Is it normal to not want to live on this planet anymore?

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I think about this a lot, and I mean a lot. I often wish I could just blast off into space. There are days where I would honestly rather die than stay here. I'm not suicidal or depressed, but the fate of this planet just makes me so unhappy. I hate seeing people being so damn rude to each other. This is our home, these are the people we live with, yet so many things plague this planet. I get so happy when I meet people who haven't been completely brain washed by celebrities or the media and are actually "awake". I often regret opening my eyes to the world, because a lot of the time I don't like what I see. I admit, there are some beautiful things left in this planet as well as beautiful people. But, is it normal to have this little faith in humanity? Is it normal to just want to drift off into space? When I think of the world as a whole, I just feel empty and unfulfilled. I see no point in wasting every day going out and getting drunk. I will do it on occasion, because it is fun. But, I feel like there are much bigger things to be doing than getting drunk and dancing with strangers at a club. I'm 20, shouldn't I be wanting to do these things? I know I'm not alone and I think that's the one thing that makes me feel alright about all of this. I wish I could articulate how I feel a little better. I tried my best.

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  • Doktor_Hildred_Von_Steinmann
    9 years ago

    Come my dear frau. We shall travel the stars together, discover new worlds, meet new civilizations and then melt them with acid.

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  • thegypsysailor
    9 years ago

    Hey, if you've got the star ship, I'll do the driving and navigating. Where shall we meet?

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    • [Old Memory]
      9 years ago

      Maybe we can create a Star Terk team? :D

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      • Drawingmud
        9 years ago

        They terk our jerbs

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      • thegypsysailor
        9 years ago

        As long as I don't have ta twerk.

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        • [Old Memory]
          9 years ago

          Sorry, it's captain's obligation to twerk so you're pretty much gonna have to. :/

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          • thegypsysailor
            9 years ago

            They are your eyes you are going to want to gouge out, if I do, not mine.

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          • Anonymous Post Author
            9 years ago

            I'll claim captain's position. I love twerking.

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  • RoseIsabella
    9 years ago

    *yawns & stretches then farts and goes back to sleep*

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  • Freedom_
    9 years ago

    Meet me in outer space. We could spend the night watching the earth come up. I've grown tired of that place.

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  • missy911
    9 years ago

    I would say that being 20 years old, you are thinking like a 20 year old. In my 20's there was gas rationing, the Ozone layer was falling apart and Ronny Raygun was building a Death Star. Some friend talked about living natural in Oregon & one or two did.
    You are going through one of the winter seasons of your life. It is part of maturity. The spring will follow.
    What ever else is true, this is absolute; the planet is perfect and beautiful. People, buildings & cities... meh, not so much.

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  • disthing
    9 years ago

    It seems to me that the problem is you expect too much.

    You think this world has to be wholly good for you to walk amongst us, otherwise you want to disappear because it's 'not good enough'.

    You'd rather drift off in solitude than share breathing space with us - because you think most of us are weak-minded, rude, have no ambition...

    Well, frankly, if your standards are set so high and you're so utterly preoccupied with the lousy aspects of the world, you're unlikely to ever be satisfied.

    I find misanthropes tedious because they seem to exist only to express their incessant cynicism and pessimism... And there always seems to be a superiority complex underlying that - that they think they're the only ones aware of humanity's flaws, and that they are above them, deserving of better.

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    • disthing
      9 years ago

      My advice for you, OP, is to travel.

      Meet people of different ages, different nationalities, different backgrounds; get a real impression of the rich and diverse tapestry of human life. Don't limit yourself to just your peer group and your neighbourhood.

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      • Anonymous Post Author
        9 years ago

        Despite your facetious overtone, your post actually helped me a lot. But, I must point out that I don't think the human race is weak-minded and lacking of ambition. If anything, I think we all have this amazing potential that we don't necessarily live up to.

        I wish I could travel, yet my funds aren't that great at the moment. I will heed your advice as soon as my financial situation improves.

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        • Riddler
          9 years ago

          There is one reason they do not live up to it. Humans are too selfish and greedy and not intelligent enough to think out what they do. Its all about me, me, me. They do not realize that helping the world helps yourself. In fact even a narcissist would understand this but normal people never would.

          They do not realize that helping others helps your reputation. They do not realize that a functioning system is probably going to generate better workers who can make more money. Why do we fail? 90 percent of the human race is incompetent and we have other incompetent people encouraging the behavior.

          This happens in schools, in mental aid organizations, in government. In fact voting for a person is useless (As in US) because most of those 18 year olds are too ignorant to even know the names of anyone other than the president. Now why is this? Its very simple. We dont bother to teach them anything important and we waist money in public schools that dont care if they learn anything they just care about getting kick backs and babysitting these kids while the parents are at work. Oh and than one of the best teachers one of the schools had ended up being a pedophile raping the children. How sad is that? The world is shit because people are inconsiderate, greedy, self centered, and stupid.

          We have people with mental issues everywhere but I bet you a lot of those people dont want help. Why? because the organizations that deal with mental illness do not care about patients for the most part either. Why would the automatic solution to ADD/ADHD be medication?

          Oh a 6 year old is hyper? Well the only solution must be medication.

          Than we have parents stupid enough to fall for this. If something is really that minor even if we agree it is in fact a disorder why would they not try something like behavioral therapy? or maybe do something like put them in sports, take them outside, play with them? Isnt it kind of lazy to just say "Well im a parent, I work all day, Im tired, Im just cant handle my hyper child, ill just drug him up or put him in front of the television set". If you are that fucking lazy dont have children. They would probably be better with someone who is responsible and gives a shit.

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          • disthing
            9 years ago

            So do you count yourself among the 90% of humans who are incompetent?

            Are you also too selfish and greedy and not intelligent enough to think out what you do?

            Or do you consider yourself one of the 'enlightened 10%'?

            Genuine questions.

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        • disthing
          9 years ago

          None of my post was facetious.

          Best of luck overcoming your pessimism and saving up to travel - I know quite a lot of people who would benefit from the simple act of seeing more of the world (including me) :)

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  • pixie_dust
    9 years ago

    I can totally understand where you're coming from. I think that deep down in your subconscious mind you know this is not normal. This society was definitely tampered with and we don't know anything different. Most people are too caught up with, going to work, getting the kids off to school, paying the mortgage, etc etc, that they don't contemplate their intuition and what they really know is real on the inside.

    The good news? Well, we are currently living in a milestone time. You know the Mayan calendar thing and all its hype to get us scared (notice the fear mongering in general) Multiple different ancient cultures including a detailed timeline in the great pyramid in Giza that had 2012 as THE date. What does this mean? Well, slowly but surely this planet will transform into something wonderful. We just dont see it yet. Don't get discouraged. You will see it in your lifetime and all this rubbish will make the real reality something so spectacular.

    1. If you look up into the sky, the sun in white, (it used to be yellow, try to remember your childhood lookihg into the sky)

    2. have you heard that the rockefellars are giving up their cash cow (oil) after they jacked up the price so far? there is a reason behind this. did you hear about how john kerry was embarrassed big time and called out by john mccain and others on national live TV about how its bogus and a lie? that was awesome.

    3. marijuana is becoming legalized and the people making the money at the top can't control it anymore. this was their money making crop as gangsters and they're losing their foothold.

    There are many other things that indicate that their pieces a crumbling which is what every ancient culture that predicted this time we're living in as a golden age. The age of enlightenment. It's predicted that by 2030 it will be totally turned around. We're talking free energy (earth friendly and no cost) We're talking so many different technologies, like how Tesla envisioned. We're talking inter planetary space travel. I have the same problem that I can't travel either due to money, and when I realized how other planets don't use money so you don't need money to visit them! Only bring some wine or something because their food replicating technologies can't replicate that, so as a gesture you just could bring that and be able to travel all over the galaxy!

    It was been said that the world population is so large bcuz we all chose to live in this age of transformation. I think of it as we will be able to appreciate it so much more bcuz of where we came from. Once we inherit our birthright of who we truly are it will be truly amazing!

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