Does anyone ever feel like dying?

Gaer said:
Ruthanne, Everybody, EVERYBODY has within them a reserve of energy, happiness and intelligence!
Under all circumstances, BE HAPPY!!!
This is so important! More than anything, BE HAPPY!

I'm racing toward and can hardly wait until my next real life because it will be even more wonderful!
But, while I'm here, I'm going to enjoy every moment! Eternity isn't way down the road.
THIS is part of eternity! Make yourself the happiest you can be!

Last night I met the most enchanting woman. She's 90. (old people can't seem to have a conversation
with telling their age.) But anyway, She loved life. Her face just BEAMED with enthusiasm for life.
When she talked, I didn't even see her old lady wrinkles. She was SO ALIVE! So active. So interesting.
and she was alone. Hope I can be like her when I'm that age.
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i agree happiness is a choice...(y) I keep hoping the next phase will be something other than being reincarnated into this world 'again'...Hopefully a higher dimension to continue growing in wisdom and understanding...
 

Serenity4321 said:
i agree happiness is a choice...(y) I keep hoping the next phase will be something other than being reincarnated into this world 'again'...Hopefully a higher dimension to continue growing in wisdom and understanding...
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Yes, My understanding is once a soul has evolved to God consciousness, he no longer needs the cycle of birth and death.
The soul has free will though. Some can choose to come back as teachers or find a higher dimension, wherever he or she
is most comfortable. The soul almost always gravitates towards more and more bliss, intelligence, creativity, energy, happiness.
towards the Being.
 
Ruthanne said:
I do a lot of the time. When they ask me at the agency I tell them I don't feel that way. I don't want to be put in an institution here none would look after my pets.. I do my best to recover.
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I'm so sorry life is like this for you. I understand. Health problems do drag you down so very far. Life becomes a daily struggle but you are not alone in feeling this way.
 

Ruthanne, Pepper and PeppermintPatty, I need to ask all of you if you have any thoughts of actually taking your own life.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
I can only speak for myself.
Finding happiness has always been easy for me but when others consider you far too different from them and genuinely want to destroy you, at times life becomes unbearable
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Speaking for myself, it's best to stay far, far away from those types of people.
In my case, I consider them to be doctors, so I always stay far, far away from doctors and hospitals.
My worst case scenario at death would be dying in one of those types of places, at the hands of those types of people.

In my home, or out in the woods all alone would be my choice, and much better, just me and the heavens.
I definitely don't want to die though, but rather to fight to stay alive and enjoy whatever this world has yet to enjoy.
 
A YouTube video I was watching earlier this week said that there are two kinds of feel-good brain chemicals, one of them gives a feeling of pleasure (like from eating ice cream) and the other gives a feeling of happiness. The lecturer said the happiness chemical is released when we help others.
I think that must be why pets are so useful for feeling good, because they need us to help them.

It is harder for me to feel helpful now that I am retired, when I was working there were lots of opportunities to help teammates and help achieve project goals. Now my only helpfulness is feeding cats for vacationing members in our cat care group. But I feel so reluctant to commit to doing any kind of regular work, I don't know what is a good way for aging people to be helpful without exhausting ourselves.
 
HoneyNut said:
It is harder for me to feel helpful now that I am retired, when I was working there were lots of opportunities to help teammates and help achieve project goals. Now my only helpfulness is feeding cats for vacationing members in our cat care group. But I feel so reluctant to commit to doing any kind of regular work, I don't know what is a good way for aging people to be helpful without exhausting ourselves.
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I think that's one of the reasons I like working a bit. It keeps me engaged and feeling productive while I work mostly from home and mostly on my own schedule.

If libraries "speak to you" you might want to look into volunteering to shelve books or other tasks when you are able and up to it.
 
Thank you for your posts to me and to each other. I have not read them all yet but I will. I'm in a weird mood today. lol. I live for my pets so I hang in there to get them through this life with me. One day at a time, too. When one day is particularly bad I tell myself to go to bed and tomorrow could be better. And it often is. Peace to everyone.
 
Pepper said:
Ruthanne, thank you for starting this thread. I was thinking of starting this myself, just last night.
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I'm so sorry you get to feeling that way at times too. Luckily I have a good counselor that points out all the good in me that I often can't see. Do you have one? I still get very depressed at times and it's a bipolar type of problem. I'll be feeling ok and all of a sudden my mood will plummet and I feel like crap. I keep telling myself it's only temporary and I will feel better again soon. I'm usually right too so that helps too. Take good care @Pepper
 
On the other hand, wanting to die is also an instinctual feeling according to Sigmund Freud and his theory on death wish. When some feel they are truly at the end of their lives they may have this wish. There are many reasons for that. I'll health, nothing left in their eyes, etc. It's not necessary a bad thing.
 
Gaer said:
Yes, My understanding is once a soul has evolved to God consciousness, he no longer needs the cycle of birth and death.
The soul has free will though. Some can choose to come back as teachers or find a higher dimension, wherever he or she
is most comfortable. The soul almost always gravitates towards more and more bliss, intelligence, creativity, energy, happiness.
towards the Being.
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TY...Interesting..I think I have read these ideas in some of the philosophies...personally I think whatever there is, is going to be so much more magnificent than we can imagine..reminds me of the idea in the Bible..'eye has not seen, not ear heard, nor has it entered the mind of man.........."
curious..Have you ever reviewed A course in Miracles??
 
Ruthanne said:
On the other hand, wanting to die is also an instinctual feeling according to Sigmund Freud and his theory on death wish. When some feel they are truly at the end of their lives they may have this wish. There are many reasons for that. I'll health, nothing left in their eyes, etc. It's not necessary a bad thing.
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I don't know if you have ever read Carl Jung...he parted ways with Freud and imo is a more interesting psychiatrist/philosopher
 
Serenity4321 said:
TY...Interesting..I think I have read these ideas in some of the philosophies...personally I think whatever there is, is going to be so much more magnificent than we can imagine..reminds me of the idea in the Bible..'eye has not seen, not ear heard, nor has it entered the mind of man.........."
curious..Have you ever reviewed A course in Miracles??
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I get all my philosophies from my Holy Angels. through thought transference. i have zillions of papers full of their sacred messages.
and have written books of their words.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
I can only speak for myself.
Finding happiness has always been easy for me but when others consider you far too different from them and genuinely want to destroy you, at times life becomes unbearable
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I know, it's often people that have made me miserable. I guess that's why, when I was young, I fantasized about being the only person on earth. It was a wonderful thought.

I remember a movie about a lone person and perhaps a book. Probably where I got the idea.
 
Remy said:
I know, it's often people that have made me miserable. I guess that's why, when I was young, I fantasized about being the only person on earth. It was a wonderful thought.

I remember a movie about a lone person and perhaps a book. Probably where I got the idea.
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Humanity and their response to my existence definitely is at the root of my mental torment.
I wish I could claim that an attitude adjustment is all I need or a connection to the spirit world. Sure it brings some relief but it doesn’t stop others from continuous attacks.
 
Gaer said:
I get all my philosophies from my Holy Angels. through thought transference. i have zillions of papers full of their sacred messages.
and have written books of their words.
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Beautiful🌺..I do enjoy your posts and find them quite intriguing and fascinating. I agree with so much of what you say. Can you share what books you have written?
 
PeppermintPatty said:
Humanity and their response to my existence definitely is at the root of my mental torment.
I wish I could claim that an attitude adjustment is all I need or a connection to the spirit world. Sure it brings some relief but it doesn’t stop others from continuous attacks.
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I understand. As much as I can.
 

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