Hello everyone,
I am dealing with another issue. First, I have been out of fundamentalist churches since 1999 and do attend my wife's independent Pentecostal church occasionally, but I don't get serious about it.
I have been struggling with the "meaninglessness of life" for the past year or so. The basic attitude is: "What is the point? We eventually die anyway." Obviously this is a depressing way to think. The feeling usually comes just as I am waking up in the morning.
I am going back to school, taking online courses for Secondary Education: Social Studies, so I do have a goal to reach for. My first child (a girl) is over 2 years old and we have a boy due in late July. If it weren't for my daughter, I would probably be more depressed. I am also taking an anti-depressant which also helps and have tried various medicines to help cope. My last one was Vyvanse (an ADHD medicine) that would give me drive an energy, but would decrease my appetite. After awhile I think the effects wore off as my body adjusted to it. Wellbutrin, which I now take, seems to give me a balanced mood. I'm not to hyper and also not too drained.
How have you coped with the feelings of the futility of life?
Red T. Snyper
I am dealing with another issue. First, I have been out of fundamentalist churches since 1999 and do attend my wife's independent Pentecostal church occasionally, but I don't get serious about it.
I have been struggling with the "meaninglessness of life" for the past year or so. The basic attitude is: "What is the point? We eventually die anyway." Obviously this is a depressing way to think. The feeling usually comes just as I am waking up in the morning.
I am going back to school, taking online courses for Secondary Education: Social Studies, so I do have a goal to reach for. My first child (a girl) is over 2 years old and we have a boy due in late July. If it weren't for my daughter, I would probably be more depressed. I am also taking an anti-depressant which also helps and have tried various medicines to help cope. My last one was Vyvanse (an ADHD medicine) that would give me drive an energy, but would decrease my appetite. After awhile I think the effects wore off as my body adjusted to it. Wellbutrin, which I now take, seems to give me a balanced mood. I'm not to hyper and also not too drained.
How have you coped with the feelings of the futility of life?
Red T. Snyper
