Is there hope when you feel like you have nothing left and you just feel like giving up?

Question

My girlfriend broke up with me and I feel like I've lost everything. I feel like I should just give up

Answer 1

When you feel like you have nothing left, hope sounds like just another 4 letter word. Giving up won't help, and hope is not something you can rely on at this point. Get back up, try your hardest to just get back up. Ive been knocked down and had my entire life ripped out from under me, I lost myself, I lost my boyfriend that I wouldve married, I lost my job, in short, I lost my entire life within one day. You'll find another girl that will make your heart beat fast, and make you smile like no other. But you have to get back up and keep going. Thats the hardest part. Soon, hope starts to come back, and then you realize, you needed to be strong first, you needed to do it for yourself because you are worth at least that much, and happiness and good things just start making their way to you. I wish you all the best, I wish you health, happiness, love, and finally, hope. Take care of yourself.

Answer 2

As someone who has been there before, yes, there's hope. First, you need to go to another doctor. Doctors in this country are very much now doing psychiatric work, and they all run in the same school of thought. It's likely the people that were referred are people that the doctor knows, and likely agrees with their method of treatment. And the cycle goes on. Aside from going to a different doctor and getting a second opinion (which I can't stress enough - this is your health!), exercise and a change in diet is incredibly helpful. Try walking for 5 minutes a day. Nothing strenuous. If you have the stamina, increase it when you feel like it. Also consider increased intake of varied fruits - one thing that really helped was cottage cheese and blackberries first thing in the morning with water. Those two things themselves did a huge turnaround, on top of an excellent support from a psychiatrist and a very understanding doctor. To give you an idea of how bad mine was, after three years of dating I proposed to my girlfriend, I sobbed uncontrollably that night and didn't leave the house for several weeks. There was a long bout of untreated depression, and preparing to propose to her kept my mind off of my despair, but once I lost that crutch I completely lost it mentally. It's not will power. It's a matter of resigning yourself to doing these small things. As for me, I'm happily married, expecting my first child, and have been off the medication for a long while now. There IS a light at the end of the tunnel. Don't feel pressured to do more than one or two things at once. You tackle that first thing, the rest comes naturally over time.

Answer 3

there's always hope, if you give up , your only taking the easy way out.
Im am sure that she wasn't the only thing in this world that made you happy, i am sure that there is more to life than living for a girl.
Find your true passion. You'll have another girlfriend.
hang in there i swear it gets easier, and no your not a loser

Answer 4

Just because you "feel" you have lost everything that is not necessarily true. As a general our "feelings" lie to us and mislead us. Objectivity is a wonderful tool in everyday life. There is always hope.

Answer 5

I am 52 now, I have been where you are several times, but each and every time, I have picked myself up, dusted myself off and gone on to bigger and better things. Every love lost is devestating, but you will find a better love.....I guarantee that for you. No-one ever knows what is around the corner, and when you least expect it something good comes into your life. Love isnt just reserved for the young....I found the love of my life 2 years ago, yet I have been married/divorced and thought I would never find love again. Had I decided to "give up" (and it was a very serious thought in my head) when my marriage broke up, then I wouldnt be alive today to experience what I am experiencing with the man of my dreams now.

Never, ever give up because we just never know when (not if) something/someone wonderful will come into our lives....more wonderful than the feelings you have for your ex girlfriend. I am living proof that it does.

I used to work with street kids....one particular young guy I remember was suicidal...he lived on the streets, was into drugs and all sorts of things. I thought if anyone was going to kill themselves it would be him. I ran into him about a year ago...he was a totally different person....he was married to a magnificent looking women and had two adorable children. He actually came up to me and thanked me for telling him over and over again what I have just told you. He said had he killed himself he would never have known the feeling of real love with his wife and his children. It will happen like that for you too, you just need time to grieve for your loss, but know that you will find something even more wonderful when you least expect it.

Be kind to yourself, these things do happen and your feelings are very real. Just know that with time everything gets better. Take every day as it comes and with each passing day it will get better and better, and when you meet the love of your life you will look back on how you are feeling right now and be grateful that you didnt give up.

What you really need to do is to get back out into life....talk to people about how you are feeling. Start doing things you enjoy, you may have to push yourself at first, but push yourself, make yourself go out and be part of the world again, and soon you will start to feel a lot better about yourself. Dont give up.

Answer 6

We all hate change. Your girlfriend left, and all there is is an empty space where she was. You need time to recover.

Asking for help already convinces me you think there is hope. First of all, you asked. Second of all, look at all these questions. All of us have suffered loss. All of us have survived.

The only time you have NO hope is when you stop looking for it.

Answer 7

Yes, there's hope. When I feel that way, I do things I like to do. Maybe it would help to write down what you feel.

Answer 8

hope is this

waking up in the morning to face another day

being able to eat food

being able to breath fresh air

there is always hope

sounds like you need some zoloft

Answer 9

there is still hope... you are reaching out and that is a good sign..... try not to be alone during this time...even though you probably feel like isolating...be with family and friends.....

take good care of you..... you deserve it.... give yourself a little tender loving care.....

Answer 10

There is always hope, my friend.

Find something to occupy your mind for awhile, and before you know it, you'll be back to your old self again.