what does all this mean?

[gainingdaylight]

so... what does all this mean?

does it mean something? does it mean anythingi don't know about anyone else, but i struggle all the time with the search for "meaning", but is there any? do we have a purpose? i don't believe in a higher power or a world beyond ours (though i think life on other planets is certainly possible), so all meaning in

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my trouble turns 18 one day

[anonymous]

I find that when I am overwhelmed (the past 26 months, for instance) looking for meaning or the big picture is too overwhelming. Although, sometimes searching for greater meaning is absolutely necessary to get me through a moment or a day. I spend the majority of my day, if not 99% of my day on auto-pilot. Sure, I can never remember if I locked the door or turned the stove off, but I get to numbly function on a day-to-day basis. That is no way to function long-term, but works for crisis mode.
On better days and in better moments I try to remind myself of different things: be calm, it's ok, this will be over soon/some day, what would make me feel better right now?, you are loved....
Be kind to your psyche. It's a lot more fragile than anything else.
-Erin

[noirbettie]

Will, Sam, and Grace are my everything. And as well as them (can I list something else, after saying they are everything?) I feel driven to make things, to tell stories and create.

[cassylee]

I've taken a long time to respond because I really wanted to come up with something meaningful and definitive. But after days of occasionally obsessing, I'm left with the answer: I don't have one point, one reason, one purpose. I have lots of little things that make my life worthwhile (to me at least), but I'm not sure I have anything that makes my life meaningful.

I tend to drift through life, only wading in the shallow pools of emotion and purpose. I frequently envy those with great passion and purpose, as it means they usually have much higher highs than I have. But I don't suffer the lows that go along with that, and I'm too aware of those to reach for the highs. I don't recommend my lifestyle for everyone (or anyone really), but as long as I'm not forced to examine what I'm missing too often, it works for me.