Have you experienced a "rock bottom" in your life?

Question

What was it? How did you manage to keep going, change, etc?

Wow. I wish that I could choose all of your answers as "best" answers. Thanks for answering.

Personally, I've experienced a few bottoms in my life, as well.

Regarding this question, I'm most interested in the perservering part of making it through the tough times. That spark of hope, faith, or inspiration that gets a person through.

Thanks again for your answers:)

Answer 1

I can tell you about rock bottom. How about:

1.) Cathcing your wife whom you love dearly in bed with another man of another race doing the deed.
2.) Having to file for Divorce from someone you still love dearly.
3.) Having to put the house you bought together on the market.
4.) Not being able to sell the house after nearly a year.
5.) Having your wife abandon you thus leaving you stuck with all of the bills and responsibilities.
6.) Going thru the actual divorce in the court.
7.) Having your now Ex file for bankruptcy listing you as a creditor so you cannot claim restitution for the bills you've been stuck with.
8.) Having your Ex file a false protection order against you and finding out that you could have been Jesus H Christ himself and that bastage judge is going to judge in HER favor.
9.) Loosing the house to the mortgage company because you cannot afford to pay the bills.
10.) Having to file bankruptcy because the debt load was too much and the sale of the house which was your salvation never happened.
11.) Enduring the discrimination a persoon who filed bankruptcy is confronted with.
12.) Soon after you file for bankruptcy, you lose your job to downsizing.

All of this happens within a 2 year period. You lose your spouse, your home, your belongings, your dignity, your credit, and your job.

It is a learning experience and makes you a stronger more realistic person. Its hard to get through it, but just take one day at a time. Now when I hear these ignorant people complaining about everything, and how hard things are, and how the gas prices are a burden, and how they cannot put food on the table, and how they cannot find a job, blah, blah, blah... these people have no clue as to what hardship and emotional heartbreak and pain are.

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Answer 2

Hitting rock bottom sucks, but it allows you to see how tough you are and what you can endure. I recently lost a girlfriend after 16 years, my job, and a close friend died of cancer in the same month. If I had a dog that died, I would have written a country song! Drugs don't make you hit rock bottom, they're something you use once you have hit the bottom, and feel like there is no way out. But there is always a better way, it's just not as easy.

Answer 3

I've hit the bottom several times, for different reasons. But after the loss of my mother and father, I did hit the bottom. I hope now that was the bottom, wouldn't want to go any further down, the only thing worse could be losing a child, then I would just have to be buried right along with them. Cherish life, don't let the small things get you down, there are always something bigger to take that one's place
good luck

Answer 4

people who make statements like that have probable had a bad adventure with a issue regarding divorce and baby help. I take super undertaking with people who might evaluate telling a mom to bypass on foodstuff stamps, and so on. and anticipating that to be an appropriate issue for a baby whilst a father, who's responsible for his babies must be paying help. Many underestimate the 24/7 area of looking after youngsters and seem at issues in an extremely shallow financial perspective. even with the undeniable fact that, on the different component of issues, I married a brilliant guy who has 2 teenagers from a prior marriage. His help fee is consistent with proportion and he pays over 10,000 a 365 days in help. between his ex and her cutting-edge husband they make a multitude of money extra desirable than our enjoyed ones (and that they are in a position to't count huge type the spousal earnings, so the placement will proceed to be an identical) so the ex gets countless money she would not truly need to assist the youngsters. i will possibly on no account say that she would not deserve it, yet i might like to renowned that a number of it became going right into a school account, like my hubby already does for the two teenagers.

Answer 5

No i havent ever hit rock bottom that's because im only a teenager and I can manage to not hit rock bottom by not drinking or smoking or doing pot or any other drug. And most people hate me in my school because im punk. And i dont really care because i dont want to be like everyone else i am who i am and they can Live with it..LOL But mainly my best friend chanda keeps me going she is the best. We've been friends since preschool Love her to death.. :) Mainly she is the only one that makes me get through my day..She is emo and im punx she cuts i scream when im mad...She talks to me whenever she has a problem not her family..That's a best friend..

Answer 6

ya it was about 3 years ago i got out of the military went back to cali and started in with the cocaine. got kicked out of my house moved in with some Friends and it got even worse i couldn't keep a job because i would Miss so much work. finally that lease was up and i had no where to go. so i got my **** together went back in the army for two years got out a year ago haven't touched any drugs and just made an offer on my first house and life is great. that was my rock bottom

Answer 7

Yes, it's personal though.

You find something to keep you busy and distracted. For me it was writing and learning to play guitar. If you dwell on things and over analyze it, then it's going to get worse/seem worse and start eating at your soul.

You need to *start* developing a stronger mind by using affirmations, as often as you can, tell yourself (doesn't have to be out loud!) positive things. I would've never ever believe this could work a couple years ago, I was far too jaded and depressed to even consider anything positive. But with time I got over myself and realised I was being selfish.

The human mind is an immensely powerful tool.

Answer 8

Dear, whenever some happenings occur in our life, we usually compare it with others' experience and term our feelings as bad or good. As a thumb rule, we can compare the results of our life with those who suffer worse than us and start see the 'betterness' in our life. Thus you will see that what you thought as a rock bottom was not indeed that much bottom. Thus you start experiece a little goodness in your everyday deeds. Later onwards try not to compare your life with others. Just ensure you do not hurt your surroundings and environmnt with your deeds - and you WILL live your life.

Answer 9

I hit rock botom just after my 21st birthday. I had made it through teenage drug addiction, several broken hearts, a ruptured family life, and dropping out of art school. I had lasted through all of those trials without really changing something fundamental in myself. So, at 21, I suddenly broke down - there was nothing else in my way but myself, and I didn't know how to simply be a good person. So I prayed for the first time. After a fight with my then boyfriend, I sank to the floor and tried my best to reach upwards. And I can tell you, this was the turning point in my existence. Once you ask for upliftment, it is so graciously granted, in one way or another.

Answer 10

how do u know that its not 'just' the bottom but the ROCK bottom???????????? u have not reached the end of ur life may be some time later in ur life u feel that 'now' ur life has hit 'rock bottom' and what u dealt with in ur past was not too bad.