Does anyone find life dull and repetitive and pointless?

[Riley2015]

Ok so i know i am only 17 and people tell me life will get better and life is what you make of it etc but at this point in my life i feel totally bored and empty and i just find it all unexciting and i don't feel enthusiastic. Some days i do not want to get out of bed but my dad makes sure i get up. No one seems to understand that i can't help how i feel, i was told to try and be more positive but i just don't feel it, how can i make myself feel something if i don't?! I sometimes feel like its all kind of pointless, we all die at the end anyway right!

I do seem to have bad depression lately, but even a few years ago i felt like this and at school i just hated it every day and wanted to leave and then i tried to do some college courses this year and i hated it and now i think i will hate my new job. I know i must work to earn money and i want to but i feel bored, i feel like there should be something more , everyday seems the same, the same thing over and over and over, on endless repeat. I feel like i am fed up with life at 17, how will i feel at 27 or 37 or 47?!

Anyone feels this or only me? :confused::(

[ska8er]

U need a change of scene or do something
different. A walk in the woods or the park
might work.

[cozoe]

I bet most people like that at times, I've felt similar before. You may want to try to see a therapist who can help with the depression. You could also try volunteering for a charity or something where you can help people and see yourself making a difference in the world.

[Catt]

Find something
Fortunately you’re in a first world country with support and opportunity
Go for it, find your thing

[bpk1234]

You need to find something you love doing, something your passionate about. May sound corny but you need to set some goals for yourself and start working on them, the more progress you make in achieving them will boost your motivation greatly if that makes sense. But also your mindset is a huge apart of how you feel, if you wake up each morning thinking ugh my life is boring, school sucks, and my job is boring of course you aren't going to be satisfied. Unfortunately when your a teenager your choice of jobs are limited.

[look]

Sometimes I might feel in a bit of a funk,
usually if I overwork myself, don't get enough rest.
When I get some rest (and improve my diet)
I tend to feel much better.
Easing off sugar, snack foods,
not pushing myself to stay awake when I'm really tired,
and sometimes getting away from people for a little while,
these always seem to make me feel improved.

[pauly]

Try to make each day different by varying your routine, i.e. doing things in a different order. You could also try to make new friends who would maybe introduce you to new interests.

Helping others could also reduce the boredom you feel. I know it's easy to say, but you may have skills which others could learn from or enjoy. For example, I play musical instruments and go to entertain at an Old Folks Home. OK, you may say it's not much, but I look forward to it and the pleasure it gives the residents is a joy for me.

If you're the kind of person who bottles things up in your mind, try to find someone - either a relative or good friend - you can really talk to. That will release some of he dullness and pointlessness you feel, and you'll be able to bounce new ideas off each other to make life more interesting.

Bear in mind that once we get to the end of our teens, life often changes in major ways; education or work might take you away from home, or you may find a partner. So just because you feel this way now doesn't mean life will go on in the same monotonous way.

I still think that talking about your problems is a good first step. You've started here on VT, so now you shoud try to extend your discussion face to face with people you know and trust.

Good luck and try to feel positive; you'll get there! :)

[Uniquemind]

Life is repetitive but meaning can come from the small things, not just to be a casual observer beholden and detached from events, but actually seeing yourself as empowered to some extent to have a cause effect relationship with your environment and yourself.

It isn’t the things you do, is the discipline to do what needs doing, for the sake of others, and also the acquisition of physical and emotional skill and control.

I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again, emotions are not to be repressed in the sense that you bottle them up, you just direct their flow appropriately and in a timely manner.

College is, a LOT of work, reading, it isn’t fun and games all the time. But their are social activities colleges offer as well as various clubs. You should seek them out, and learn to kinda blend in.

I’m assuming you don’t eat poop anymore. Hopefully your past that.