existence is becoming too emotionally painful

[_karl61]

I really want to be released from this life. There is nothing here for me.

[_SteelHead]

1-800-273-8255

[_ldsfaqs]

You're not the only one.... I'm just hanging on for dear life, barely existing, so broken.

[_Kittens_and_Jesus]

I feel the same way much of the time. I spent many years drinking and made the decision to get sober recently. Its forced me to face my problems head on instead of hiding from them in a bottle.

[_moksha]

I would say hang in there since time heals everything except aging. In the meantime, look at your story in a different way. For instance, I used to feel all alone till I realized there were over six billion others with me on this planet and countless more on planets like Obliblish and Enish-go-on-Dosh.

[_RayAgostini]

I really want to be released from this life. There is nothing here for me.

There's plenty here for you. The World Health Organisation has said that by 2020, depression will be the number one illness worldwide.

Depression.

Emotional pain is something we all experience. Why is life so cruel? I have a relative who told me that, as a child, he/she felt so emotionally attached to parents, childhood experiences, and loved them so much, he/she decided to "harden" him/herself. So he/she told him/herself, "don't love them!" Because it's too emotionally painful. What if one of them should die?

Life isn't easy, but as some have quipped, "is the alternative any better?" You can find strength in hope, and not despairing. Today's mountains, if endured, will become tomorrow's molehills.

But you must begin with faith in regard to present trials, that "this, too, will pass".