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Since everyone seems to be posting the opposite latley

What are your reasons for wanting to be alive?

What personally fulfills you?

What do you believe the world has to offer from your experience and perspective?
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Blanchy · 31-35, F
I will start by saying that even if I don't feel fulfilled, and even if I suffer in life, I want to live. Those who want to end their lives can see nothing but suffering ahead, but this mindset is either caused by chronic depression, unrepairable trauma like losing a child, or it is self-inflicted.

I have the deepest sympathy for people who suffer from chronic depression or unrepairable trauma, but it too should be acknowledged that those who inflict this mindset on themselves, don't do so on purpose either – those people have weak minds; they lack empathy, willpower, discipline, as well as the ability to be honest with themselves.

I see two types of people who never experienced life-threatening danger. There are those who think they're braver than they really are, and those who don't value life in general, and they both come from the same place of lacking perspective – it's never the man who was stranded on a boat in the middle of the ocean for two weeks, and miracously survived against all odds, who takes his own life. It's the people who have only ever felt the danger they inflicted on themselves, because we experience these two things very differently. When life challenges and hurts us, we experience many emotions: Fear, sadness, powerlessness, in many instances we are humbled by the realization that our lives can be taken from us so easily. When we hurt ourselves, all we feel is the reinforcement of self-pity.

The people who suffer from chronic depression or unrepairable trauma must remember that everything is possible, even a second chance at happiness. It might be impossible for the person to see how, to imagine it, but that person must acknowledge that they don't know everything. Faith, regardless of what you have faith in, is one ofthe strongest motivators to keep fighting. If you lost a child, believe that the next child you have, is him/her reincarnated. We can believe in everything because we know nothing.

I cherish every moment of my life because I have enjoyable experiences, even if it's just playing a video game or watching the sunset. You don't need to live the life you thought you would, in order to enjoy it. We have to accept that life is random, and deal with the hands we're dealt, to find a positive outlook on each our induvidual lives. No two people's lives are the same, it is your personal and unique experience to do whatever you want with.