You might think I lost all hope at that point. I did. And as a result I perked up and felt much better.

Yann Martel
You might think I lost all hope at that point....
You might think I lost all hope at that point....
You might think I lost all hope at that point....
You might think I lost all hope at that point....
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People who are depressed and feeling useless and hopeless often feel as though there is no reason to continue living. They may even feel as though their lives have been a complete waste and that there is no point in them continuing to exist. One man wrote an email that was typical of this mindset: “I sit in my room and I wonder why the hell I’m alive. It feels as if it’s all been a big mistake.

I don’t know what it is that keeps me going, but I do know that it isn’t because I love life or anything like that. There is nothing here for me, and I’ve lost all hope. So why am I still here? What does it mean for me to be alive? What could be the point of existing? Why am I still breathing? The answer to that question is completely meaningless because there is no point; we do it because we have to, not because we want to.

We breathe because we cannot stop ourselves from breathing, not because we enjoy breathing—in fact, we feel like it sucks. But, at least we can breathe; otherwise, we would cease to exist. And so, after having lived my life through the misery of depression for so long, at last I have reached the conclusion that the only thing left for me to do now is just to take my own life."

Source: Life Of Pi

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