Does anyone else ever feel like they’re just floating through life without any direction or any passions?

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Some days I feel like life has meaning and I’m so full of enthusiasm and then after a long week or a bad meeting I feel the same... meditation helps

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Feel the same. Life is meaningless sometimes

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Sometimes I tell this to people I feel I can trust, and no one can really relate. I can’t be the only one feeling like this, right? :/

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You’re not alone OP. I definitely feel the same

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Seems like a lot of you guys are feeling depressed and burned out. Not surprising during the busy season. I sometimes start feeling this too, but then remember what’s really important (family, my kids, friendships)

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Me too!!

I feel like social media makes it worse. But then I talk to my friends and honestly, 90% have no idea what they’re doing either.

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Fake it ‘til you make it

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I feel like I’m going through the motions everyday. Not able to shake this feeling. I try to change my outlook but still feeling the same way

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I have a friend who I see every couple months and he makes fun of me because I don’t have passions and interests

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I used to gave this feeling a lot, and only after I dared to make some very radical decisions in my life I realized that I was living my life like I was watching a movie. Took me 30 years to break the cycle. Antidepressants, therapy, painful personal life changes. Still feeling it sometimes and it's dreadful.

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You might need to find a therapist who can dig deeper. The worst messages to fight are those that get baked into you as an infant and child. My therapist suggested the book ‘Trances People Live’ by Stephen Wolinsky

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