I feel hopelessly hopeless in life

@Serenitree: you're advice is good :) thank you. Just wish it was easy to love yourself.

@Under1: you know what? It just takes an internal stop sign. I learned it in a program called recovery after I ended on a psyche ward because I tried to kill myself. They taught us to, either silently, or if necessary, vocally, say "STOP" whenever negative thoughts started us feeling like losers. Then, we each had our own positive affirmation to get our thoughts on a less negative track. Mine was

"I don't need to be perfect, I just need to be me. I don't need to be liked by everybody, I just need to learn to like myself"

Then I made a list of what there was about me that I did like. In the beginning, the list was short, only two things were on it. But eventually, I was able to add more and more, until I discovered I was okay. Meanwhile, I did a lot of reading, and even more writing.

I think you should install your stop sign today.

Jan. 20/17
1:07 pm

Thank you for the advice!

@cueille987: well there's more than one cause