the road to pointlessness

written on 06/02/2025 05:35 PM

life feels terrible the last couple of days. it's not like i'm in a bad position in life or that i live under miserable circumstances but still i feel an ever growing emptiness in my life. i often feel like there's no point in living or continuing to live. i feel like there's nothing i want to achieve or do, everything feels bland and boring all the time. for the first time in over a year, the thought of suicide crossed my mind and it terrifies me. i am not gonna give in to it and it's not really a reoccurring event like it used to be, but it was there for a second a few days ago. i do not want to die, yet i struggle to get a grasp of what living - being alive - means. every day is just like the other it feels like, even though the opposite is the case. just a week ago, i moved out, into my own apartment where i have my own space and can do whatever i want. so far, i live a financially and socially successful life with nothing to complain about. but seemingly always when my life is at its best point, i feel the worst. maybe it's just another depressive episode, maybe it's the realisation of never really being happy no matter the circumstances, i don't know.
life is terrifying. even though i have many and good friends, a girlfriend and loving parents, i feel so very alone. even if i wanted to achieve things in my life, i don't feel like there's any worth to it if it's just for myself. i don't feel like i am contributing to anything for anyone, i just sit around doing nothing meaningful until my time ends.
i started resorting to substance use again after months of being somewhat clean. it's the only thing that lets me forget about my emptiness sometimes, and yes i do know how edgy that sounds. whenever i can, i also try to drown myself in work, but that just results in me having nothing to do at work after a couple days. i also have difficulties going outside by myself, feeling anxious and insecure for no particular reason, so that is also something i started using drugs for. maybe never being sober would 'fix' me, probably it won't, but either way, i can't get rid of the emptiness that surrounds me all the time. even though i know what i'm feeling is factually incorrect, it's still overwhelming me day by day, if i died tomorrow, there'd surely be people that'd miss me and that would notice, but my brain doesn't care about that. i went through almost ten years of therapy, with different therapists, a variety of medications, prescribed and unprescribed, and yet nothing helps ever. on some days it feels more bearable than on others. lately, it's the latter. a few weeks ago i felt fine. sometimes i do not care about the emptiness as much, but today is not such a day. i feel like crying, but i can't. i want to do something about the things i'm feeling, but there's nothing i could do.

life is terrifying, the uncertainty of my future kills me.
i wish to be okay some day.

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