Struggling to have purpose in life

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I am trying to progress with my life, but today I got the speech from my parents about how mentally fragile I am

When they said this I told them that’s not what my CPN says, but apparently he’s just trying to ‘encourage me’, and make me ‘think positively’

Honestly I don’t know what to do with myself.

I feel trapped in life, and seek an ultimate purpose, to which the answer is there is none

So, where to go from here? I don’t want to be just doing the same thing over and over - I want fresh challenges but I am in the wrong geographical location and priced out of areas where the opportunities are for progression

But then, apparently I am mentally fragile, so would I even succeed ?

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Try Lumosity or some other brain games U can find @Joker

Some pretty good challenges if U ask me.

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What are other peoples purpose of life?

Is it to own a house, have a partner, have children, have lots of possessions, have lots of money etc.?

What makes you happy? What can you do to make yourself happy? Is it even possible?

The things people seek often don’t make them happy, be it power, possessions, wealth or even an attempt of love don’t bring happiness.

Are you inspired by the capitalist dream? It doesn’t satisfy or make people happy. It is the illusion of it.

Get what you need, anything more than that is a waste. Always craving things means that your thirst can never be quenched.

Do what you love and you can be happy.

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Knowledge and creating art could be a purpose.

I hope to excel in multiple fields.

Being caught in the rat race and settling down to start a family isn’t what I want right now.

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I would ignore your parents’ remark about you being mentally fragile. In my experience, perspectives on living with schizophrenia that come from people who are not medical professionals, and who don’t have schizophrenia themselves, are generally worthless. They just don’t understand how it makes everything harder. Besides, you went into business for yourself, didn’t you? That alone takes mental toughness. So unless your parents are entrepreneurs themselves they can’t even claim they could handle what you’ve handled.

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I feel you. Me too.

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Im not very fond of positive psychology and try to think “positively” when it’s hard to do.

If all the reasons for you being in a difficult situation is because you are not able to think positively, then you are the one to blame and that’s not fair. It’s the ethical problem of positive psychology and self help books. Easy answers to difficult problems.

I don’t know what you should do. I wish I had an answer but I’m not in your shoes.

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I also lack purpose in life and feel slightly unhappy because of it…I devote myself more and more to work, though, so I don’t think too much about the ‘lack of purpose in life’, so to speak.

But there remains a nagging feeling of unfulfillment. I think it may be that I am not cultivating relationships because of anxiety. Anxiety is a beast, and I can’t find a way to connect with others.

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I’m sure you’re doing great and not mentally fragile. Sometimes people say things they don’t mean.

If you do want to become less mentally fragile tho I think that physical exercise is the way. It gives me more self control over myself like the last week I’ve been working out a lot and I finally got a job. Same thing happened a while back. I don’t think it’s a coincidence. It makes me more ready to take on tasks

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I don’t feel like I have a purpose in my life, I have no friends, no gf, no kids. I just live one day at a time. I try not to fret over bad things in the past, or worry about new things in the future. That’s not to say I don’t learn from the past or plan for the future, but I try to live in the present and just be content.

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You could make learning your life purpose? It’s free and never gets old

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