Is it normal that i feel as if i have to justify my existance?

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Hi there again. I was thinking that I have to justify my life since most of the things humans do (that includes myself) is detrimental to the planet and its other inhabitants. Not only that, but I feel as if I don't do something significant for society, my life would've been an absolute waste and I'd be nothing but scum for taking up resources and oxygen. No, I had a relatively good upbringing but I fear that I'll be no better than my birthfather and other cruddy humans if I don't bring justification to me being born. I feel like I have to prove to myself that I'm not like those people at all and me being born was a sure and just thing. I suffer from low self-esteem so maybe that's why I feel the way I do. If I can succeed in contributing something to society though, I can die happy and proud of myself. Until then, I'll question my life and be disappointed I was born.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    I can see where you are coming from (I think). I would feel like a waste of potential if all I did in life was reproduce, use up natural resources, emit smog, etc., and contribute nothing that I deemed important. I suffer from low self esteem as well so maybe we are in the same boat.

    I don't see your viewpoint as a bad thing. It sounds like you are motivated to make a beneficial contribution for society. Good luck!

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  • Tommythecat.
    10 years ago

    "The world is like a ride in an amusement park. And when you choose to go on it you think it's real because that's how powerful our minds are. And the ride goes up and down and round and round. It has thrills and chills and it's very brightly coloured and it's very loud and it's fun, for a while. Some people have been on the ride for a long time and they begin to question: "Is this real, or is this just a ride?" And other people have remembered, and they come back to us, they say, "Hey, don't worry, don't be afraid, ever, because this is just a ride."

    -Bill Hicks

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  • 140240
    10 years ago

    I don't really believe in a sense of morality springing from existence itself and how others' existence impacts on a ball of rock. Just do what makes you happy. If being a good person makes you happy, be a good person. If being rather shitty to people makes you happy, do that.

    As long as you know why you are doing what you do and not trying to justify things by invention. Truth above all, especially to oneself. Truth is more important than morality, than goodness, even than life.

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  • thr
    10 years ago

    I don't think you owe anyone anything just because you were born.

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  • [Old Memory]
    10 years ago

    So, what you're saying is, you judge yourself as harshly as you judge others? That's harsh!

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