Dark clouds

[Demon]

Lately I tend to view things realistically. However, whenever I look to my own future, all I see is dark clouds. There are probably a lot of people who can't clearly see a bright future before them. Yet I think most people make it by fine in life, perhaps on sheer luck. My problem is, I don't believe or embrace this magic that good can happen when the outcomes don't look good.

Now one might say that the key upon this realization is to try to improve the situation. However I don't have the will to do that either. I hardly have the will to do anything. Forward steps tend to lead to struggles with little reward, in my experience. But to remain the same, isn't that good either.

Sometimes I have tough luck too. It's like there's a certain magic which comes with other people being themselves, but when you are yourself, you touch into something that nobody likes. That's why a lot of times when I try to improve the situations I have, I fail to do it. So far I haven't made much progress in planning a future for myself, that I like. There's always trying but trying doesn't do much. Not to mention that I'm starting to lose my motivation.

 

[ANGRYWOLF]

A s Bruce Willis said in Diehard..welcome to the party pal.
rotfl.
I've been in that boat for the last 10 years.
Saw all my hopes and dreams die.
Now I'm just subsisting because of my daughter because she needs to have a parent look after her.

Motivation is good and you need to find a way to motivate yourself.
However if you are doomed then motivation isn't enough.You need good luck/good fortune to happen and since that is luck you can never depend upon it.

It either happens or it doesn't and usually it doesn't.

So you either find away to survive or you give up.

Good luck.

 

[Meds]

I`m just gonna throw this out there, but you might be feeling this way because it`s late winter.. January is supposed to be the most depressing month of the year.
Maybe you just need something to get you your zest back.

 

[Jquestionmark]

I`m just gonna throw this out there, but you might be feeling this way because it`s late winter.. January is supposed to be the most depressing month of the year.
Maybe you just need something to get you your zest back.

I don't know where you live, but people get SAD (seasonal affective disorder) out here in the Northwest all the time. Doesn't help that where I live sees maybe a dozen days of sun between August and May. Honestly, the way you're feeling sounds like it's bordering on depression. Not actual need-medication-grade depression, but still.

My recommendation: see a counselor/psychologist. It may not be a real science (mostly), but they do have a wealth of experience helping people work through their issues.

Or, a much cheaper solution, just power through. Like ANGRYWOLF said, you survive or you give up.

 

[ANGRYWOLF]

As was said..
Curious one poster calls himself/herself meds.
Meds can be a solution.
Antidepressants such as cymbalta, celexa.Stuff like that.
Your regular doc can prescribe them if you feel they might help and he feels you need them.
Psychologists are ok.Some counsellors here in the US are LCSWs..licensed clinical social workers who imo lack the necessary skills and training for the job.
Just my opinion though.
Good luck to you.

 

[Ayumi Hamasaki]

Hm, well I mean I've seen dark clouds on my horizon time and time again, and felt the way that you do right now. In fact, I'm going through something like that right now. And I don't always get through unscathed, but I do get through.

It's hard but, you have to find something that gives you some sort of meaning, even if it's something that seems ridiculous to other people. Find a way to get your emotions out, and to channel them into something. The future is always uncertain, you can see it in the distance but not very clearly.

I don't know what to say other than find motivation and follow that motivation through the dark clouds, and you never know what you might find at the end.

 

[Sum1sgruj]

I think you're going about it the wrong way. My take is this:
You can't get rid of those dark clouds. In all actuality, the world is smothered in them. The only thing to do is rise above it all. Just because the dark clouds are there doesn't mean that the blue skies have left.
Until you have the resources to do that, grab an umbrella.

Metaphors

 

[Warbsywoo]

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