Hopelessness

[ghotiff]

For me it's when I can't see that this feeling/moment/pain will pass. That I can't see that while it will come back (it always does)... I will get a break.

 

[expectingbetter]

For me, the feeling that no matter what I do the things always stay simply wrong.

Circumstances are completely against me and I could say my neurotransmitters too. They do not work for me, they reached their lowest levels.

I have lost my optimism, I have lost my motivation and I have no more the goal in front of my eyes.
I am not sure anymore I am going to make it some day, I don't believe in that anymore.

That is the kind of hopelessness which has made itself a home in my heart. Unfortunately. But I think it has found a good company in there, my low self esteem, low self confidence and the others.

 

[Scandinavgirl]

The hopelessness I felt last spring was that I had lost the ability too see solutions. I could not see how my situation could ever get better. But there was always a little hope after all, or at least some strength - this little hope of finding a solution led me into therapy :)

 

[lostforgottensoul]

Hopeless for me is loosing the knowledge that I can actually win this fight with my 'programming' and take my life back, that it will take me (aka kill me).

I keep coming up with more and more of what hopeless is to me.

Maybe thats good as if you can define hopelessness, then the oposite must be hopefulness and if you set your sights on the opposite then theres hope after all?

 

[LF1]

Hopelessness to me is no options and no way out. Or more accurately no options I like or think I can actually do, or that I think will make an actual difference to the situation. I feel trapped, can't see through. There's a lot of distortions in all that, but I guess that goes with viewing things "without hope."

 

[lostforgottensoul]

I feel trapped,

Inside myself

 

[Crow]

When I forget everything is temporary and feel like the darkness & aloneness is all that exists and will ever exist.

 

[Sideways]

There are times when I feel hopeless. But it's nothing more than a feeling.

There is no 'hopelessness'. The clock keeps ticking - always has, always will, and tomorrow will eventually roll around. Tomorrow may not be much better, or maybe it will. Either way, tomorrow will be different, & that's good enough for me.

 

[lostforgottensoul]

@Ragdoll Circus i was like just thinking "this thread should be 'what is hopefulness' as that would be more helpful" so you and i were like in sync or some weird thing.

Im finding that if i take what everyone is saying and flip it to the opposite and combine them all, you have one amazing defintion of hopefulness!

 

[EveHarrington]

Hopelessness? It's that doomsday feeling where nothing will ever get better.

 

[LostInCPTSD]

Well, since hopelessness is a common theme in my life, it depends on why im feeling it but gen...

I absolutely feel the same way.. *hug* I just don't know what to do anymore - I'm so lost and afraid and clinging to a life I can't even recognize