I’m not so sure that this post belongs here, and I want to clarify: I’m not asking for psychological help of any kind, just sharing my point of view and that’s it.
Well, the title says it all, at my 20’s I’m pretty exhausted of feeling that my life is going in circles and I’m not really sure where I’m going, I’ve read that many people of this age suffer from the same thing but really?
I mean, I’m really tired that humanity is so stupid and will never change and is constantly creating obstacles to make other people’s lives miserable, and I’m sure that will go on until the end of time.
To be precise I do have goals in my life but really the bad things that constantly happen to me and that are unpredictable only take away more and more the desire to achieve those goals, and in the end I really don’t even know why to achieve them and I end up really losing the motivation to achieve those goals.
Thanks for reading.
My 20s were awful and were like that buy it turned around and I’m doing relatively great at 33. Very happy to be alive and not tired of life
Fairly normal, in my work like 50 % had similar quarter life crisis. the depth of aimlessness/pointlessness feeling differs though
As such I wouldn’t say I have a crisis (((((((I think, because this post is a contradiction))))))), I was just wondering how normal it is to feel this way sometimes.
I’m a lot more stable and happy (will, a kind of happy) in my 30s than I was in my 20s.
It’s not normal in a good system but it’s super normal under the acceleration of fascism.
I don’t want things to get better anymore. I just want things to stop getting worse
100% normal. I’m middle aged and have to conclude you’d seriously need to be fucked in the head to be comfortable in this world. but then again, if you can gather even a tiny ammout of motivation to reach any goals, go for it; be fucked in the head and try to be happy.
Absolutely true, the constant pressure of life is overwhelming, but there is always hope.
Under capitalism, it’s basically guaranteed for most people on earth. It’s not you, it’s the world you live in
Generations of people developing coping strategies.
Very normal comrade. In my 20’s I behaved in psychotic ways because of the stresses of it all, joined the Marines in my desperate attempt to feel accomplished and like I was contributing to something (I was a liberal chud, didn’t know any better because I was raised in it). Fucked me up but good emotionally, and I honestly wish I had a real materialist perspective like you when I was that age. Now I’m not far off from my 40’s and I have to say, my personal life is becoming more rich and beautiful to me. The world is going to shit, and there’s major issues that have yet to resolve for me which may upend my life as I know it - but a lot of times I’m glad I’m here and it feels good to be alive. If there’s anything I would say makes the difference - go find the others irl. Real human connection can bridge an ocean of misery.
Sorry if this is patronizing or not helpful, I’m under the influence rn.
It’s called a quarterlife crisis for a reason. I mean, you do sound pretty tired for someone in their 30s, but I was in a constant state of burnout in my 20s, so gonna mirror everyone here and point to capitalism as at least one of the culprits.
It comes and goes for me. Certainly I felt that way sometimes, for some periods in my 20’s
I was tired of life by 8
It’s normal to feel this way. Late-stage capitalism is depressing and alienating for most people.
I find that having a community that actually works towards something good helps. Joining a leftist org can help. Keep in mind by leftist org, I mean actually leftist and not a liberal org where they don’t actually want to change the status quo, they will just make you feel even more hopeless with their “nothing will fundamentally change” attitude
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I think the view that political problems are caused mainly by people being stupid rather than powerful, motivated actors can only lead to misanthropy and nihilism.
