Been depressed lately..

[Demeter]

Hi Kid- You are an exceptional kid! You think deeply about life, but you are so young, you don't have as many years of experience to really get the verb aspect of life. Now you see it as a noun, a thing that must have meaning, rather than a glorious process of which you are an integral part...hey, nobody knows whether what we do matters (despite what we might believe, or fear), just as nobody knows if after death we become part of Spirit, or are just extinguished. It is scary not knowing.

Sttomassmoker makes sense. Stay away from Nietzsche for now. Read Rilke. More practical - getting exercise soothes the mental woes.
Any time spent in nature will conect you with a sense of grounding. Being sweet to people will bring a sense of purpose in the moment. There are all kinds of ways to calm a mind that is too smart for its own comfort.

Like you, I also have to deal with depression, and so I have learned the habit of actively searching out the good, which seems to help. It is too easy for my thoughts to turn despairing.

I think you are adorable and brilliant! I am sure there are many great things in your future- stick around and enjoy them dear

[TheFatKid]

Thanks Demeter. Best advice I've seen in this thread. I'm starting to feel a little better about this. I just want to know the answers I've been pondering for so long. I feel as if I need to live in solitude for a while and just walk wherever the wind takes me, and write about my findings.

[Demeter]

That sounds like a great idea! Writing releases the tangled thoughts and can be a wonderful creative outlet. Keep a notebook handy, take long walks, and follow your heart.
:jumphappy:

[TheFatKid]

But the one thing I disagree with is why give up Nietschze? I love his works, and I'm currently reading Thus Spoke Zaruthustra. Plus, isn't Rilke all poetry? I don't really enjoy poetry that much. Its ok at times, but not always.

[Matt the Funk]

Dude...i've been going through shit like this since I was born pretty much...So I think I can help. Bascially you just have to love life. Love what you know you have. Love what you can, while you know you can. Don't focus on being angry,depressed,spiteful,etc....be happy, but realize you probably can't always be happy. Sure there may be no "purpose" in life, but thats no reason not to live. There is no real purpose in anything, you just make whatever you want your purpose. All you have to do in this world is live, and die. What you do inbetween is up to you, I suggest you make the most of it.

[thcbongman]

You should also do one more thing.

Unleash that anger when playing your bass. You'll feel good.

[TheFatKid]

I guess that I should love life, which I am, but I don't think anyone has answered my original point. Why love which will not be remembered?

[Matt the Funk]

I guess that I should love life, which I am, but I don't think anyone has answered my original point. Why love which will not be remembered?

You have to live in the present. Who cares about the far away future and past. You can learn from them but the past makes your present and your past+present make the future. Anyways, you will be remembered by people who love you. Until they die. If you care about people you aren't close with remembering you, then I just don't understand lol. It's like you want to be famous.

[geonagual]

"All paths lead nowhere, so take the one that has heart."

[AsianStoner420]

I guess that I should love life, which I am, but I don't think anyone has answered my original point. Why love which will not be remembered?

It doesnt matter, coz atleast u know the feeling of being loved and being inlove and that is the only thing that matters,... The thing that happening to you is happening to me too so i know the feeling.


All this advices really helped me out,...props to all of you,...