Is it normal i struggle with feeling irrelevant?

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I often find myself feeling like my life is pointless and irrelevant to the world. Nothing I do really matters and my death would make no difference. I try and do things with my life but I often feel if I was destined to do anything then I already would have. My achievements from here will likely be small and of little consequence in a global scale.

Sometimes I feel guilty that I am just taking resources that could have been used by someone who would of done better in the same circumstance.

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Based on 91 votes (71 yes)
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  • bananaface
    11 years ago

    Aww, I think you should watch It's A Wonderful Life.:P That might cheer you up a bit!

    The vast majority of people aren't going to make a difference which is noticeable on a "global scale". So if you're irrelevant, then you certainly aren't alone. All of our actions as individuals sort of collect together though, and as a whole, society does make an impact. However, just because you aren't making ground breaking discoveries or finding cures for illnesses, that doesn't mean your life is just a waste. Just because what you're doing doesn't feel big enough to you, that doesn't mean you should go the opposite way and just give up completely.

    The sentence about being destined to do stuff confuses me a bit. If you feel like you ought to be doing something, then it isn't just going to happen to you:S. You will actually have to do something yourself. Either way, if you want to make more of a difference, then you could change that, I guess. Your life isn't over. And there are ways of giving back, rather than just "taking resources". They aren't incredibly difficult either, so maybe you should look into that. I can't imagine that giving more than your taking would make you feel like your life is worthless or a drain.:)

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  • [Old Memory]
    11 years ago

    This may not be bad. You may have a strong sense of personal destiny, and feel it's not being met.

    Like a great philanthropist or a serial killer; the choice is yours to make. But make it and you'll feel this dread disappear.

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  • TwilightPsycho
    11 years ago

    I don't know, but I feel like a worthless piece of shit all the time, so I'm gonna say yes.

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  • thinkingaboutit
    11 years ago

    uh yeah. what your thinking is true, in a microscopic kind of way. You may not be important, but your part of a civilization that will be marked in history, and continue as long as there are histories. Who knows what your purpose is in the crowd, but you sure as shit have one. You better start figuring out what and who your living for. And what and who they are, in turn, living for. then will you find that you are a stitch in the crazy shit of a quilt we call earth.

    Don't feel guilty for being alive, it's not noble or helpful.

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  • thinkingaboutit
    11 years ago

    uh yeah. what your thinking is try

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  • Wild_Child
    11 years ago

    Who knows where a passion will lead you? People have revolutionized the world without ever intending to. They just couldn't rest until their invention, cause, or work of art was perfect.

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