me. You may be right, about what I'm seeking being unseekable. I suppose I'm going to have to somehow come to terms with my constant sense of discontent.

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