I feel like there’s nothing to look forward to anymore.

I feel like my life has come to an end.

There’s nothing I can do to keep making myself happy and enjoy.

  • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    8 days ago

    Even though you feel like that, it hasn’t ended. I’m glad it hasn’t, so that we can have this conversation.

    I’ve felt things like what you’ve described feeling. It’s suffocating when you not only aren’t happy, you can’t see any prospect of happiness in your future.

    The thing is, the voice telling you there’s no hope is wrong. And eventually something will come along and shine a glaring light on that fiction, and you’ll realize that there was hope, you just couldn’t see it for a while.

    But don’t worry about that. It will arrive. You just have to stay alive long enough for it to reach you. So stay alive today.

    Tomorrow when you wake up, decide to stay alive just for the day. That’s all you need to focus on for now.

    Please call someone, even a crisis hotline if needed, before taking any actions you can’t undo.

    And please reply tomorrow and let me know how you’re doing.

    • kaerypheur@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      3·
      8 days ago

      Hi. I think I’m okay now after having breakfast and some coffee, and I went to my parents’ small house, although they are busy. Of course, I’ll seek help and go back to my clinical psychologist if I receive the financial aid from my government.

      • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        8 days ago

        That is good to hear. Next time you are feeling really down, remember this moment. Remember how after a while you felt better. Not great, but better. Remember, and internalize that. And then when you feel really low again, you can at least remember back when felt like crap but you KNEW it would get better. Not great, but it always gets better eventually. And then after a while you start to believe it, even if you think you’re fooling yourself a little. And after more time you realize, it’s actually true.

        That thought process got me through some very dark times. I hope it is somewhat helpful to you.