Mental Health Reasons to stay ALIVE

[Vaya]

“We are going to die, and that makes us the lucky ones. Most people are never going to die because they are never going to be born.

The potential people who could have been here in my place but who will in fact never see the light of day outnumber the sand grains of Sahara.

It is a miraculous privilege to be alive,
And we ought to make the most of our time on this world."

~ Richard Dawkins

One of my absolute, all-time favorite quotes.

 

[herbavore]

^ Another reason to stay alive--to read everything Richard Dawkins wrote.

 

[missmeyet?]

^to be the inventor and patent holder of that machine--both the male and female versions.

/\ :D I'm with you herbavore!

 

[drscience]

~Because its slowly but surely getting better and better to be alive

 

[Abject]

I think something we all have is potential. No matter who you are, there are things you could do. There are possibilities in all our lives.
As a juxtaposition, there are also those of us who don't care for such potential. There is no worth in the possibilities, though it's still possible for our future self to care.
There are those of us who waste our time because it's better (for our future self) than annihilating our time.

I'm here because the future still supersedes the present, if only marginally at best..

 

[stardust.hero]

Because one day happiness will arrive/return.

 

[alkz]

thanks to all the people who posted in this thread , its making me feel better.

 

[Allein]

I've been just repeating 'tomorrow may be a better day'

It would be good to be livng for the now but this will do for the time being

 

[drscience]

Thanks Vaya and Abject, those were great posts.

 

[FnX]

I've been just repeating 'tomorrow may be a better day'

It would be good to be livng for the now but this will do for the time being

Indeed the uncertainty of life can be a blessing as well, especially when everything looks gloomy. Sometimes a sense of greater purpose is given apparently out of nowhere, sometimes it is found, but the wait is definitely worth it.

 

[GBM]

If I killed myself my mom would absolutely die inside. She worked so hard raising me by herself, me being a very difficult child due to having schizophrenia. My friend would all be devastated, I have a very close and tightly knot group of friends, if one thing happens to any of us it effects us all. It would just be so selfish of me to end my life, I have so many people in this world that love me and I just couldn't put them through that kind of pain.

I like this thread :D

 

[DragonFly31]

I think life in itself is a reason not to die. I don't think one should not kill oneself for others, for instance.

The experience of life is so intense. It can be too much sometimes.

I believe the goal of life is to be happy. Everyone says that, but what does it mean to be happy? To be happy, for me, is to take my time going to work in my car, relax, work on my hobbies, work on being a better person, surrounding myself with people whose company I enjoy.

Basically - happiness for me is a state of mind one can reach by taking the time to enjoy all the little things.

Oh I forgot to mention: there is no God, God is dead, and there is no emptiness at all in my life! On the contrary, I feel better now than ever! YAY TO LIFE!

 

[Bagseed]

because deep down in my heart, I know life is worth living

(even if I feel like it's not)

 

[stardust.hero]

Love still exists in this world.

 

[mrflowers00]

the only reason i'm alive is because i can't and wont put my dad and g pa through that but once they're dead i'm gone

 

[ad lib]

Because I still gave so much traveling I want to do.