how do i get rid of the bad thoughts and live my life?

i turn off the media, but it only took one time and it stuck. yes i do lose sleep sometimes. i cant help but think that its gonna keep on until it totally engulfs me and eventually kills me. i keep thinking the other side may be pain-free, but i dont know.. this world has just gotten out of control and it destroys people.

 

sometimes i try to create my own kinda magical pain-free world, but i guess thats only in my head sometimes.

 

Crystal my friend, I really think you should go talk to someone better equipped (a counselor) to help you confront this kinda thing.

Either way, you don't have to let it rule your life. And theres a lot of good things in the world too.

All the best friend.

 

Yes, you should definitely tune out to the media, as it is only going to further these feelings. I will pray for you, and I hope that everything turns around. I am sure it will, in time. Good luck to you.

 

im trying

 

I'm glad this is happening to you.

It shows signs of a good conscience. Believe it or not some people hear about this stuff everyday and live like it doesn't happen. Since it bothers you as much as it bothers others ( including me) the only thing I can say is DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT.

Otherwise it will just keep happening. You may or may be able to change the world, but atleast you know you're trying. Just get involved, but be cautious because alot of organizations are in it all for the money.

Go hold up signs in the street, bring attention to the cause by doing something like running a marathon. Go spread the message to everyone you know, join an organization and help others. Donate, be nice, prevent any injustices you are capable of.

There are tons of things you can do. I wish nowadays Hippies were more united in the cause, we can geta movement going.

 

For everytime someone is shot, 1,000,000 people hold the door open for an old person...

The media shows one thing, reality is another...

Tuning out the world isn't the way to go, gotta see the good of everything

 

I absolutely love this response... however I feel compelled to add a cautionary note- don't expect too much. It's great to have a conscience but just because you have a message for mankind doesn't mean that folks out there are ready to hear what you have to say. If one is easily brought down by lurid news articles and reports then I can't imagine days of seeming futility will be weathered very gracefully by the same soul.

 

Wouldn't that doorway be a tad crowded?

 

Actually its a line of people, everyone holding hands - the guy on the end pulls, and the pull travels to the door.

 

yeah but just hearing about it is causing me to go mental. im starting to think that there is no help for me. i mean i think all of you have great advice, but i just wish i could go someplace where this doesnt happen. an unreachable place perhaps....perhaps not. i dont know.

 

Why are you starting to think there is no help for you?

Have you seen a professional or is this the extent of your desire to change your perspective on life?

It's really sad that you are letting the 1% of the bad in this world destroy 99% of the beautiful potential you have to enjoy your life. Maybe if you focused on making your life a better way to live, the world would start to look a lot better too.

And stop watching the news, seriously!
What they are showing us every day is not what is happening in the world, it's pain & suffering... it's is being shown to an audience to capture their attention. It's a television program,, they are programming the audience so they can sell commercials.
That's how it works... you are being programmed.

Look at it for what it truly is... and be strong enough to rise above it !

 

Good post

There really is no reason to be so down, the world can be such a great place if you only see it that way... very few people are actually like the folks the media throws in our faces...

If nothing else, the folks on this forum are pretty cool

 

yeah, but you cant say its not happening, and thats what does it to me.

 

suicide is always a viable option...

 

Man that's cold...

I gotta say that I have the sense that the OP is refusing to be helped and could be making it her point to be traumatized by things she really has little hope of changing... and this whole thread is a ploy for attention and pity. Some folks revel in casting themselves as victims and look for anything they can use to suck positive energy out of others not for the purpose of lifting themselves up but to bring others down.

 

The news always try to show something spectacular, most usually because they don't have much news material. They select all that is bad in this world. There is plenty of good and bad going on in the world... I don't know how to cope with the bad aspects, mainly I try to ignore them and live my life.

 

you just justified my statement IMO..

 

I'm considering a move to the whiner's forum...

 

lol...