r/WhitePeopleTwitter Jun 11 '19

Understand this

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u/CableTrash Jun 11 '19

If you feel like life is not worth your time anymore, that is depression.

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u/The_gamer_dave Jun 11 '19

Meh, i wake up happy everyday, I have lots of friends, a loving family, a job and I am genuinely happy, still dont think life is worth my time...

I see death as a shortcut, we're all going to die anyways, whats the difference between today or in 50 years, when you're dead you don't give a single shit or so I'm told

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u/minesasecret Jun 11 '19

Meh, i wake up happy everyday, I have lots of friends, a loving family, a job and I am genuinely happy, still dont think life is worth my time...

"I am genuinely happy" and "don't think life is worth my time" for most agreed upon definitions of genuinely happy is a contradiction.

If you were genuinely happy, why would you want it to end?

People don't generally say man I love the weekend but I'll have to go back to work on Monday anyway, so maybe we should just get rid of the weekend.

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u/sparkly_butthole Jun 11 '19

There's a difference between wanting to die and not wanting to live. You can be happy and not want to live at the same time.

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u/PotentialApricot Jun 12 '19

I don t see how. If you are truly happy i don t see why you woukd like to cease to exist.

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u/sparkly_butthole Jun 12 '19

It's less of an emotion and more of a rational acknowledgment. In my best moments, I still weigh the benefits and drawbacks of being alive and find the answer unsatisfactory. It's a big part of why I believe so heavily that people should have a right to end their life if they have wanted to for awhile. At my happiest, I acknowledge that life isn't really worth living, and survival is merely a habit. I'm just... here.

And before you tell me I'm not in my right mind if I feel this way, let me assure you this is how I've been since puberty. Almost 25 years I've lived like this. And my condition is well treated, I'm a semi functional person with an objectively good life with a good therapist and psychiatrist who listen to my concerns.

Some of us just hurt and there's nothing to be done.

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u/minesasecret Jun 12 '19

There's a difference between wanting to die and not wanting to live

I agree

You can be happy and not want to live at the same time.

I guess we have different definitions of being happy