I’m having a hard time finding something to look forward to each day

@triciaann99 I hope you are doing well today and that you have a great weekend. Weekends are always hard for me, so I make a list of things to accomplish. (don't make it overwhelming) It feels good to check things off. One of them is go to the gym. I do all I can and make sure that most of them are pleasant things. Blessings

@island59 I thought of this but for some reason felt uncomfortable saying it. But you are so right.

I try to find pleasure in the simple things. Making my morning tea with many herbs mixed in. Making a big bowl of popcorn that evening. Talking to a good friend on the phone. Stretching and exercising. My morning walks with my wife and our dog. The list is long. My thought is that people are about as happy as they decide to be. Decide to be happy.

No, you certainly aren’t the only one! I bet we share a lot of guilty food secrets! Bette

He who has a WHY to live can bear almost any HOW. This sentence was written by Viktor Frankl, who survived Auschwitz and Dachau, while losing all his family. After reading the posts I think having the WHY is what you all are referring to. My husband died in 2021. We had been together for 62 years. I do not take anything for depression because I do not have a good history with drugs. So I just go on from day to day without any WHY. Now I am 91. Still here, still able to live independently, still able to drive, still able to care for myself. It is very tough to be alone. And still looking for my WHY.

I know what you mean. Life for me just continues to be a downward spiral even though we retired a few years ago at age 57, with hopes and dreams of traveling and enjoying retirement. Our 3 grown kids continue to have health and financial problems that are so draining emotionally and financially on us. The worst off is our oldest, 32 year old son who was diagnosed with bipolar 1 when he was 21 and has been in and out of mental health hospitals for the last decade, can’t hold down a job for very long and has no one in his life but us. It’s so exhausting having to take care of him too, plus watch a kid who was so smart, and even was able to get a college degree slowly lose it all. Now he has been recently diagnosed with Affective Schizophremia, and they can’t get his meds right so he is in hospital right now, over a month, no insurance. We applied SSI and Medicaid here in Wyoming, but he denied, so owes thousands in health care costs! Only getting worse under this heartless administration. On top of it, both our extended families are not close, they have always virtually ignored us unless to criticize us and yet used us for money. on top of it my husband’s oldest single brother cut my husband out of the family inheritance (a few properties) that he controls and gave everything to the youngest brother and sister in law, and their 2 kids, who have always lived off the family, living rent and bill free for 30 years. Tried to keep it a secret but we found the Trust he created filed in county records. The oldest brother claims that we never helped him out to support the youngest brother and his wife, and that we didn’t need the money anyway so he cut my husband and kids out. We struggled with raising our own 3 kids and also the wife is completely evil and controls everything the oldest brother does and all the assets since my mother in law is in nursing home the last 10 years. Everyone is at her beck and call, as my mother in law always dictated as she was afraid of her. The other middle brother borrowed $50,000 from my husband 20 years ago, without my knowing, and it doesn’t look like he will ever pay us back, despite asking him. It’s a huge source of stress and pain for us. The middle brother says he doesn’t have the money, but has a good job, cars and spends alot of money. (He’s giving his daughter a lavish wedding and sent us an invite, expecting a gift I’m sure) He claimed he was going to pay it back to us out of his inheritance from my mother in law when she dies, but he has been cut out of the Family Trust too. I know he hounded my husband for the money until he finally gave in. Just one hit after the other, it’s so overwhelming that I can’t hardly leave the house. Even going to the gym anymore is hard. I take cymbalta generic for depression but these hits are so bad now, it doesn’t help. Does this kind of stuff happen to a lot of other people or just ones like you and me? Praying doesn’t help, so starting to lose faith. So what did we do to deserve all this pain? So miserable, I love my husband, he’s a nice man but it’s been so hard, probably should never have gotten married and had kids. Life is hard for them, giving them life and bringing them into all this was a bad idea.
I don’t know if I can go on either, please help

I not replying to anyone in particular, but I find it hard to face each day, but each of us have many hardships. I have been in severe pain for 17 years following a small abdominal injury which was left untreated for 6 years. Its now had a domino affect on my body and im loosing my mobility. Im trying to self diagnose, read, read and educate myself because Drs dont have the time or care for difficult cases.
I emerge myself in Drs Joe Dispenza, Gregg Braden and Bruce Lipton. They say different things. DR Joe is the most helpful regarding health issues.
He advocates trying to live each day in joy/ gratitude because your body will make better chemistry. Its hard when you dont feel good but it does help. Some days I dont manage but on the days I do it brightens my mood. Chronic pain brings depression so I understand...I isolate and withdraw/ then ones pain becomes worse its a vicious circle. I pray for answers. I live on my couch. I have no family in U.S., im from Europe, so I understand lonliness/ isolation....everyday i find a new debilitating pain ...
Prayers for all. Stay strong....we aren't promised tomorrow.