I have been dealing with thoughts of life and just what the point of life is and it worries me i think this thought. It makes me think to deep into life and my OCD is making me think to much about this concept and that everyday is the same cycle so what is the purpose/point of life? my brain just keeps repeating this thought and it’s frustrating me. Does anyone have tips on how to fix this?
I've experienced this thought and feeling throughout the past few years. It's easy to get caught up in what is my purpose, the purpose of life, etc.. What I've been taught and am learning is that the purpose of life is life itself. Your purpose and the purpose of life unfolds as you experience it. What brings you peace? What makes you happy? Try to switch the focus to those questions, and then see where that goes. We might always experience the thought/feeling of "what is the point", so just remember, there is no point. The purpose is joy, doing what we love, creating our lives, and serving/helping others along the way. What brings you joy? What brings you peace? Let's ponder. Cheers, -AJ
@Anonymous Thinking of it like that does help me out. it just feels like a lot of times when i feel happy the thought just comes and ruins my entire mood because i just think everyone dies in the end so what is the point. i guess i just hate thinking to deep into things and want to be back to my old self where i never thought this deep or repetitively
@Anonymous and i’m not even sure what brings me peace i feel like i’m always anxious about something so i can’t really tell what brings me peace. I guess following religion is the only thing that brings me peace. What brings me joy is making others feel happy
@Son2132 - There's a quote that I might be messing up a llittle but it goes something like this: "People are born twice. Once when they come into the world and the second is when they realize they will leave". Essentially it means that death is actually the greatest catalyst to urge you to actually live, because like you said, one day we will all die. As for the peace: "peace comes from realizing that whatever is happening is meant to be happening" is another quote that comes to mind. It sometimes difficult to see why things are happening, but I can assure you that God is just making us stronger. Then we look back on things and realize, and it sort've makes sense. And for the thoughts just be annoying, I get that. There was a time when I thought I would never stop thinking or worrying about cancer, but I am glad to say that I no longer have that fear or constant thought. As you spend more time in silence (out in the forest, for example) - thoughts will quiet down. You got this. -AJ
@Anonymous wow thank you so much this really did help me out and anytime the thoughts try coming back i’ll come back to your message. Thank you
Hello, I am a young girl struggling with OCD, specifically existential related OCD. I feel constantly like my life is pointless, like my goals aren’t significant, because, I’m just going to be forgotten and die. What is the point? I don’t want to get old and not be able to do what I love. Sometimes I wonder if not existing would be easier, but I don’t want to die yet. It’s really confusing, and I’d love some tips I could get for motivation. I really want to be spiritual, but I struggle in believing in stuff so…?
I haven't been officially diagnosed with OCD but when I learned more about it, I never related to anything more. A little back story: when I was younger, there were a couple of youth suicides in my area and the schools felt the need to have someone come in and talk about suicide. Well the person they had come in did a horrible job teaching it and basically made it seem like the smallest negative emotion or feeling or change in behavior made you suicidal. This ended up scaring me so much that I got horrid anxiety. Fast forward to now, Everytime I feel anxiety and panic, I fear I'm going to kill myself. Everytime I feel down and depressed, I fear I'll end it all. I'm scared to be around anything sharp because the "What if" I hurt myself comes into my mind. There are always intrusive thoughts at almost every point of the day. And it's not only for me. Everytime I hear someone being negative, I fear they will be suicidal. I know in my heart that none of this is true but it's terrifying me that it's stuck around so much that it makes me scared that maybe it is true. I've had a lot of death in my family in the past year and a half and a lot of other family drama that I'd never had before that is now also bringing up existential intrusive thoughts. And I'd never questioned anything about life before but now I get the "why is life like this?" and "does anything we do matter?" and I hate it. I don't want to think like that. I just want to go through life being able to handle things normally again. It terrifies me even right now going "what if you give up?"
Really bad theme right now is death, I keep thinking about how one day or at any moment my heart will stop my brain will stop & my memories & everything I know will all fade away. It is giving me so much anxiety I’m only 18, but I realize it all happens to us it is bound, we are born to die. I know it’s a silly thing to be scared because it’s not helping the quality of my life worrying about it and even when I do die, I won’t care , if you don’t have a working brain then how can you care 🤷♀️. It is tainting my everyday life currently & honestly making me terribly depressed & it is giving me derealization & making me feel nihilistic, I’ll remind myself it’s okay but then with my ocd i don’t stop thinking and thinking about it and it’s seriously so hard to stay present in the moment because this thought just feels like I can’t scrub it away it’s miserable I struggle with religion, but I do pray to anything that’s out there possibly listening, because it is comforting, it just feels like this whole experience Is pointless & I am afraid of the unknown and what is to possibly happen but I’m subjected to it anyways so why should it matter
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