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OldBaldy1701E

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31. My apologies for the delay. Things are frazzled around here.
Thu Jan 4, 2024, 08:48 AM
Jan 2024

Please let me be clear. I found my purpose. However that purpose does not jibe with the greed and self absorbed-ness that is modern America. My purpose does not feed or clothe me in this society. My purpose... that thing that gives me meaning... is belittled and insulted in some circles. I have my purpose. It just won't let me survive in this society. Why bother when this is how society feels about me and my efforts? I used to stand defiantly. Well, being defiant takes a lot of energy and I am too old for that anymore. Better to remove myself before I have to suffer more than I have already. There is no reason to suffer when there is no reason to get through it. I am not wanted, except for my failing arms and legs because they always need wage slaves. I cannot do that anymore either. There is nothing left. According to what I see now, everything I ever did was a waste of time and meaningless. Well, it had meaning to me. That in itself should account for something. It does not. If my entire life's work is to be seen as worthless, then I am being seen as worthless. I cannot survive without help. No one wants to do that because their ROI would be nil. These days, no one invests in any way without being assured of a 1000% return. That is an insane prospect when one is referring to human beings. We don't care, though. This country will go on in whatever form it decides to go with. No one's life will be adversely affected by my passing. No country will collapse. No industry will suffer the loss of an innovator. Nothing will change. That is the legacy that I leave behind.

Nothing.

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Are you in physical pain from some medical malady? Frasier Balzov Jan 2024 #1
Yes. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #4
I feel for you. Geechie Jan 2024 #2
Those 'hotlines' are a joke. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #5
Call 988 MutantAndProud Jan 2024 #3
I tried for SSDI twice. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #6
Social security rules need more flexibility MutantAndProud Jan 2024 #8
I wish I could think of something to say that would make you believe Ocelot II Jan 2024 #7
I really appreciate your efforts. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #11
But you're not sitting there alone.... Bayard Jan 2024 #13
I don't have any advice, more like an observation. captain queeg Jan 2024 #9
Help cost money. I don't have any. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #10
There's no greater question a person can confront than whether to go on or end it. captain queeg Jan 2024 #12
Your fate is, of course, in your hands.. Permanut Jan 2024 #14
... Skittles Jan 2024 #15
You are valuable it just that our society is predatory to anyone with vulnerability Stargazer99 Jan 2024 #16
I hope you can find your purpose to your life. BoomaofBandM Jan 2024 #17
My apologies for the delay. Things are frazzled around here. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #31
I feel your pain... Wuddles440 Jan 2024 #18
I know the feeling XanaDUer2 Jan 2024 #19
I have not had a 'job' in ten years. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #20
Your husband would miss you. Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #21
I suspect that is the only reason I am still here. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #22
You are the one thing that he can never truly replace. Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #23
To tell him any of this is to make things worse for him. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #24
Would you be devastated if he took his own life Qutzupalotl Jan 2024 #25
I would be joining him regardless of whether or not he left a note. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #29
Your husband needs you here. Have you MOMFUDSKI Jan 2024 #26
Okay, here we go. OldBaldy1701E Jan 2024 #32
I'm so sorry to read about your situation. thucythucy Jan 2024 #27
Poor Baldy! Where do you live? Beakybird Jan 2024 #28
My son took his own life in 2017. PoindexterOglethorpe Jan 2024 #30
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