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PaperclipPerfector  3d ago (text post)   2787 thread views

Small-Scale Question Sunday for January 12, 2025

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[...] I already feel deeply tired, even at the age of 23. [...] I don't particularly find a lot of value in things that make other people happy. [...]. So much is out of your control, and things that once were cause for joy begin to lose meaning as you go on. [...] Christmas and New Year and every other holiday custom are chores to participate in. Days repeat, over and over and over again, [...]

It's not that there's absolutely nothing to feel grateful about. But the longer you live, the more fed up you get with the entire thing. Sometimes I look at photos of myself as a kid, running down a hill or feeding koi in a pond, and that doesn’t even feel like me anymore. It almost feels like a memory from another life, one where the days were longer and the sun was brighter. These days seem impossibly distant and out of reach

I'm going to be presumptuous and intrusive, but this sounds a lot like depression to me. Especially coming from someone who's 23. I get where you're coming from, of course: I feel that way sometimes and I think that everyone does, but if you're feeling that way the majority of the time I think this is a problem which can and should be fixed.

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