Do you ever feel like you don't care anymore?

It's very liberating. I get occasional bouts of desperation where I feel like there is nothing more in the world that i want than to fit in and achieve my goals. Then after a while I just stop caring and kind of have a "whatever happens, happens" kind of attitude.

Yes, it occurs on cycles. The "I don't care about anything" usually kicks into high gear when I am too emotionally depleted to maintain my belief that things can change. But it's in my nature to strive for improvement so I eventually return right back to the start to try again. Something I am feeling is that the stress and strain of taking these knocks is becoming increasingly more difficult to recover from. Maybe I'm getting too old, lol.

SadSally said:

It's very liberating. I get occasional bouts of desperation where I feel like there is nothing more in the world that i want than to fit in and achieve my goals. Then after a while I just stop caring and kind of have a "whatever happens, happens" kind of attitude.

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Yes, I don't care anymore. And yes, it's very liberating. It does come at a cost though because the things you care about are actually what make up your identity. So your identity takes a hit.

But I have a philosophy that people who are prone to bad luck/no luck might actually be better off by caring a bit less in order to have more moments of happiness.

This can be difficult to do when you have been raised in a society that taught you that you should always be fighting the currents in order to achieve your "goals" and that happiness is something that is always tied to achievement, or at least to some ideal external conditions.

I have good and bad days, sometimes I feel as if my world is ending, but others I feel like I am coping. I'm not sure what it is, might be the food I eat lol

SadSally said:

It's very liberating. I get occasional bouts of desperation where I feel like there is nothing more in the world that i want than to fit in and achieve my goals. Then after a while I just stop caring and kind of have a "whatever happens, happens" kind of attitude.

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Story if my life!

SadSally said:

It's very liberating. I get occasional bouts of desperation where I feel like there is nothing more in the world that i want than to fit in and achieve my goals. Then after a while I just stop caring and kind of have a "whatever happens, happens" kind of attitude.

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HA the "whatever happens, happens" attitude is what keeps me stress free. There certainly are some things that if i start thinking about then yah then i get bummed out but then i'm like, **** it, don't care. I have hobbies to keep myself occupied when i'm not working and i'm happy doing them. I stopped trying to fit in. Societys expectations imo are warped and i really no longer have much an interest pretending to be part of it.