Is it normal to ask "why live?"

Instead of asking myself, why should I kill myself (or, "Why die?"), I find myself growing towards the question, "Why live?" The difference is that when you ask "Why die?", you have reasons to live, and you're thinking of finding reasons to die. When you ask "Why live?", you're struggling to find anything to live for. (If you can make sense of this, good for you.) I still think of committing suicide every so often, but there's someone that is keeping me from doing that, because we need each other. So don't worry, I'll never actually do it. I'm too much of a coward anyway. Still, is it normal to struggle to find things to live for?

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Based on 11 votes (9 yes)
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Comments ( 13 )
  • Murun

    Living is reason to live. This crazy gift of time. I want it to last as long as possible!

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  • RoseIsabella

    Live for feline companionship!

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    • Hmmm...IDK

      I'm afraid cat's aren't my thing. It's not that I don't like them. I just don't want one to be around me forever.

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      • RoseIsabella

        For me it would be Heaven to be surrounded by Siamese cats forever!
        >:-D

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        • DonaldDuck

          Quack Quack world is beautiful love everyone.

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        • Hmmm...IDK

          Well, to each his own. :)

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          • RoseIsabella

            I guess I just found that for me in my life my relationship with my cat and with God have been the two things that have helped me find joy and meaning in my life. I have family and a boyfriend, but I list my cat first(even before God)because he's the one who helps believe in all the rest of it. I feel like the animals in my life have always given me the most reason to live or to go on living for that matter.

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            • The_Loitering_Creep

              I'm glad that your cat comes before God. Honestly, that seems like a non-creepy grounded way to think. Religion warps many healthy sensibilities, and I don't want to get any creepier than I already am.

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            • DonaldDuck

              Quack Quack world is beautiful love everyone.

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  • Knightmare

    Yes, you have the right idea.

    I suggest looking at this adaption of Pascal's Wager.

    You know for certain that if you die, game over.

    But if you keep going, there's everything. I like to believe that thinking about suicide is as low as it gets, there's not much you can do to get any worse without being *really* messed up such as hurting others. If you're not thinking about that, great. Plus it'd hurt your family and friends to know that you've ended it, really, there's not much worse you can do to yourself and those you care for.

    But, if you keep going, you can only go up. There's so much to experience. What do you enjoy? Who do you care for? If you're truly alone, find someone who you can lift up. There's no medicine better than conversation. Find a hobby, learn something, create something. Achieve what you can, help those who can do what you couldn't.

    Pick yourself up, dust off, and find something worth living for.

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  • Cookiecutter

    Maybe seem some counseling just to work through some of your issues and wonder why your feeling this way.

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