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What’s the point if it’s all going to end
Existential crisis pls help guys🫶 I’m finding that everything is pointless What’s the point of reaching my goals? Is God even real? Please help guys!!!!!
Existential crisis pls help guys🫶 I’m finding that everything is pointless What’s the point of reaching my goals? Is God even real? Please help guys!!!!!
God may be real, God might not be real, but he’s real to me :). I went through a few years where I was pretty much atheist after being raised in church. I was angry at how people twisted things and made stuff up about religion. I was so angry at how judgmental, hypocritical, and ignorant people who claimed to be devoted followers were. It took a long time honestly, but I eventually came back and realized that I shouldn’t let those people taint my relationship with my God. He might not be by definition the God they follow, he might be 🤷🏻♀️, I really don’t know, but he’s a God I’m comfortable with following and believing in. Full of empathy, love, kindness, and understanding. I don’t know anything for a fact but I’m okay because even though it took nearly a decade, I finally feel comfort in the thought of a God and not fear. I’m sorry you’re struggling right now, I went through a terrible existential crisis before I was diagnosed and in the end I decided to just shrug. It might end 🤷🏻♀️ but I’m going to continue what I’m doing because what’s the point in wasting away time that I could be present in. I forced myself to think about the present and not the future. It was hard and I failed a lot but I eventually was able to breathe at the thought of the unknown because I was okay with the present. Anxiety isn’t a problem of the present. It’s always brought on by the past or the future. Stay in the present. You’re strong, even if it feels hopeless hang on to that strength. You’re never alone.
Watch nathan perterson youtube channel ocd-anxiety he has a video on Existential ocd and how to do ERP for it
God's real. No matter what god you pray too. The OCD struggle is real. I understand it all too well. It's stressful. You can achieve your goals. You just need a therapist to help 100%
@Glitchgkojdyu! How did u really get that strong faith!? I envy that! What about the whole evolution theory?
@sophielove I prayed to jesus and he returned my prayer blessing me with £80. I prayed to Allah and asked for forgiveness and got gifted a book. Turned a page it said Allah forgives. Now I pray to Ganesh and hope he removes my obstacles. I'm not clued up on it. Happy to hear all about it.
@Glitchgkojdyu! But I thought there was only one God?
@sophielove Well I believe god has many names. No matter who you call them they'll still answer.
Certainly, everything in this life will eventually come to an end, but there is the promise of an eternal afterlife. According to religious teachings, it is up to you to decide where you wish to spend eternity. To secure a place in the good part of the afterlife, such as Heaven, it is essential to perform good deeds and lead a virtuous life. This makes setting and achieving goals in this life incredibly important.
I’ve been feeling so disconnected lately, like I’m not even living my own life. It’s like I’m being controlled by someone else, and I have no say in what’s happening. It’s hard to put this feeling into words, but it’s like I’m here physically, but mentally, I’m just... not. Every day feels like a struggle. I wake up afraid of what’s coming next, almost like I’m bracing myself for the next bad thing to happen. Sometimes, I don’t even want to get out of bed because it feels pointless, like I’m stuck in this loop of fear and doubt. I keep questioning everything, life, my purpose, my choices, and it’s exhausting. I just want to feel like myself again, to feel like I have control, like I’m really here.
I feel like im no longer living im only 17 and i use to be so excited to turn 18 recently i feel like life is pointless and its all i think about including philosophy and i never liked that before. It has taken complete joy out of my life anything simple like watching a movie feels pointless because it has no meaning and i feel as if my life has zero meaning because i am not important. I am constantly criticizing everything. For example i went to a concert ive been dying to see and when i got there i didnt enjoy it all because i felt like it was pointless. Is there anyone that has experienced this that has advice I feel like im in hell rn
I used to get caught in a loop with existential thoughts very frequently. Every question made my stomach drop: (TW: existential questions) … … ... "Why does anything exist at all? What will death be like? Is anything even real? Is there any meaning to this? Is the universe infinitely big, and if not, what's beyond it? Are there multiverses? Has the universe been around forever? Will the universe end for good, or will it keep going forever? What is forever like? What even IS reality?" It would get so overwhelming that I remember lying on the floor in a fetal position for hours because I felt like there was no escape. I spent most of my days reading articles and watching videos about theoretical astrophysics and philosophy in a desperate attempt to "figure it all out." Of course that only made me more anxious, raised more questions, and kept me trapped in the cycle. Things started to improve once I learned to turn TOWARD reality, rather than away from it, and ERP really helped me do that. I learned that these questions weren't the problem. I learned that I can actually handle the anxiety that arises when exposed to these ideas and concepts. I don't have to figure anything out to make the anxiety go away; it arises and passes away on its own. Ironically, bringing myself into the present moment and becoming more aware of reality helped me escape the cycle of existential dread. Because of that, this topic no longer takes over my life. If I'm triggered by something I see, hear, or think, I may still feel a little twang of anxiety, but then it just goes away. "Maybe, maybe not" has been the single most useful phrase of my life. Do you ever get trapped in a cycle of existential questions? Are you worried that the ERP approach would be too scary to handle? If so, I'm happy to give my advice.
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