Comments on: The Indifference to Being Alive https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/ A Lifestyle Blog Fri, 23 Jun 2023 18:06:09 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 By: Kristiane https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-691536 Mon, 21 Jun 2021 11:24:10 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-691536 Hi Megan, do you have ADHD / ADD?

]]> By: Timothy Donahoe https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-691053 Thu, 22 Apr 2021 10:05:17 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-691053 My desire to not be alive is rooted solely in that humanity is a cancer of the Biosphere. As soon as our species migrated out of Africa, biodiversity plummeted wherever we spread. We think of Climate Change and the destruction of the natural world as modern problems…they are rooted in our very begins, in our very nature. You can not live as a human and not be a destabilizing force to the homeostasis of the Biosphere, of the super system of all life on Earth. Believing you can is like believing cancer in your body can just spread and spread and do it’s thing and not kill you. It’s fantasy to believe there is anything “good” about humanity. I wish to opt out.

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-653510 Fri, 02 Aug 2019 17:44:38 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-653510 In reply to G.

Hi G – thanks so much for your comment and kind words. We’re treading this water together. 🙂 xx

]]> By: G https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-653477 Fri, 02 Aug 2019 00:08:46 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-653477 You sound like a lovely person to know. Your battle to stay out of the abyss is described beautifully. I’ve never thought I fit this description but the idea of constantly treading water is something I’ve never artuculated but always felt. Thank you for writing.

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652979 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 12:31:13 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652979 In reply to NS Christine @TNSCK.blog.

Christine! Thank you for your thoughtful comment. Ugh, that hygienist – was so negligent and irresponsible with her words. Those jabs stick with us for a lifetime. Hopefully opening up this discourse will help us all tiptoe out of our shame. Sending love -> your way!

]]> By: NS Christine @TNSCK.blog https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652965 Fri, 19 Jul 2019 01:06:20 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652965 Very well written. I have been there. It’s a tough feeling to describe and one you are fearful to speak of. Once as a teen, I went to the dentist where I told them my new medications. When the hygienist said what are the pills for she turns to me and says “What do you have to be depressed about?”At that point you just say it’s genetic and leave it alone. You don’t even mention the suicidal ideation for fear of what others will do. It’s changing. Just slowly. Hopefully someday people with mental illness will be looked at like diabetics or cancer survivors. It’s an illness to be fought and treated. Not punished. We do enough of that to ourselves. Thanks for writing this!

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652913 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 16:42:32 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652913 In reply to Shelby.

Shelby – thank *you*! Sending you good thoughts. xx

]]> By: Shelby https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652885 Wed, 17 Jul 2019 03:45:22 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652885 This is something I’ve experienced my whole life but never had words for. Thank you.

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652792 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:37:46 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652792 In reply to Elle.

Hi Elle – I’m learning more and more that so many of us feel this way. Sending you love! xx

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652791 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:37:18 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652791 In reply to Kara.

Hi Kara! Thank you for your comment. Gather your thoughts and keep your life savers close – and please feel free to reach out to me directly if you ever need an ear! xx

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652790 Sun, 14 Jul 2019 14:34:39 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652790 In reply to Dena.

Dena! So, so glad you this gives you a starting point. Sending you good thoughts. xx

]]> By: Elle https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652712 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:50:37 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652712 Thank you, thank you, thank you for being so brave and sharing this. I honestly didn’t know other people felt this way!!

]]> By: Kara https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652710 Fri, 12 Jul 2019 01:23:20 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652710 Who knew there was a name for this and that so many other people experienced it?? I really appreciate you being so open, Megan. I feel a lot more normal and a lot less alone in my feelings after reading this and all the comments of others feeling similarly. I’ve only tried to explain the feeling/thought process once and it didn’t go well. Maybe I will have to try again!

]]> By: Dena https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652709 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 21:34:17 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652709 Thank you, Megan for bravely sharing your story. Add me to the list of folks who didn’t know this was a thing, but have been feeling this thing for a while.
Knowing it is real and experienced by others gives me the starting point to getting better that I didn’t have before and didn’t think I would ever have.

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652701 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 19:38:21 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652701 In reply to Clarissa.

Hi Clarissa – I totally agree! Just being curious and aware and mindful (what’s going on in my body, where I feel tension, the route of my thought process) has been so helpful in dealing with the dark times as they continually present themselves. Sending you good thoughts! xx

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652700 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 19:29:46 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652700 In reply to Sian.

Sian – thank you for reading! I completely understand all of your feelings, as confusing as they may feel for you. I keep hearing “I didn’t know there was a name for this” – hopefully a little awareness will go a long way for helping all of us. xx

]]> By: Megan McCarty https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652699 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 19:26:57 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652699 In reply to Mykki.

Not strange at all! The more I talk about it, the more I realize how many of us are treading water. Let’s keep swimming, eh?

]]> By: Clarissa https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652688 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 09:09:01 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652688 “Approaching it with curiosity as to its origins and purpose can be very freeing.” I can definitely relate to this. Adopting a curious attitude towards my darker periods in life has been so helpful in navigating these times.

What a beautifully written piece on a complex and important subject!

]]> By: Sian https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652686 Thu, 11 Jul 2019 08:44:42 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652686 Thank you so much for sharing this, Megan – I’ve felt the same way for as long as I can remember, but didn’t realise this was something that others were going through too, and so never brought it up. I didn’t want people to think that I can’t care for myself, and that I needed to be watched at any given moment. As it’s perplexing to have these thoughts, but be indifferent to them/have no desire to actually act upon them, I wouldn’t know how to explain or reassure others about them. Maybe now I’ll work out how to tell those in my life too. Thank you again for sharing x

]]> By: Mykki https://witanddelight.com/2019/07/the-indifference-to-being-alive/#comment-652674 Wed, 10 Jul 2019 18:20:19 +0000 https://witanddelight.com/?p=42536#comment-652674 I always feel so validated when I discover that other people experience this too and it’s not so strange or unbelievable.

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