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?

honestly , i just think the moment we start appreciating ourselves the most is the moment we fall in love with ourselves , with our enviroment , with everything around us . the moment we start seeing things differently will be the moment we start seeing ourselves differently . In order to feel all this joy , we should give to recieve , we should be kind and heplfull that's when we will recieve kindness and help , that s when we know we aren't here for a specific reason , we are here for ourselves , so just start living , start enjoying everyday and every moment and HELP people , that's how you will feel hopeful

I am so so sorry that you are feeling like this and are having to go through this. Pain is temporarily. It won't last forever, remind yourself that. Sometimes you have to go through hardships to remind yourself how strong you really are. Something that might help is starting a journal. Write down somethings you are grateful for, 5 things you love about yourself, what makes you happy, favorite moments, hard things you went through that you made it out of. Do a little bit at a time, to know that there is good in the world and you will get through this.

Take the day one step at a time. Start a journal talk to friends more keep your self busy. and if your tired take a nap break cause you need it make a list of things that you want to complete throuh out the day that way you know what you want to do and try to do as many as possible and if you cant do them all thats ok too because then you have something to do the next day. taking it one step at a time will help to build your motivation and make it easier to find.

Victor Frankl, a psychologist from 20th century developed a new branch of psychology called Existential Psychology. He professed that people sometimes experience an existential vacuum and lose interest in life and living and the motivation to go on, because they lose meaning for life. He wrote a book called 'Man's Search for Meaning' in which he mentioned 3 ways in which people can find meaning in life: 1) Finding meaning through love This involves finding your purpose to live through love and caring for yourself or someone else because it may be able to bring you some kind of meaning and satisfaction. 2) Finding meaning through work This involves pursuing your passion and exploring it, making progress and creating. It fuels not only your growth, but also your well-being and will to go on. 3) Finding meaning in suffering This involves finding your own meaning and understanding for suffering, which makes it bearable. In his book, he gave the example of a person who came to him with overwhelming grief because he had just lost his wife and could not find any will to continue. Frankl asked this man to imagine himself in his wife's shoes if their roles were reversed and it was him who had died instead, to think of all the grief she would have to go through and how much suffering he had saved her. This perspective made this individual's suffering bearable because he could live knowing that he had saved a loved one from pain. Hope this answered your question!

I'm sorry you're going through all that. Just know that support is available. And Bad times are like good times. They don't stay forever. I don't know the exact situation but still I think "Everything" generalizes and exaggerates the issue. Maybe note down what exactly is the issue? Motivation works only for a moment. or a day. maybe even a week. But not more than that. According to me it comes to discipline. Waking up and doing what you ought to do is more about discipline than motivation. No one is motivated 24*7. Sometimes we do because we have to. Because it's needed. I know, easier said than done. But one need to realize that the steering wheel of our life is in our own hands. one can just be hopeful that tomorrow will be different. I know even being hopeful is difficult at times. Well, then it calls for help and attention. Perhaps a break and looking into what exactly is going on in one's life. One can appreciate the little things in life. Gratitude journal, you know? Like even having the ability to actually type out your issue, having a stable internet connection and other small stuff puts us in so much better position to solve our problem than thousands of other people. All this might seem preachy but sometimes it all comes down to perspective. but please in no way I'm saying it's easy. And for those with some mental/emotional issue, it's so much tougher. But we need to remember that our life is a canvas. It might seem all black tho. Like you've already painted it black and dark with no way to make amends or change. But one can always turn that black canvas into a starry night. And white looks so much clearer and brighter on a dark canvas. All the best for life ahead. Just know that no painting is "bad". It all comes down to who's the one seeing it. Sometimes it's about perspective.

Sometimes the answer is as simple as waking up and making the bed every day. It seems like a small task but I was taught that it can lead you to accomplish more task throughout the day. Too often we find ourselves fixated and never getting to our destination when in fact the journey is what life is all about. Stopping a few minutes per day to meditate and regroup and focus on the food around us can often push us to become happier and motivated. Just a small pinch of happiness and we begin to see the light at the end of the tunnel

Focus on your goals and use your imagination as a tool to visualize how the future would look like if you're consistent on what you're doing to improve your life. For example, you're working to eran enough money for something you want. Imagine yourself reaching that thing and how happy and proud you're for yourself. Believe that all your hard will payoff one day and when that day comes you feel unbeatable. The feeling of how far you have come. And I get that some days we don't have enough motivation to do so. But you have to focus on how much you have accomplished to reach what you want, and how every-time you have fallen, you've stand up and continue fighting. You'll learn and grow from those experiences and become step by step the better version of yourself you were before and so on. Hope that helps!