I want to feel alive. What can I do?

SkorchZang · 2016-12-17T10:12:03+00:00

Bro, what's happened?

I'm worried about you - you're talking like a man condemned. Where was the breaking point and who's condemned you?

Officer_Dick_Johnson · 2016-12-17T15:56:17+00:00

Zap your balls with electricity. That'll make your heart going.

Smigg_e · 2016-12-17T11:49:56+00:00

You alright man?

[deleted] · 2016-12-17T17:14:34+00:00

Find the true north principle in yourself: what are you trying to get out of life. Fuck TRP, fuck women, fuck grades, fuck job whatever. Here is the deal: your dad came inside your mom and,boom, dropped you into this world. It is upto you now to figure out what you are doing here. whats the rough plan? where are you going with all this shit. The day you figure out the true north principle in yourself, you will stop thinking about "feeling alive". I've known what I wanted to do with my life since i was 4 years old. And every morning, literally every morning, irrespective of whether i slept in a good mood or a bad mood, I wake up feeling 10/10. I guess that is feeling alive.
Adventure sports. I love adventure sports, not because they are "cool" or whatever but because the mental frame you get when you are so close to death is the best feeling ever. You truly feel alive. This is exactly what a lot of people talk about when they say, "being present" and "living in the moment". Try it out.

[deleted] · 2016-12-17T12:09:59+00:00

I know how you feel man. I haven't figured out the answer. A few friends and I have literally started fighting for fun and we're always smiling from ear to ear afterward just because you really do feel something but it doesn't seem worth it in the long run. It's hard to ever feel something in this society where we always have something to distract us. My other go to is playing shows (I play guitar), that gives me at least 45 minutes to feel alive and only focus on one thing sort of like fighting. I think traveling and meeting new people and camping and spending time away from our phones with good friends and/or lovers and sharing stories can all help too. I think something like fighting is a way to immediately feel alive but we can also gradually train ourselves to feel alive all the time by learning to live in the moment. Also let me guess you just watched fight club?

Cunt_Robber · 2016-12-17T15:35:24+00:00

Take a cold shower. The shivering and the cold water will let you know youre a breathing, feeling, thinking human individual. Nothing like a cold shower to jump start the system.

TheFirsh · 2016-12-17T13:04:16+00:00

Last time I felt really well and alive when I combined lifting with aerob exercise afterwards (treadmill walk up the hill) while I read a personal development blog downloaded to my kindle. I felt that my time was spent worthwile. One of the articles was about finding my life purpose.

[deleted] · 2016-12-17T23:20:49+00:00

Did you just watch Fight Club for the first time? Because I felt exactly like you when I did.

mrpoopistan · 2016-12-18T02:18:05+00:00

Is there a type of fighting sport where you don't need training?

Find a redneck bar.

Gawernator · 2016-12-17T17:39:58+00:00

Buy a dirt bike and go flying - works for me

[deleted] · 2016-12-18T02:11:36+00:00

I feel the same way most days. Didn't feel like it til about halfway through college when reality really hit me square across the jaw.

stevehokie · 2016-12-17T15:29:48+00:00

Cocaine.

Title	I want to feel alive. What can I do?
Author	maybeishouldjustdie
Upvotes	17
Comments	14
Date	December 17, 2016 10:02 AM UTC (9 years ago)
Subreddit	Posted in /r/askTRP
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