Today, I'm realizing that it never gets better, we just get used to life being terrible. There's no point where it all gets better, just tolerable if we're lucky. FML
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Fall
Dead leaves, the first cold of the season and an umbrella flipped inside out: fall, the season of grace.
Today, I realized that I’m just living. Nothing I want matters. Just the same repetitive thing day after day. What must I do for things to change? FML
Today, I realized people don't value vulnerability and honesty. I've spent my life being open about it, only to learn that people use that to respect you less. I've reached a point where I give up, it sucks. Trying gets you nowhere. I don't wanna go back to a dark place, but feels like I will though. I have nobody… FML
Today, I realized my marriage makes me feel like I'm just passing time until death. FML
Today, my family is very toxic and they become more toxic every day. The real FML is that I can't do anything about it or leave, so I have to wait until I have enough money to leave. So, until that faraway dream becomes true, FML
Today, honestly, I feel like my life has lost meaning. At some certain point I have lost all emotion and am just covering myself with a mask of happiness. It feels like I’m just trying to escape my own reality, with my parents on the verge of divorce. Somewhere in the last few months it’s been getting worse. FML
Today, I cried myself to sleep. Last night too, and the night before that, and the nights before those. But I guess that’s what life is, huh? FML
Today, I realized the only things I do are work and sleep. My only friends are coworkers who I make small talk with. I live alone so I’ve got nothing there either. I can’t remember the last time I felt happy, or spoke to someone. Everyday is just a blur. I have no hobbies, no goals. Getting older is so fun, right? FML
Today, my depression has reached the point where I'm not sure if I'm even living anymore. Sure, I'm very much alive and able to type this, but I feel as though I'm just existing. Taking up space. Doing nothing. I can't be alone here, right? FML
Today, after months and months of trying to get my blood pressure back up to normal, and try to get back to optimal health, my doctor told me I'll never get better for the rest of my life. FML
Today, why is life fucking me from behind like a fucking cunt? Fuck life, I hate life, fuck it, fuck everyone. Why do I suck? Why do i make always bad decisions? Why am I so fucking irresponsible and incapable of fucking anything? Why am I so useless and why do I suck at things I fucking work for and try my best for? FML
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IHaveThePower 18
That's called 'depression'. It's an easily treatable medical condition. Please call your doctor. Life actually gets pretty awesome eventually--even WHEN bad things are happening! Your brain is just sick right now and can't tell. CALL THE DOCTOR.
cuz803 46
This is one of the most vague and morbid FML's I've read. But since this is clearly a mental illness case, please seek help. Try therapy, going to the gym, finding a better job, reading, getting moderate sleep, etc. Something. Rise up. You only live once. Don't stay down!
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IHaveThePower 18
That's called 'depression'. It's an easily treatable medical condition. Please call your doctor. Life actually gets pretty awesome eventually--even WHEN bad things are happening! Your brain is just sick right now and can't tell. CALL THE DOCTOR.
HoboMeth 36
“Easily”
IHaveThePower 18
For a lot of people, it's chemical. You just take the pills they give you, test them out, and eventually get one that makes the depression go away. Therapy does help, but a lot of stuff like this is because your body isn't producing the right chemicals. And with the science we have now, you can just...replace them. It's an annoying period of testing it out, but once you've got it sorted you're usually fine. (I barely ever need therapy myself, and I'm schizoaffective...sometimes it really just is chemicals.)
Temmy 10
Life does get better when you work towards that. it’s a matter of perspective (how you choose to interpret situations) and how you are choosing to communicate with yourself... Don’t give up... it’s gets better
Temmy 10
Life does get better when you work towards that. it’s a matter of perspective (how you choose to interpret situations) and how you are choosing to communicate with yourself... Don’t give up... it’s gets better
ShortCaffinatedTitan 11
I wish depression could be cured with a change in perspective, unfortunately that's rarely the case as a lot of depression is caused by a chemical imbalance, where thinking positively / looking at life a different way won't help. The best course of action when you feel this way is to seek help from professionals 😊
cuz803 46
This is one of the most vague and morbid FML's I've read. But since this is clearly a mental illness case, please seek help. Try therapy, going to the gym, finding a better job, reading, getting moderate sleep, etc. Something. Rise up. You only live once. Don't stay down!
And1 12
I agree. Good times are simply absence of crises and disasters.
RichardPencil 32
That's not true. Sometimes there are good shows on Netflix that can make life seem pleasant. You're not playing Squid Game, am I right?
Jonkbaby 23
come on now
wysegirl 24
Sounds right. I came to this realization years ago. Just have to find something that can add some like to the darkness. whether it is an outdoor activity or indoors.
faifai_fml 21
"The good things don't always soften the bad things, but vice-versa, the bad things don't necessarily spoil the good things and make them unimportant." --the Doctor. It's true, too.