Is it very childish of me keep on thinking about a better next life?
I suffer a lot,maybe like you guys here,so I keep on wishing there would be a better “next life”.Hopefully in next life I would be very sociable and happy,I don’t really like this life lol
Probably better to try to make this life better. What is bothering you about this life specifically - and what have you tried recently to make things better in those areas?
There is no after life
Feeling negative emotion,negative about myself,I don’t know if it’s the illness but I just don’t feel satisfied about myself
This weekend there is a meetup with fellow people with depression and anxiety,I am feeling unmotivated to go,they are probably the few people who experience similar things,yet I don’t feel like going because I am not confident about driving,ahh,B***t
I find it hard to snap out of these negativity
I always regret when I miss the chance to socialize. You would feel accomplished if you could make it to the meet up? I hope you go. sorry you feel down.
I would not count on a “next life”. I would not base this life on the promise of a 'next life". I realize it’s a comforting fantasy or dream but since there is really no solid proof or guarantee of an afterlife I would not count on it and I would instead do what you are doing now and try to improve this life. Besides, even if there really was a “next life” there’s no guarantee that it would be any better than this life. It might actually be worse!
What things are you doing in addition to taking meds to make your life more positive?
I find the meds make me stable, but don’t deal with negative feelings. Getting back involved with the community and doing volunteer work are what initially helped me overcome negative symptoms.
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I am just about ready to go, only because I am in pretty bad shape, otherwise I would like to live forever because there is just way too much to learn and places to go and things to do and people to meet. But still I am getting more curious what an end would bring. I know that this is not a good place to be discussing this but I do find myself becoming more intrigued by the mysteries that seem inevitable to occure.
I am actually trying to meet some people and also going to play football regularly.I am a little unmotivated for my workout which I had been doing for 4 years continuously already.I just started the meetup and football
I go through phases just as you described in your original post. I don’t know if there is an afterlife, or if there isnt. I also don’t know if the afterlife would be better if there was one.
I’ve learned that when I get to thinking like you described, it’s a good idea for me to start thinking ‘short term’. By that I mean, what do I need to do to survive for another while here on planet earth. Do I need to tweak my meds? Do I need to avoid certain things for a while? Etc.
Think it’s best to focus on this life and how you can make it worthy and enjoyable.
How would you feel if you showed up in the afterlife, met your spiritual mentor, and he asked you “what did you learn from your life”, and you had to admit “I gave up on it”. Suspect that is a failing grade…
I think it’s good to wish ourselves happiness for our future lives, if we are present in this one. If we are looking to the future for our happiness then we are missing the opportunity to be happy now. Hope that makes sense.
Parable of the Rich Fool.16Then he told them a parable. “There was a rich man whose land produced a bountiful harvest.17He asked himself, ‘What shall I do, for I do not have space to store my harvest?’18And he said, ‘This is what I shall do: I shall tear down my barns and build larger ones. There I shall store all my grain and other goods19j and I shall say to myself, “Now as for you, you have so many good things stored up for many years, rest, eat, drink, be merry!”’k20But God said to him, ‘You fool, this night your life will be demanded of you; and the things you have prepared, to whom will they belong?’21Thus will it be for the one who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich in what matters to God.”*
You are in error sir.
You are suspended, sir. Take your proselytizing elsewhere.
Pixel.
(Wearing moderator hat.)
I (as one of the obvious few these days) hope that there is a heaven because i feel the same way as the topic starter. depressed and hopeless, and i too can’t wait till my next adventure after i die, whether that is an after life, or being able to get reborn either way it has to suck less then what i go through.
Pixel, would that Bible quote alone be ok? or do you think it is better to leave out all biblical quotes? Maybe you are responding to some of his other posts, or to his saying the other person is flat-out wrong.
I, being an non-believer, would still like to be able to quote the Bible where it expresses so well what I don’t have the words to say.
From what I understand your not completely satisfied with taking meds. Do you not have a goal to at some point try going without? Also what is your illness like when you become unwell as from what I remember you were diagnosed for having the negative symptoms but not the positive?
The thought of a next life being better may well be comforting for a time, but I personally don’t think it’s totally healthy to think like that - with out sounding like a hypocrite, as I have also thought this. You have to find a way to fight for this life. For example I am trying at the moment to start cycling again, as it was a hobby I used to enjoy and also will help me lose weight. It will give me something to do and make me healthier. There must be something similar you could start doing? I know motivation may be a problem, but its worth a try?
Good luck.