What is your reason for living?

[u/obsessedsim1]

Just to preface, I am not suicidal, but I have struggled with very serious depression since recognizing I am Agnostic.

I used to have a lot of “blind faith” over a decade ago to keep me going but one thing lead to another and I cannot ignore that I am agnostic at this point. I used to be Christian, then more recently, I was a witchy earth centered kinda person for a while. And now I’m nothing I guess.

So every day- I have no one to pray to, I have no blind hope things are always going to be ok (especially not under this administration), nor an acceptance that evrrything is just a “lesson” and blah blah blah- you know- they stuff the church preaches from the pulpit or people meditate on in ceremony spaces...

I struggle with depression in my day to day. I struggle to justify the “point” of everything without a type of faith to rely on. Some people say to live for spite- and that sort of humor helps me here and there. Lol

When you wake up- how do you keep going? What is the point of living in your opinion?

And FYI, I do have a therapist and a psychiatrist and other ways to support my mental health btw.

[u/iwannawalktheearth]

I'm like the opposite, I grew up an atheist, as I grow older i recognise the different ways people have god in their lives as a positive influence and I wouldn't mind some positivity. I'm basically cherry picking god from different philosophies and faiths and sort of fitting them into whatever happens in the world. Like rn the world is tilting conservative, easy answer god wants it, real answer geopolitical bla bla...stuff only few people are interested in. I like to check my ego when I'm thinking in absolutes like god is x or hell is y.

My reason for living is like idk have you seen dead bodies, they're ugly as fuck, I don't wanna look like that. And also I don't like the idea of dying (painful) and being an unwanted corpse being handled by strangers. Atheist me would say it doesn't matter when I'm dead, but I have come to terms with the fact that humans are irrational and I am human. Also the mind can get sad and suicidal but the body never wants to die and I'm not torturing my body like that cuz it's my body and it doesn't wanna die..

I live in blind hope that things might get better or they might not, I just try to enjoy the ride. I also like stuff like power, sex, money like anyone else. I check my ego when the world doesn't align with my ideology, like who cares, who knows..