What is something that keeps you going in life?

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Tomasso

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Right now in my life, there are only two good things I have that make me happy.

1) I have a girlfriend of 1.5 years who lives 500 miles away who says she wants to get married to me eventually. We have been long distance for 8 months.

2) I have a good GPA

Everything about the rest of my life is horrible. I'm ugly, short, skinny, unintelligent (don't be deceived by my good GPA, a good GPA doesn't mean you are smart, it just means you don't have any friends to distract you from studying out of bordem), socially awkward, girls think i'm a creep, patchy facial hair, etc.

What keeps you going in life.
 
Section_31

Section_31

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number one, first and foremost. My wife. Without her id be nothing, and im not afraid to say i need her to feel happy.

The drive to prove wrong those who said id never go anywhere, or do anything, and never get noticed by anyone. I refuse to believe that my life will be that way becasue of S/A, or that ill be a man devoid of passion to live, too afraid to do anything because of S.A.

Last but not least, my will to try to evolve myself into somthing better than ive been. To better myself...and maybe somehow, the rest of humanity.

woa....deep!
 
Candide

Candide

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To be honest the fact that all forms of death are painful in one way or another and don't have the resources for a painless one....somewhere along those lines.
 
MikeyC

MikeyC

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The fact that so many drums have not been hit by me. More needs to be done to solve this inequality!
 
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Tomasso

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TwelveKeyz said:
You have a girlfriend and a high GPA... that means you will probably have a successful career and be happily married. Count your blessings.

But I don't even know what keeps me going anymore. I guess it's the belief that maybe things will change for the better one day.
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Having a high GPA doesn't guarantee you a good career. I can't socialize, therefore I can't get network.... Networking is the key to career success. Having a high GPA only gets your foot in the door with employers.
 
gustavofring

gustavofring

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Not much at the moment. I'm really struggling with depression.

Somewhere there's a light at the end of the tunnel in which I finish graduating, get a job, get my own apartment and live together with my girlfriend but that hope seems very frail. I'm stuck in life, hopelessly stuck in a student housing with outgoing fratboys and girls who I feel judge me, feel lonely, miserable, can't get any work done and struggle for my sanity.
 
MrJones

MrJones

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The fact that I cannot fail my family yet again. I used to do it for other people too, but as nobody cares, only my family, I still have to keep living for them.
 
montejocarlo

montejocarlo

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The fact that the world is huge and beautiful, plus the knowledge that even if I live for a thousand years exploring, I still wouldn't see half of it
 
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chepei

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As bizarre as it sounds..it's probably my cat that keeps me going. I'm definitely attached to her..and she's attached to me. I had a previous cat who depended on me as well. When I moved out of state, he stayed behind with my parents..and his health worsen and he became depressed. When I came back, I treated him so poorly during his last years. So I don't want to make this mistake again. If I were to end my life, I worry about what would happen to my current cat (as if she were my child or younger sibling). I sort of feel as though my real siblings and parents can do fine without my existence and burden..so I don't worry about them too much.
Candide said:
To be honest the fact that all forms of death are painful in one way or another and don't have the resources for a painless one....somewhere along those lines.
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Also that as well...I'm afraid of intense pain especially if the suicide attempt fails and I'm left dealing with the consequences.
 
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Orion's Hound

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I will persist until my job here is done. I feel I have some purpose to serve. Whether it be to invent something important, do something important, or push somebody important out of the way of a bus someday so that I die and they live on to accomplish whatever task they are supposed to do, I owe it to my species to continue. Many saints, heroes, philosophers, and the like have suffered under a much greater cross than I in their lives. In some cases, quite literally.

I make it sound easy. Too easy. It is hard to keep going a lot of the time and easy to envy those who get friends and find love easily. But I will persist, learn whatever I can from the pain I experience now, and keep walking forward.
 
Scenic

Scenic

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My boyfriend, letting down my parents and my few friends, pain, and because I just don't really feel like ending my life. While my life isn't exciting and I'm alone a lot, I'm not being tortured, I'm not starving to death, and I have the means to gain some kind of decent future.
 
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Etbow23

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hm, I think a good gpa sometimes means you're smart (it all depends on the person). I mean it's true that grades aren't everything but I wouldn't discount your intelligence. A good gpa is not something that everyone can achieve, even if they study hard.

two things for me...

well I have a boyfriend too, although we have our issues, if it weren't for him I'd probably fall off the deep end again.

and I'm hoping I'll be able to move to Texas this year to go to this school there. I just hope everything works out. That's something that makes me a little sad/nervous (to leave here where I grew up) but also excited because I like Texas and because I want to leave some old baggage/memories behind.
 
Iluv

Iluv

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HMMMM I Don't know. I think that what keeps me going is that maybe one day I'll find happiness. That little glimmer of hope.
 
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