is it normal i feel like this world is dying?

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I really do. It seems everyone these days is either wanting to kill themselves or others. Hardly anyone cares anymore. I constantly feel this feeling of pointlessness and I'm not even depressed. There are also little kids doing drugs and cutting themselves while ignorant people call them "attention seekers" or "emo little brats". It's like there's no sympathy or empathy anymore. And I can tell it's getting worse. It's like people live meaningless lives and they have no motivation anymore. I really don't like this feeling. I do everything I can to keep myself happy and keep my mind off of it, but I get bored easily and I still think about it. Nothings exciting anymore to me.All my friends hate life and so do I.And no it's not them making me think this way cause I thought this way long before I met them. Is it normal to feel this way?

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  • Holzman_67
    9 years ago | pl

    Although I somewhat agree with you, the world is what you make it. If you convince yourself it is dying, and start to view it negatively, the negative in all things will be highlighted to you and you will lose all hope. It's like ying and yang there's always a little bit of good in the bad and a little bit of bad in the good. You have to teach yourself to see the good when it all seems bad.
    And I know its cliche but be the change you wish to see in the world.

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  • disthing
    9 years ago | pl

    How old are you?

    I think this is a common feeling of a child old enough to recognise the bad things in the world but not old enough to realise that they have always been there.

    Fact is, it's easy to imagine a lot of the world's problems as being new, or a sign of some kind of decline. But if you look through history, you should realise that for many people (not all), the chances of living a long, healthy and fulfilling life are greater NOW than ever before.

    I'd say it's not the world that's 'dying', it's you projecting your own pessimism on to the world. In other words, you're looking at the world through a dark lens.

    Again, I would guess this is because you're a child, maybe a teenager going through that difficult adolescent phase of fluctuating mood? Plenty of teens feel like shit about themselves and everything around them, most of them grow out of it (at least for the most part).

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    • Holzman_67
      9 years ago | pl

      "I'd say it's not the world that's 'dying', it's you projecting your own pessimism on to the world. In other words, you're looking at the world through a dark lens."

      Well said. I wrote an entire paragraph to say what you said in a sentence.

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    • Gaz689
      9 years ago | pl

      I'm 17 almost 18.

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  • ShinyLugia
    9 years ago | pl

    I agree with you, OP. Things aren't great in society and as long as corruption exists, then the bad things will never go away and often, things only get worse before they get better (If the circumstances are lucky enough to improve). All we can do is hope that our lives progress with happiness and safety as there are no gaurantees of either. If it's any comfort to you, we all only have to live here once and once a life is gone, corruption and suffering will no longer haunt that person.

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  • Holzman_67
    9 years ago | pl

    I think what you are talking about is society right? The degradation of society?

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  • FireFlower
    9 years ago | pl

    Yes it is. Things aren't what they used to be. It's sad. And I'm only a teenager and I'm saying this.

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    • disthing
      9 years ago | pl

      I expect it's BECAUSE you're a teenager that you're saying this.

      I'd be interested to know - what do you think is worse now than before?

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  • Lylos
    9 years ago | pl

    I don't hate life, life is beautiful.
    I hate what other people do with their life, mindlessly harming each other and the world itself instead of searching harmony. That's what you should hate, not life.

    Although 95% or so of the people is stupid, there are few that create wonderful things in the world, so at least you should use your life to experience these things or to be one of them, and by doing it you could actually come to enjoy life.

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  • Freedom_
    9 years ago | pl

    Ah, the trials of life.

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