What's the point to any of this?

[Steamy Tom]

To be honest I feel like I wasted my time, money and my health, I tend to overdo everything and take unnecessary risks, my parents just want me to be financially stable (become qualified in something) I'm lost, I used to love everything related to the tech industry but I've lost interest in everything. I no longer know what I want to study, I just know that I want to work with my hands it relaxes me. Right now I'm just existing, every morning I do the exact same thing, I go to the exact same place and do the exact same job, I get treated the exact same way by the exact same people aside from the customers (different people same treatment).

Jesus did I sleep post again?

 

[thestaggy]

I have very few if even one true friend, that same friend tried to commit suicide a few days ago, I get a WhatsApp message saying goodbye, he's really sorry that he has to do it this way but he decided that it's the only way without me stopping him because the pills would have already pumped through his system. Two other individuals I considered friend's has distanced themselves from me because I refuse to indulge in videogames any longer (videogame addiction/no friends/university/3 - 4 hours sleep/working 11 hour shifts on the weekend for 2 years straight will really **** you up) it led to extremely aggressive behaviour (RIP to all the peripherals I destroyed). I'm just glad I got bored of it and decided to do other things.

I can relate to a lot of this.

I had three high school friends. For a while we kept in touch then they started the wives and kids journey. I didn't. Slowly drifted. Needed something to fill the gap in my life so I started studying and got hooked on video games as well. I then went through a period where I was very frustrated and angry to the point that my brother told me to stop playing video games. I'd lay in bed at night/early hours of the morning wondering what the point is and where does this all go.

I started getting out a little more and made number of new acquaintances. I've since all but stopped playing video games. Maybe a couple of hours on the weekend, hardly anything during the week and I feel a lot better for it. It would be nice to have someone to call at the last minute to plan something instead of having to work around busy schedules with my old school friends, but at least if I want to interact with people I know where to go and I'll know a couple of folks, so its something.

For me the point to all of this is finding and doing what makes you happy. In my case it was/is finding people to connect with and share (new) experiences. I done the sitting at home on the PC, didn't work. For others that may be all they need.

 

[Lupus]

Having had two miscarriages in 18 months, smash and grab where I got covered in the guys blood so had to go onto ARVs, losing my gran, dog, cat, best friend moving overseas, being the only person left on my team at work and having my mom move overseas and an attempted break-in, I sometimes wonder this exact point. What is life all about?
I've got no answers, my wife has been to therapists to discuss it, said I should probably do the same but I don't know sometimes the feeling of detachment is alright, sometimes it's not. Breaking down the car and having a good cry has helped on occassions. I still have no answers though, life is tough, no-one makes it out alive.

 

[Zurg]

I just wanted to thank everyone for the advice and words of wisdom, I've also been misled by a female work colleague whom on multiple occasions lied to me when I asked if the dude she's on the phone with was her boyfriend, this pissed her off to no end, since then I've retracted emotionally and physically from her, I've decided to not give her the satisfaction of being my friend.

 

[EADC]

Why he doesn't seem like an incel

I take this back

 

[MEIOT]

I just wanted to thank everyone for the advice and words of wisdom, I've also been misled by a female work colleague whom on multiple occasions lied to me when I asked if the dude she's on the phone with was her boyfriend, this pissed her off to no end, since then I've retracted emotionally and physically from her, I've decided to not give her the satisfaction of being my friend.

Work colleague? And asking personal questions about who she's on the phone with? Having to retract emotionally and physically from a work colleague is not normal behaviour in the least I reckon.

 

[MEIOT]

I take this back

Yip - sounds very much like you need to get laid OP and laid a lot - before you go postal.
Pay for it if needs must

 

[Zurg]

Yip - sounds very much like you need to get laid OP and laid a lot - before you go postal.
Pay for it if needs must

Well I do but its no longer enjoyable

 

[Zurg]

Work colleague? And asking personal questions about who she's on the phone with? Having to retract emotionally and physically from a work colleague is not normal behaviour in the least I reckon.

Well it's not really personal we used to be very open with each other but all that fell away when I found out she lied to me.