| So due to the success of seeing into the deeper meaning of depression interaction in the other thread. I decided to do the follow up, this isn't so much about suicide its about why we keep going. Those of us that don't but still suffer be it in a lifestyle sense or an internal one. Why keep going, why do you, why do others do you think carry on suffering day to day. Is it simple hope that something better will come or is it simply a connection to that life you and others can't let go of. This isn't just suicide but changing life all together. Why cling to a miserable existence. Change is hard and suicide sucks but why do people cling to a life in which they hate or suffer. What keeps it going, why bother. As those days pass into weeks and there is no life changing fantasy that happens to you like in the books. You'll never be that MC you saw on that anime. Just because you suffer doesn't mean something good is bound to come your way. |
SpooksJun 3, 2015 11:56 PM
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| My depression has lead me to have next to no motivation for anything. I've contemplated suicide on numerous occasions (never any attempts). Due to having no motivation to do anything, I noticed that I haven't actually done anything. How can I say life is shit if I haven't actually tried living it? So lately I've been trying to branch out and experience more things, being more socially interactive and such. So what keeps me going is just a small ray of hope that I'll find something worth living for. Pretty stupid I guess, dunno how long this phase will last. |
| Kenjataimu mode status: 恒久 |
just basic instinct  i almost successfully committed suicide in the past though when i was at my worse, glad im no longer suicidal this days |
| I have yet to suffer from depression. I keep living because I wake up every day and I have to trap and grind harder than before. I am always looking forward to what the next day has to offer. |
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| I used to struggle with this a lot in my teenage years, but then one day I came to the realization that I expect too much of the world. Realizing I had been lured into a false perception of the world with my parents looking after me as best they could throughout my life. The day I noticed that no one has it easy and that you have to work for not only money, but friendships, skills and life in general. So I turned around, started not expecting much to come from my day unless I made it happen. Started learning new skills, putting extra effort into tasks and talking to people I wouldn't normally talk to. People started to not only notice me but praise me. In the space of 2-3 weeks, I had started to feel as though I had a purpose, I wasn't dragging society down. Then it snowballed into my current life. I volunteer 5 hours a week to non for profit organizations. I run a quite successful YouTube Channel teaching Computer science, I'm soon to be starting a family and I now work as a Video Game Developer. Plus I still manage to find time to watch large sums of anime. On the Train, before bed, during breaks. Cool, hope you enjoyed my 2 cents. |
draps1337 said: Cool, hope you enjoyed my 2 cents. peoples experiences, opinions and life views is what this threads about so thx for sharing. |
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| I love life and want to wake up everyday, that's why. I used to be depressed in my teenage years and even wanted to kill myself. Though, something told me to be strong. Being weak and giving up would just sadden your family and the future you that wants to be standing there. Treasure your life for sure. |
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| I'm too curious to stop |
| I still got RPGs to play. I can't just die with a backlog this big. Also I guess I'm interested to see just how bad this country will end up. I can enjoy watching the process with good conscience since I have no legacy to uphold anyway. |
| Better than going back. |
mecharobot said: I still got RPGs to play. I can't just die with a backlog this big. Also I guess I'm interested to see just how bad this country will end up. I can enjoy watching the process with good conscience since I have no legacy to uphold anyway. Let me see the backlog, I bet mine is larger |
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| I'm not sure wuat keeps me going each day that urge to move onwards just makes me wanna yuck blach |
| My name is Terrence always is Terrence and will always be Terrence Current Accounts: ThePinhead3333, |
| I just have to see how of One Piece and Berserk will end... and my PTW just keeps growing; can't leave it like that. That's pretty much it. |
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| the hope that things will get better |
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| SuiciMAL. Fuck this shit |
Oxalias said: Think about the poor lads that grew up 1000 years ago with out anime. A horrible time. |
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| Why not? You are what you think, what you think you become - buddha |
| WEABOO SCIENTIST |
| I used to be a mess. I used to be a very horrible person, and I used to contemplate suicide. That's a pretty common thing, right? A lot of people have been in the same position. The matter lies in how we deal with it. It's change that's necessary, and it's up to each person to bring that change to themselves. I made a creed to live by. I call it my pride. My pride is everything to me. I protect it at all costs. If I lose my pride, I lose my life. My pride is my principles. They are kind of unwritten laws that I follow, but it won't hurt to put them into text. Law 1: Live for those you love. Protect those you love, your own life comes second. Law 2: Never cry in front of my siblings or mother. Law 3: Never cry from physical pain. Law 4: Never take a bribe that hurts somebody else. Law 5: Always take the pain and responsibility from others when making a choice. Law 6: Don't talk about my feelings when around friends but in private it's okay. Law 7: If somebody i love is hurt by somebody else intentionally defend them to the death no matter what happens. Law 8: Follow through with every commitment i make unless i physically cannot continue. Law 9: Never intentionally hurt the people i love. Law 10: Always sacrifice myself for the people i love when they need a sacrifice. Once I established these laws, everything changed for me. I've become a much better person. |
| [center]War... War never changes. Talk to me on my profile~ |
| I have hope that I can become a better person. Sure, I'm unemployed, relatively unmotivated and lazy now. But that could change one day. When I had that retail job last year, my depression was non-existent and I was motivated to work on my novel, along some other projects. Why? I guess I could say I was contributing something to the world every time I went to work. |
| for satsuki. and one DAY I WILL BE MAD SCIENTIST |
| I'll die eventually anyway, so why not try my best living a "fullfilling" life, whatever that means? Don't know much about others though. |
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| Part of it is because of hope and a vision that things will get better as life progresses. I also don't want to let my mom down. She pretty much raised me on her own so I want to be able to give back to her as much as I can. Don't get me wrong, sometimes it feels hard to go on and I honestly feel like giving up (not feeling suicidal, but just giving up on my goals/ambitions). I used to have some social anxiety so I don't have many friends. It's gotten better over time but I'm home from college so I'm away from most of my friends and now I feel a bit lonely again. Tried to get a job and haven't had success so I'm just at home every day not doing anything - I feel like I'm just wasting a part of my life where I should be having fun and enjoying things. I also try to think of the less fortunate and if they're crawling, scratching for life then there's no reason why I shouldn't either. |
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| Because I've realized that there are still so many things that I need to do and places that I need to see. :-) |
Rellim said: Law 1: Live for those you love. Protect those you love, your own life comes second. Law 2: Never cry in front of my siblings or mother. Law 3: Never cry from physical pain. Law 4: Never take a bribe that hurts somebody else. Law 5: Always take the pain and responsibility from others when making a choice. Law 6: Don't talk about my feelings when around friends but in private it's okay. Law 7: If somebody i love is hurt by somebody else intentionally defend them to the death no matter what happens. Law 8: Follow through with every commitment i make unless i physically cannot continue. Law 9: Never intentionally hurt the people i love. Law 10: Always sacrifice myself for the people i love when they need a sacrifice. Wow, I pretty much disagree with all of those so called "Laws" of yours. If I obeyed them, I would have already commit suicide by now. I like emotions. It makes us who we are, and those "Laws" would turn any human into a mindless robot. No thanks. |
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| There are many things that I still haven't experienced yet. |
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| I guess I want to see how Game of thrones finally ends lol |
| When my life is shit I remind myself that the future has a 99% chance to be better than the present. |
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| The greater things that lie at the end. |
| "Let Justice Be Done!" My Theme Fight again, fight again for justice! |
| The only thing keeping me going is music. |
 Look alive sunshine! The future is bulletproof The aftermath is secondary Its time to do it now and do it loud Killjoys! Make some noise! |
Math-chan said: For me the problem is in not having morphine to OD on.Yea, I'm waiting for guns getting easier to get here so I can have a safe, fast and private suicide method. ~ If I had enough, I know I wouldn't be able to resist shooting it all up as quickly as possible. |
| Kenjataimu mode status: 恒久 |
| Because I got too much Tay Tay to listen to. |
Where the fuck did Monday go? |
| Goals I find fun in the smallest of things Keep yourself busy don't give yourself time to think about strange dark thoughts. |
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| Seriously, some of you should go get some help. |
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Math-chan said: Yep pretty stupid lol. Why won't they just let me die instead of trying to "fix" me, like I'm the one somethings wrong with. It's not me who needs fixing.TrashDax said: Seriously, some of you should go get some help. Guess there aren't enough euthanasia clinics for asking help. Waiting for a more morally developed society can take enough years for ending with a long life, how bothersome :(. It's pretty ridiculous that criminals who've committed heinous crimes are entitled to a peaceful death through chemicals/medicine, whereas people who just want to die are forced to resort to less peaceful, more painful methods. |
| Kenjataimu mode status: 恒久 |
| I've been trying to watch over someone till I feel they are safe enough. Also uncertainty of how things are or what they can be. Maybe indecisiveness on the method of uhmmm certain things. Not a lot .... |
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| I keep going because the road never ends. |
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| I don't know why. I went through a period of time where I absolute hated life, and I wanted to end it. However, there was still something in me that felt like I should keep fighting. It was strange and confusing. I ended up taking a leap of faith and tried to turn things around. It was a success for a short time, but I'm glad it worked. Then I came to another stop in the road. Instead of giving up, I went back to where I was to try and fix things again. Let's call it hope. All of us want to have a little hope that things will get better in life. Sounds stupid, but deep down there, there's a little bit of you that still clings on. Even if you're being beat down everyday, you still want that grasp on life. I suppose there's also those instincts of wanting to survive and live. I keep going for two reasons. I made a promise, and I have a dream. If those two were gone, then I do not know where I would be today. As long as I stick to those two, I'll keep going, even if the suffering becomes almost unbearable. |
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