Been depressed lately..

[Kenn]

I hate it dude, and no matter how much I think, I can't find another reason. The sad truth is that life really doesn't have a meaning.

sorry to hear youre so down FatKid ,life really is what u make it dude,i believe we all create our own destiny . Try thinking of somthing you want to be,or somewhere u wld like to go and put all ur energy into making it happen. you might be surprized how far abit of positive energy can take you.Ive got kids man so my life has a whole new meaning now and I love every minute of it.FatKid I ve read ur posts and you seem to be a pretty cool sort of a person ,I enjoy reading your posts so chin up buddy life aint that bad. Have you ever surfed mate that is a good way to work shit out in your head ,hit the waves.:thumbsup:

[Oneironaut]

Thats what I'm doing. Its hard to explain I guess. What I'm trying to get across is that life is basically one drunken night. You go to the party(become born), drink till your fucked off your ass(life), and wake up the next morning with no memory of what happened(death;"the afterlife"). Is there a point to living life if we will have no remembrance of it when we die?

No, there is no "point" to living life. No point that is inherently intrinsic to this phenomenon we call life. Life just happens.

We are the product of billions of years of Darwinian natural selection, which doesn't care whether or not you feel you have a point to living life. The main reason most of us don't commit suicide is because our genes wouldn't get very far doing that; we are programmed from birth to be deathly afraid of death.

If there is going to be a point to living your life, it's going to have to be a point that you invent for yourself.

[JackdaWack]

you dont have to believe that you will remember it or not, the fact is that your doing what your doing, and do what ever it is that makes you happy:hippy:

[TheFatKid]

I'm generally happy. I love to be happy. I normally don't keep myself down. I guess that place I want to be is enlightened to the true answers of life. I find enjoyment in philosophy, so maybe this is why. I've been exposed to a lot of things and mental issues that most people don't get until they are older, and I'm only 14. I can tell I am maturing faster than alot of the "smart" people in my AP classes for the sole reason that they just go with the flow, and follow all of their mainstream trends, and don't even ponder things like this. I really hate it.

[Oneironaut]

Hey, I'm 21 and I have the same problem. All my friends want to talk about mundane shit like who said what to who and how fucked up they got last night, while I'm thinking about shit like why there is something instead of nothing and how subjective consciousness can arise from physical flesh.

[TheFatKid]

It sucks being like this. I started smoking to get away from people like this, but its the same, weed or no weed. While I'm trying to read Nietchze, my friend is trying to tell me how much of a bitch I am because I hate being drunk or how I won't sneak out to go smoke with him.

[sttomassmoker]

reading existential shit leads to existential crisis'

what matters is that there is this human society and you are lucky enough to be in the part where you shit in a toilet inside a bathroom. It is your duty to either get your fair share of what is out there, devote yourself to those less fortunate than you, or a mixture of both.

It all doesn't matter in the end, but until that time...

leave the existentialism till your midlife crisis.

[thcbongman]

I'm generally happy. I love to be happy. I normally don't keep myself down. I guess that place I want to be is enlightened to the true answers of life. I find enjoyment in philosophy, so maybe this is why. I've been exposed to a lot of things and mental issues that most people don't get until they are older, and I'm only 14. I can tell I am maturing faster than alot of the "smart" people in my AP classes for the sole reason that they just go with the flow, and follow all of their mainstream trends, and don't even ponder things like this. I really hate it.

Ha!

We all go through different phases in life, some earlier than others. You truly can't believe you are the only one out there facing this. There are others like you. Man, don't take what you friends say to heart. They're still trying to figure out what's cool and what's not. Everyone at that age try to feel things out. All u gotta do is stand proud for what you like to do. Who gives a shit about what the dumbasses say. Do what you feel.

[TheFatKid]

Being in human society means shit if it won't be recognized by the infinite forces of the Universe.

[TheFatKid]

I know that I have one friend who thinks about shit like me, but the only problem is is that he started getting involved with the wrong people and all he does is smoke weed and occasionally other drugs.