existential crisis and being sensitive

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Hey everyone...
I am very very sensitive and I have a tendency of thinking humanity sucks and that it is not worth living because of that. An example normal day: at college someone says a mean remark and I get sad, than I get home and hear some barbaric crime at the news and I lock myself to cry, then I am already feeling miserable and think I should have break and turn on the tv and there is this movie full of sexism, then all I want is to scape and enter the internet and there are those discussions about which human group is superior...
Isn't there any way out of this???
I mean, when a religious friends talks about creation I don't answer anything but think to myself: "why is it God would creat humans? To watch while we kill each other?"
Besides there is this existential crisis, I mean, how to deal with the angst of living this short spam of time before inevitable and unkown death in this absurd world where we represent nothing in scale?
One days are worse than others.
Just... how is it you guys deal with it????

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Not being sarcastic but things that we have no control over we have to let go. Either that or get involved to the extent we can. Problem is you are one person and you can't battle all the battles. If you choose to battle, then choose ONE thing that you see that needs fixed and get involved. Bringing an injustice to light or help feed some starving children somewhere. Corny as it sounds, you need to find something you care about, get involved, and make a difference.

You also MUST realize that many of the battles have to be left to others to fight. You can only do so much as one person so learn to let go of those. Concentrate your efforts where you can make a difference and just DO IT. Dwelling on all the world's evils will just end up destroying yourself...

I am a lot like that myself.

Sometimes I just try to avoid taking in too much information, so avoiding news on TV, the Internet and so on. Just avoid anything that can be negative.

Then listen to music that is nice and positive, whatch a TV-series you know is positive and just nice, walk outside if you like, try to be close to someone that likes you.

Shield out the negative and embrace positive emotions.

Sounds weird but for me that is all I can do and all I can offer.

I have this problem, too. As for humanity sucking, I have had to lower my opinion of human beings for the preservation of my own sanity. When I stop expecting so much from them, I am less disappointed by their behavior.

As for large systemic problems such as violence, I have one or two comprehensive philosophies that place morality in perspective for me and give me some idea of how to fix those sorts of issues. It helps to have solutions, even if I cannot implement them. Lots of people would need to work together to implement them, but I know that I cannot expect that to happen...because of the issue I mentioned in the previous paragraph. Knowing that, I don't feel so much like I'm failing as the world's hero, because people are in some sense suffering because of their own lack of willingness to change anything, their stupidity and self-centeredness, their xenophobia pushing them to segregate rather than work together to take down the powerful.

Aside from that, all I can do is think about my own solutions and be open to co-operation with others that can achieve something, as well as continuing to follow and evolve my moral code within the sphere of my own life. Human beings are just another group of animals; if we get really bad and completely destroy ourselves, it ultimately will not matter, and will probably be better for all of the other living things on the Earth.

Humanity sucking (which I agree, it does,) does not mean you have to give up on your own life. Surround yourself with people who make you stronger.

1. I come up with goth music all day in my head--songs about death and the end of humanity.
2. I reserve the right to commit suicide in the future, but will not commit suicide today. It would hurt too many people if I committed suicide.
3. I try to think of personal short-term goals that will give me a reason to live. For me, meaninglessness comes from not having any goals or aspirations and not having any connections with other people. As soon as I have a goal to focus on or I make a connection with another human being, I stop focusing on all that negative stuff.
4. I lay in bed and try to sleep as much as possible.
5. I act out on my compulsive routines.