does anyone else feel like no matter what they do... nothing goes right?

Question

i feel like however hard i try to do something.... it either never gets done or goes wrong. i feel like nothing ever goes right and my life is spiralling out of control. am i the only one who feels like this?

Answer 1

you are not alone in this one. so many people suffer from that setback but i have to think that you are just sustaining lapses in perception. more often than not, we tend to be pessimist when one thing goes wrong and then carry the same view on subsequent matters. but the truth is, we do not see the glass as half-full but half-empty. we often see the hole in the donut than the bigger donut itself. hence, change the way you view your actions. it may be because at present you are seeing the bits and pieces of your efforts when the entire complete result is yet to come or made apparent. cheer up! what counts is that you have given your all. it may not immediately yield that result in terms of actual accomplishment but in the long run best results will manifest from the character you build

Answer 2

This is all in your mind, self fulfilling prophecy. There is no such thing like "whatever you do... nothing goes right". Life takes many different turns, things go right and things go wrong. Sometimes it feels like a you have a bad streak of events, sometimes - all is good. The most important part is that we ARE in control of our life, nobody else will do it for us. Granted, there are things we can't control, but how we react to them shapes our destiny. Again, it's a state of mind. Every cloud has a silver lining, you can learn something beneficial from every bad turn in your life. You are not saying what is going wrong in your life, but I believe you have the power to change. You say "I feel...nothing goes right" - do you see that it is just your feeling, not necessarily objective reality? Ask yourself why things are happening and what to do about it. Even if we feel life is spiralling out of control, we have the power to analyze it rationally and correct it.

Answer 3

You are not alone. I haven't felt that way in awhile but it hasn't been so long ago that I've forgotten what if feels like either. It sucks. You end up in depression, feeling useless or like a waste of space. But you're not useless, nor are you a waste of space. This is going to sound really corn-doggish but have you given any thought to the possibility that, without your being aware of it, at some time or other you've been an ispiration to someone else feeling the same way? If you bring a smile to someone's face or help them feel loved or worthy you've done more than a lot of others do. Please don't be so hard on yourself. Being human is flippin' hard at the best of times.
P.S. Don't try so hard. Just be you.

Answer 4

no, i feel that way sometimes also. I know life is hard but i believe our attitude is everything. How we handle the situtions that come into our lifes is what determines everything. i know its easier said than done but try not to let anything steal your joy. Things are not always going to go our ways but it shouldnt be a reason to stop trying. never give up on anything that you want to do because even if you fail at it a million times, it might just happen on the millionth and one time. Sit down and analyze every area of your life and see what are the areas that you need to make changes, what you need to do more of and what you need to do less of, and then see what really is most important. Then make yourself a promise that you are going to live life to the fullest and that you are not going to allow anything to take away your joy

Answer 5

I hear you. It's been like this for me all my life. I've busted my tail since I was *ten years old*, ok, to get out from under my parents, out from under the poverty and abuse.

I recently turned 40. And not a whole lot has changed. I'm still dirt poor in spite of my own best efforts (including being the first one in my family to earn a bachelor's degree). I still have emotional scar tissue a mile thick from depression, dissociation, post-traumatic stress....

Point is, I know of what you speak. Frustration and rejection are the only constants in my life, the rest comes and goes, then *goes* and goes some more.

Email me if you would like to know more, I know I tend to go off, meander and rant on the subjects of my life. No need to bore the clueless, you know? They will already hate on me for not doing the lame one-liner thing.

But yeah, it's not you...most definitely not. These days I really do think the game is rigged, and that *most of us* just aren't allowed to become self-made people any more. We are just too big of a threat to the rich guys or something....it's more profitable for them to exploit our problems until said problems *kill us off* than it is for them to help us solve our problems and *then make room for us* in society. It's not entirely our fault, ok?

Do we make mistakes, sure, not doubting that. But, having *every* effort and endeavor I've tried fail in the past *30 Years*, since I was ten years old, cannot be a coincidence and cannot possibly be *all* my fault at this point. And I am sure your life is much the same, you do what you can, and "It's never good enough." These humanoids always want more, more more, faster, faster faster.

I know. I get it. The contact by email thing is on, write me if you want to. Thanks for your time. ^_^

Answer 6

I do too, but I have an excuse; I'm in school so this type of stress is common every day. It feels that no matter how hard I try, it's never enough.

Anyways, it sounds like you're depressed. Go see a doctor.

Answer 7

Sometimes. When I have a lot of stress. It's just anxiety. If it keeps getting worse you should see someone about that. You probably just need to take a step back and take a breather every now and then. It sounds like you work too hard. Take care of your health first before work.

Answer 8

The wisest guy that ever lived, King Solomon, wrote a similar things you're expressing. He requested the question, "what's all of it about?" take a seem at how he resolved the question in the e book of Ecclesiastes (its in the Bible). Then, order a cool e book called "Experiencing God: understanding and Doing His Will." get excitement from.

Answer 9

Pick up the book... The Power of Now by Tolle

Answer 10

you are not the only one who thinks this
a lot of people do and it is not as bad as you think
in facing the problem and learning how to deal with it