Thread 33626491

Somewhere along the line of my life, I lost sight of what I want or what would make me really happy. So I am in a position where I feel like I am just going through the motions of living. I am not suicidal but I don't feel enamored by living. It sounds like such a first world problem but its how I feel. Like I have friends who say "Yeah I can't wait to leave work and spend some time with my family on our family vacation!" Whereas me, I currently can't even fathom that. Even though I know I want a family. I feel inadequate because I don't want to have a family just because. I want to actually like my family. What can I do to get out of this slump. Not sure why my life goals are so clouded. I know I am not suicidal but I am also just not enthralled by living. This combination of feelings leaves me feeling very unempathetic sometimes too. I want to get out of bed and crave living. Again, I have never felt suicidal but I guess I just feel incredibly mid on the will to live scale. I feel like I am being kept alive by weird things. Like video games coming out. My thought before Elden Ring came out was "Wow, I hope I don't die before Elden Ring comes out." Most normal people probably have thoughts more like "Wow, I hope I don't die." I want that kind of normal.

i feel you anon. i remember i felt the same way after twilight princess finally came out. i have brief periods where i'm pretty happy with life, even smaller things, but it's been close to a year now since the last time. try to do things that would be fun or interesting otherwise. i just booked flights for a trip to a city on the other side of the country in 2 months. i'm not bouncing off the walls, but it gives me something to look forward to and work towards.

>>33626491 (OP)
I’ve been there. What worked for me wash changing my routine. Go to an event nearby or just do something you used to really enjoy but haven’t done in a while. Do this with intent. Switch it up and get out of the house, even if it’s going for a drive and looking at house plants at a nursery. That’s what I did just to do something. Something will enter your mind to alleviate the slump after some time. Let loose in a healthy way maybe. But definitely change your routine to something different.

same here
>My thought before Elden Ring came out was "Wow, I hope I don't die before Elden Ring comes out."
i don't even get thoughts like this anymore

>>33628036
How did you make thoughts like that stop?

>>33628304
i don't know to be honest
at some point i just stopped getting excited for anything

Man, I beat this game four different times. Be grateful you lived long enough to play this masterpiece. Can you really ask for more? Well, if the answer is yes, then go find a hobby with some difficult goal like making a video game or something.

>>33628977
Is it really that good? How much would you rate it on a scale from surgeon simulator to outer wilds?

>>33629010
Well let me put it another way, we all have our favorite games from our childhood and teenage years that capture our sense of adventure and wonder in ways that future games are never able to recapture fully because you get older and that time of your life is over, but Elden Ring still managed to do that for me as an adult.

Of course everyone has different taste and it depends on what kinds of games you respond to. But if you dislike Elden Ring then you have unbelievably bad taste.

>>33626491 (OP)
Jesus is the only thing that could give some meaning to life. And Christianity is objectively true, as well.

>>33629083
This is true. But you still have to live on Earth as a human for some time, so while you're here, you should try Elden Ring.

>>33629083
objectively true if you are retarded

>>33629175
Play elden ring

>>33629188
i did, it was more fulfilling than being a christcuck for 20 years

>>33629213
You will never be a woman

>>33629837
ooga booga nigga nigga ywnba THOUGH

>>33629081
How difficult is it. I don't enjoy twitchy videogames anymore because I'm starting to get old (late twenties).

>>33630790
I’m 33. The hard parts are really the final bosses, as it should be. Some parts are bullshit but can be resolved by summoning spirit ashes. You set your own difficulty in these games by choosing your build.

>>33629081
>But if you dislike Elden Ring then you have unbelievably bad taste.

Happiest is derived from other people anon.
You will only find a cold machine to turn to as you yearn for newly placed pixels.
Yet the heat from the touch of another human or their carefully placed words will carry you onwards and upwards.

Life isn't a solo game, it's co-op.

>>33634691
This. There are several types of happiness, you can be happy in every other way but there's a happiness only a loved one can provide.

>>33630196
Why you posting pictures of yourself lol

>>33626491 (OP)
>Most normal people probably have thoughts more like "Wow, I hope I don't die." I want that kind of normal.
You're in the process of becoming that person right now, OP.

I'm in similar straits—single, lonely, wish I was a dad—and feel like blowing my brains out today. I'm planning a vacation for October or November.
I know it isn't always going to feel like this especially shitty Monday, though. I'm not very young (30), but I've got time to make it happen. I'm sure you do as well.

>>33629083
True, but good luck getting someone to believe that when Anonymous says it.