i’m doing everything i can to try and have a meaningful life but its not working and idk why, idk what i am doing wrong, like how are you supposed to find meaning in this sometimes miserable existence? i did loads today but for what? it all feels rather pointless. all i say is ‘i try my best’ ‘i do what i can’
but for what?
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I know what you’re saying. Sometimes actually doing stuff can make the world seem more meaningless if you have a mental illness.
The only meaning I seem to have is to survive.
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funny when we were all turning schizophrenic everything had meaning now its the opposite i still find meaning when i go to church
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i thought doing everything i could would give my life some meaning, how can i find some meaning? like where am i supposed to get it? does anyone here have a meaningful like? what is a meaningful life anyway?
thats an instinct though, got to have hope but is this instinct meaningful?
@anon84898315 i hear you but i look for a purpose to have a meaningful life but atm i have no purpose, i dont fit in its like the square peg for the round hole, its like the jigsaw puzzle without a picture and pieces missing.
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A meaningful life is different for everybody. Like Steve Jobs used to say “stop living someone else’s life”.
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For us with schizophrenia our meaning in life is imagination growth.
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I think when we have goals to work towards we feel a sense of purpose and that gives life meaning. Without some goals, even little ones, there’s no point. Sit down and make a list on some little things you want to improve upon. For example; shower every other day, 30 minutes of exercise daily, eat smaller meals, do dishes daily. Then hang your mini goals up and check them off daily. If you don’t meet your goal there’s always tomorrow to try to do better. If you do you goal then you can have a treat of some kind. Your treat could be a scoop of ice cream or $20 shopping spree online.
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I often feel like life is pointless but I know it’s the depression talking
I feel like my suffering is pointless. I’m not getting much “character development” out of it, it’s just making me not want to do much.
i wish there was a way that we could divert our attention away from our illness so that we were not unwell as much, my meds help a lot, i kind of do this but i need meds
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“The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.”
― Alan Wilson Watts, [The Culture of Counter-Culture: Edited Transcripts
So when you are alive and present you need to be able to identify the moment and enjoy it. So, for example, when you are doing chores noting the satisfaction from it is key. 
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hey @daydreamer…I know you’ve studied fro a career in meatall health…are you making any progress with that
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not really, i just completed a volunteer qualification and i should get a certificate, i want to work in the voluntary sector, i also applied for my minibus license which i thought could be useful,
just applied for a dog walking job and i might have time to do something in a cafe as well, thats where i am at,
you know how it is though, you look at your life and i’m like ‘i’m just not in the right place just now’ and it seems that no matter how hard i try i will never achieve that goal that i set myself that would give me a sense of purpose,
if i was a dad then i’d feel that my life had some meaning.
it is one of our basic instincts to procreate but i cant even do that.
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