To feel like life is more hassle than it's worth

[OptimismvsRealism]

Up until now I suppose there have been adventures and new things to try to distract from the fundamental fact that being alive is a great big chore. Endless hoovering and bills.

Don't get me wrong, I'm here now and I'll just see where things go but if you asked me if I'd like to do it all again that would be a big fat non merci from me.

I appreciate this, thank you. A reasoned response!

i suppose life is jogging along until you stumble across posts like this which tickle you in exactly the right place and make you laugh rather wildly and think things aren’t so bad after all.

I don't have children for exactly these reasons, I'd never wish life on anyone. I was just musing why some parents admit life is tedium yet they've still done it to others. Life only continues because of parents afterall, we're all stuck on this rock because of them. Unless you believe in a higher power of course.

Even at age twelve we were cynical-my friend was always saying "life's shit then you die"-at other times she'd tell you about how many paracetamols she'd overdosed on (a cry for attention though I think more than anything) and I remember lying in a field crying my eyes out thinking about ending it all-at TWELVE. But I was introverted so no one knew how I felt. But even then I'd started turning down invites to go play out with friends cos I just wanted to stay at home/in bed.

Maybe if I'd been helped then things would've been different. I remember recently saying to my mother "you knew I was an unhappy child why didn't you do anything?" and she said "you were just quiet, and we'd never had a girl before" 🙄that's why when all these parents who have lost children to suicide say there were no signs and they were happy kids and must've been playing a tik tok game that went wrong I know they're in huge denial.

These posts are really sad to read. I’m pleased that I’ve never felt like this - I get frustrated that there’s not enough time or money to do everything I want to do. Maybe I’m a bit simple but I don’t really understand needing there to be a “point” to anything. I just enjoy the things I like.