Everything in my life is messed up. Motivation works temporarily and I'm not suicidal but feel it's pointless to live like this. What should I do to feel hopeful?

Anything at all! Hope can be found in something as simple as seeing a giggling child, or cycling on a bike the colour of sunbeams - there will always be difficult times, but life is a balancing act and the scale is bound to tip back to the positive end at some point: While hardship may seem inevitable, remember that the same logic applies to hope-you will find it, I promise

It can be hard when everything in your life is feeling out of place; it can make you as a person become confused and distracted by the good things in life. That's what makes everything feel pointless. Ill start off by saying, the only thing that's pointless is a circle, and if you keep walking in circles, it wont help. I would recommend starting at the route of the problem and working my way through there. Set goals too, put it up on your walls, make reminders in your phone, just keep reminding yourself that of that goal. And that will keep giving you motivation to go on longer. You will be okay and just know, as long as you work hard, you'll get to a light at the end of the tunnel.

Go outside and take a walk with nature. Feel the sun, listen to the birds. Meditate on your feelings.

In honest; life is not about hope. Objectively speaking; life is about living. Hope for good things to happen is apart of the problem. I am not saying you should not want anything good. But someone close once said that erasing the bad also erases the good; its all connected. In changing one thing it would delete what is certainly good. On another hand, define pointless? What is your belief of live and its point? Purpose is a nice concept and if had its wonderful. But sometimes you have to find a reason to see a point, maybe as simple as to just be. Being is the solution and in a way moves you to a later part in life where you have lived to a new section you feel less hopeless about.

Life isn't easy but that's just how it is .You should take a deep breath and know that you are not alone . Take it easy and focus on what makes you happy while keeping yourself occupied.

When you look at someone, look with your heart and not your eyes. You see so much more! Believe in yourself. Always! Don't hope for inspiration, be the inspiration! Share your story, and listen to other's stories. Great friendships have begun as easily as these two steps! Don't just love to live, live to love! Lastly, if you don't go within, you will go without! Peace

i dnt knw if you believe in god or not, if not then start believing and pray for yourself, there is only that great spirit whos gonna help you. otherwise to distract yourself from these thoughts, help other people in achieving there goals, you'll eventually achieve yours

Setting short-term and long-term goals helps with motivation. From this, you can build habits, even if that's drinking a glass of water every morning. From that, you can build routines. A way to build your life back together, although it is easier said than done. When upon doing something, even if that is making a list for yourself, you can't dwell or think about it too much. When you dwell, you put stress on your mind, therefore, you lost motivation. It's better to completely throw your mind away and allow your thoughts to catch up later.

Goals! S- Specific (Not "I want to lose weight" but "I want to lose 10 pounds). M- Measurable (Not "I should exercise more" but "I want to work out three days a week for an hour") A- Attainable (Not "I want to lose 10 lbs this week" but "I want to lose 10 lbs in the next three months) R- Relevant (Not "I want to be an astronaut" but "I want to study space travel and see if it might be a good career for me") T- Time (Not "I want to lose 50 lbs" but "I want to lose 50 lbs in a year") If you make small, achievable goals for yourself you will 1) have reason to celebrate 2) see process 3) feel successful

A way I made my life better was I started helping other people. I realized that I don't have the money to throw at people, yet I have the knowledge. That's why I joined this site. That's why I try to help to as many people as I can. 'Cause I know, if I can stop one person from pulling that trigger, that my life is worth something.

In life hope will always be there, no matter how hard it is to find or no matter if you think it isn't there it always will be. This is so cliche but honestly everything will be okay one day. I can't say it will be today, tomorrow or even next week. But one day.

Find things you love and do it passionately.. go do some volunteering, excercising, draw or paint, have fun and be grateful with every small things that happened in your life :)

Find a passion. Explore. Simple things like going for a walk, distracting yourself. Find something or continue doing things you love and one day you will be contempt with life.

Feel the emotions, I feel like in this day and age people think it's bad to feel sad, it's not. It's here for a reason, learn from it

You believe your life is messed up and that motivation is just a temporary fix, and you believe that it is pointless to live like this but do not believe you’re suicidal. I understand your situation completely, I think some ways for you to feel hopeful would be to point out some of the good things in your life and focus on those and less on the negativity around you.

I talk to someone to vent out all my heartaches and every worries that i have, i am lucky to have somoeone who feels the same so we took an oath to help each other. it really helps to have someone who understands how you feel, i am never anxious to tell him all my sensitivities and he listens dutifully, he is the reason why i am still fighting in my life. we share experiences and what we do is we talk about what we have learned about it. i am always grateful to have someone who is willing to listen.

First of all, think about your family and everyone who really care about you in the world. They love you and want you to be happy. The will be the light of your light. Whenever you feels hopeless, I am sure they will be glad to listen to you. Secondly, the world is so big and it's waited to be explored by yourself. Maybe you can try to go out and experience something different. This world is so beautiful and amazing! Last but not least, doing sports does help a lot. Because after sweating you will forget everything what makes you unhappy. It will makes your day.

Wisdom is not a natural born talent. Wisdom requires a certain level of perceptiveness and experience is necessary. It can be a gift or a curse depending on the circumstances and the individual. For example, a respectful child can know when to speak in specific situations and when to stay quiet whereas a child with little regard for language/behavior could say something that reflects badly on their integrity. A person who grew up being taught financial struggles is more likely to succeed economically in the future because they were taught how to use wisdom in spending things. Some humans with deep emotional scars have wisdom on how to give empathy. On the other hand, they are likely to have triggers due to their past. Even the Bible talks about wisdom stating that, “Do not forsake wisdom, and she will protect you; love her, and she will watch over you. Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have, get understanding” (Proverbs 6.7-8 KJV). Thus meaning that experiences can teach and educate a person if they willingly seek to learn. Wisdom is the past dwelling in someone to help change the future.“But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere” (James 3.17). hope is knowing how wise you are based on your life experiences. if you falter in situations or circumstances, prove yourself and your thought process wrong. you are your biggest cheerleader and there are always people to help you jump over emotional walls. have hope in knowing that you are worthy and prove yourself that you can face life's challenges. :)

Not everything in your life is messed up. You have some unique qualities, a unique personality, a unique set of traits. It's good that your motivation works - even just a little bit. Positive is key to making yourself hopeful. There is always a point in something, even if you can't see it, somebody else will. And that somebody will be thankful for it because you've just made an impact on somebody's life, no matter how small, no matter how big. To try and make yourself more hopeful, make a list of things you want to do, and do at least one of them per week (give yourself something to look forward to - something to keep going for, a big positive motivation). Throughout the week until that big thing, write a list of 3 small things positive about a day - they can be however small or however big. My last advise to keep hopeful, is to keep smiling. A smile can bring more joy to anybody's face, no matter how they're feeling - and a smile in return might just make you feel a little more hopeful :)

It can be helpful to pick small events and meetings in the future that even slightly excite you to focus on and look forward to. Even if something feels mildly interesting, try connect that interest with your life to make life seem a little more worth living. If this seems like too far a step, another thing you can do is to put a little spin on your day to day activities- like maybe choose a new jogging path, or drink coffee instead of tea. Or, you can try something new or out of the ordinary, like a spontaneous ice cream outing or just a day spent with yourself. Whatever happens, just remember that everything that happens is only temporary. Good luck!

Sometimes a little temporary motivation can go a long way! I have felt similarly for a very long time, but I found that setting little goals can be very helpful for untangling messy situations and coping with things I couldn't change. Sometimes my goals are simply to wait for new movies to come out, and that gives me something to look forward to when the present is stressful. Then, if I am feeling a little better, I will set a more concrete goal like taking my dog for adventures three times a week. Most importantly, it's always okay to default back to the simplest goals.

For me, the shortest path to hope was to find gratitude for the things already in my life. Even simple things or perhaps especially simple things like being alive, safe and well fed. Access to a computer and a caring community like 7cups. Gratitude is a practice meaning that it is something we have to work on daily. I thought the gratitude journal was a silly idea until I committed to completing on for a week. Then I began to see the benefits in my attitude. Gratitude has a direct and measurable impact on depression and even in the brain. It seems it is just not possible to be hopeless and grateful at the same time. I hope this helps. I wish you peace.

Focus on the good things in your life and don’t forget that there’s not only bad stuff. Take one day at a time and everyday try to better yourself in the way you want to grow. Tell yourself the good things about yourself instead of only the bad things all the time. You will find something that makes everything worth while, it doesn’t have to be a big thing, you can find reasons to hope in the small things of life as well. Everyday will be better than the day before and in time you will feel better and look back on this time and know you learned things about yourself and you grew from them too.

Try doing something different. Whether that's in your comfort zone or not. Also what helps me is by making goals for myself for the week and by the end of the month and review them step by step. This could be something a long the lines of: eat 3 of my favourite foods a week, or watch a series, or learn a new language. If this is something you didn't enjoy you know not to do that again. With motivation you could start by the most basic things by getting out of bed by a certain time and when you achieve that goal reward yourself. Remember as well your allowed a day off and to have a bad day but its about practice out of a bad habit.

You can try to feel hopeful by reflecting and write some things that might be positives because changing your perspective could change your life. Or find someone to talk to, or even just discover something new or find different outlets for you to have something to hang on, such as music. But do remember one thing. Even though you are in the dark now, one day. It will pass. You will be able to see the light again, and it will all be worth it. So keep holding on, and never give up, no matter how hard it gets.

One should enjoy the small victories in life. A victory as small as getting out of bed, or eating. These victories will eventually work as motivation. Without recognizing these accomplishments one will never move on from feeling like they are living a pointless life. When life is messed up and while you may not feel suicidal, a way to live a life with a purpose is by celebrating the small daily victories. By doing this I think that it would help someone to feel hopeful. While anther way to feel hopeful could be by talking to friends and or family.

II tend to feel this most days. At home, work, with friends. I try to do my best by coloring, reading, or watching something funnny. Even talking on the phone to my bestfriend helps. As I grew up and got older, i started to realize i feel suicidal but i dont actually want to die. It took a lot to be where i am. Therapy helps, my good friends etc. Go for a walk with some good music or drive. I find it helps. Makes you feel better with life. Turn your phone off and take some time to your self

Here are some Hopeful Tools for you to use: Self-Regulation Techniques We practiced a Deep Breathing Exercise to help calm our mind and body down. Let’s look at some other self-regulation tools we may practice in our daily lives to keep us in a hopeful mindset. Meditation You can meditate in many ways. Meditation has been found to improve memory, increase creativity, reduce anxiety, help us relax, get better sleep, and is good for our emotional well-being. There are many great apps for meditation, and sources on the Hopeful Minds website. We are sharing the basic practice, yet if you search online you will find many options, so feel free to explore and get more advanced. Get as comfortable as possible, in a quiet location (when available). Close your eyes, keep your body still, and focus only on your breathing. As you breathe in and out, through your nose when possible, focus on only how the breath coming and going feels on your skin. Anytime your mind wanders, focus back on the breath and the sensation right below your nose. Practice this meditation for five minutes. If it is helpful when you are beginning, count to five in your head as you inhale and count to five again as you exhale. The goal is to quiet your mind/thoughts, be still, and focus only on each breath. Visualization Close your eyes and focus on an image that makes you feel good. Think about this image for 30 seconds (or for a few minutes, as long as possible) and notice the sensations you feel in your body. Breathe deeply, and continue appreciating and experiencing how this image makes you feel. Then take that new outlook into your day. Journaling There are many forms of journaling, but a very simple one is simply to write down positive things that happened throughout your day. No matter how big or small, find something that makes you smile. If you can’t think of anything, try to remember the last time you felt joy and write about it. Gratitude Another technique you may use to calm down if you’re feeling stressed, angry, scared, or frustrated over days, weeks, or months is to show gratitude. If you pay attention to three things a day toward which you are grateful, you are focusing on what is good in your life. This gratitude helps you stay hopeful even if there are events out of your control that challenge your hope. Get Creative Finally, you can relax your emotions and prepare your brain for hope by doing activities that are creative. Writing, using your imagination to make up skits or stories, painting/coloring, drawing, or designing other art projects (or any other activity where you use your creativity), can help you release tension, anger, stress, and frustration to prepare your mind for hope. Also, always remember that you have a purpose. You may not have found it yet, but you will soon. Everything happens for a reason.

I am so sorry you’re feeling messed up. This is a particularly hard time given the virus. Are there any activities you enjoy participating in? Also I think it is truly helpful to reach out to our loved ones and friends right now. If you need to feel purposeful, so as to realize it is not pointless. You might try going on line and find ways to volunteer online. It can give us a boost to know we are helping others. This may sound simplistic, but exercise can also get our endorphins moving which can help elevate our mood. Does any of these suggestions help. Also we all need to remind ourselves sometimes that this quarantining will come to an end.

Look at all the things you have done right in your life. There is always more great things to life and reasons to live than we may realize, even when everything seems to be going wrong or seems to be falling apart. It is very important to heal, so take some time to yourself and try to see the beauty within you. If you have a religion, maybe try looking for ways to become even more connected with your faith and embrace the feelings that come with it. Do things you love to do more often, and you might start to feel a sense of hope and appreciation come into you. When life kicks you down, don't forget to get up again. My one teacher always used to say, "Down is easier than up, but once you are up you get the will power to keep moving forward again." Every life is worth living to it's full potential. May you blossom.