Do you think life is hard?

[tiffany85]

I don't. But most of those around me believe life is a constant struggle and only really good things (no money worries, happiness, a joyful retirement, etc.) is all make believe.

Granted, I've had it pretty good all my life. Middle class. I drive a cheap car and don't have a ton of money. But I think I can get more money when I put my mind to it. I think we have it all pretty easy compared with people outside of America - the land of opportunity.

What do you think? Is life easy or is it just easy to some people?

[FLA]

I've had some hard knocks and life is hard but any day above ground is a good day!

life is hardest when someone I love is suffering and I cannot fix it and I would take their place so they are free of it any day

the little things I complain about, First World problems, do not make me unhappy because I know I am being ridiculous usually

[Fishindude77]

Forget all of the money, etc.
The best thing your are given is your time on earth. Make the most of it and enjoy it.

Sure there are some difficult times and struggles, but that is what makes the good times feel great. Enjoy the ride, none of us are getting out of it alive

[ua_guy]

I don't think it's easy or hard. I think part of it is what happens to you, and the other part is what you make of it. Not everyone processes those two things the same. What I can say about my own life is that the terrain has had its ups and downs, but I'm still making a go of it.

[97guns]

Don't know if I'm lucky or what but my life has never been a struggle, every investment move I've made has been golden

Life struggles in america and most everywhere are usually monetary

[LivingAlmostLarge]

We've deliberately chosen to live a less frentic lifestyle. We did when we lived somewhere more fast paced and we're doing it now. If we wanted to we probably could be extremely high wage earners and climbing the ladder but that's not us.

I think our life is good. Is it hard? No. BUT i think no matter what your income your life is hard when you aren't satisfied. When we made little money I thought our life was still pretty nice. Same with my mom. When we had little it wasn't a hard as others who tried to keep up with those making so much more. Guess i was lucky to have a good example.

[FLA]

Life struggles in america and most everywhere are usually monetary

Just talking the US, I agree, we have a lot of poverty and people struggle. But we also have domestic violence, child abuse, elder abuse, homelessness, untreated mental illness and addictions and on and on and on

not all of these can be solved by just throwing money at them

[maynard]

Life is difficult when you make poor decisions.

[rennigade]

Life in the usa hard?? ppfffttt. Try growing up in the congo where 5,000 children under the age of 5 die EVERY SINGLE DAY because of dirty water. Yet there are still those who worry about a lion being hunted. Priorities my friend.

Being homeless in america may as well be the ritz compared to other places. Kinda sad to imagine a world where the patch of dirt you are born on can determine your entire life.

nuff said


To answer your question...no, life really isnt that hard.

[Singuy]

Life in the usa hard?? ppfffttt. Try growing up in the congo where 5,000 children under the age of 5 die EVERY SINGLE DAY because of dirty water. Yet there are still those who worry about a lion being hunted. Priorities my friend.

Being homeless in america may as well be the ritz compared to other places. Kinda sad to imagine a world where the patch of dirt you are born on can determine your entire life.

nuff said


To answer your question...no, life really isnt that hard.

+1

Life is almost stupid easy here in the U.S. You pretty much can live a decent worry free life just by following some simple rules (do your homework, choose a good major in college, don't do drugs, don't screw around with too many guys(or girls) while getting multiple people pregnant..and you are pretty much good to go).

You don't have to worry about dirty water, or people hunting you down for rape/slavery/isis recruitment/slaughter. Also you don't have to worry too much about competition unlike those who are in China/India/other overcrowded second world countries.

This is why I don't understand "depression" and suicides in the US. Wtf is there to cry about? My wife and I are just rule followers, we are not some genius. Our parents were immigrants not knowing the language and they did just fine (My parents went from -3000 to a net worth of 2million in the past 25 years in the U.S). We know the language and both became doctors in our field of study while barely going to class...yawwwwwnn. Life is retarded easy...

[ua_guy]

This is why I don't understand "depression" and suicides in the US. Wtf is there to cry about? My wife and I are just rule followers, we are not some genius. Our parents were immigrants not knowing the language and they did just fine (My parents went from -3000 to a net worth of 2million in the past 25 years in the U.S). We know the language and both became doctors in our field of study while barely going to class...yawwwwwnn. Life is retarded easy...

Your lack of understanding about depression and suicide is probably a lack of knowledge versus the lack of real and legitimate causes.

If everyone could just make it so easy, they would.

[Singuy]

Life in the usa hard?? ppfffttt. Try growing up in the congo where 5,000 children under the age of 5 die EVERY SINGLE DAY because of dirty water. Yet there are still those who worry about a lion being hunted. Priorities my friend.

Being homeless in america may as well be the ritz compared to other places. Kinda sad to imagine a world where the patch of dirt you are born on can determine your entire life.

nuff said


To answer your question...no, life really isnt that hard.

Your lack of understanding about depression and suicide is probably a lack of knowledge versus the lack of real and legitimate causes.

If everyone could just make it so easy, they would.

I'm referring to general depression, not actually serotonin going haywire. Too many people complain how they are depressed or how they want to kill themselves because life is just "unfair" to them. I'm not talking about the select few who are severely screwed up in the head.

I work in the ED from time to time and you have no idea how often I see people overdosing on their parent's meds because their girlfriend left them or some other stupid ass reasons.

Didn't we have some pastor who committed suicide recently because his name was exposed on that adult affair website?

I understand suicide if you have cancer and the pain is too great, or if you have schizo..or you want to donate your organs to save you own kid..whatever. But wanting to kill yourself everytime sh*t happens is just being way too dramatic.

And yes it's easy for me and many others who just follow the simple rules. But apparently it's insanely hard for middle school kids to do their homework..or college kids to pick a sound major. I have yet to meet someone who cannot finish any kind of professional school because it's just "too hard" (as in someone who studies every waking hour and still can't pass). Look back to your college days? Did you spend 12 hours/day at the library or did you spend your time going to parties and drinking? Not to mention students are rejecting good majors because they are "bad" at something. Oh I'm bad at math..so can't be a MD/OD/PharmD/engineer. Wtf? If it's hard, LEARN IT THE HARD WAY! If you were not diagnosed with down syndrome than you can pass that math class!

There's ALWAYS a reason why you fail in life and that reason is ALWAYS your fault(unless you have cancer).

[ua_guy]

I'm referring to general depression, not actually serotonin going haywire. Too many people complain how they are depressed or how they want to kill themselves because life is just "unfair" to them. I'm not talking about the select few who are severely screwed up in the head.

I work in the ED from time to time and you have no idea how often I see people overdosing on their parent's meds because their girlfriend left them or some other stupid ass reasons.

Didn't we have some pastor who committed suicide recently because his name was exposed on that adult affair website?

I understand suicide if you have cancer and the pain is too great, or if you have schizo..or you want to donate your organs to save you own kid..whatever. But wanting to kill yourself everytime sh*t happens is just being way too dramatic.

And yes it's easy for me and many others who just follow the simple rules. But apparently it's insanely hard for middle school kids to do their homework..or college kids to pick a sound major. I have yet to meet someone who cannot finish any kind of professional school because it's just "too hard" (as in someone who studies every waking hour and still can't pass). Look back to your college days? Did you spend 12 hours/day at the library or did you spend your time going to parties and drinking? Not to mention students are rejecting good majors because they are "bad" at something. Oh I'm bad at math..so can't be a MD/OD/PharmD/engineer. Wtf? If it's hard, LEARN IT THE HARD WAY! If you were not diagnosed with down syndrome than you can pass that math class!

There's ALWAYS a reason why you fail in life and that reason is ALWAYS your fault(unless you have cancer).

I sincerely hope your doctorate degree has nothing to do with psychology, or treating the mental or physical health of others.

[Singuy]

I sincerely hope your doctorate degree has nothing to do with psychology, or treating the mental or physical health of others.

Please read all the articles on how rich countries have a higher number of depression than poorer countries. The U.S numbers/capita TRIPLES that of China and Mexico.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/07/26/affluent.depression.prone/

Also read how over 60% of those diagnosed with depression doesn't actually meet the criteria.

http://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/05/study-most-people-diagnosed-with-depression-do-not-actually-meet-criteria/275436/

I guess we Chinese just don't understand how to be a crybaby while Mexicans take your jobs. You know why? Because we don't live our lives thinking we are entitled to an easy life and cries about it when it's not easy.

I posted a thread about how to become a millionaire on MCD's salary. I got so much flame from many people on the thread because the budget outlined was "too hard" or "impossible"...even though it was an outline of my parent's budget 20 years ago.

Too many people I feel doesn't like to put in the work and just complain about how life is just too hard. This is my #1 pet peeve. You have all sorts of freedom/opportunities here...so it blows my mind how people actually thinks life is hard here.

[FLA]

I sincerely hope your doctorate degree has nothing to do with psychology, or treating the mental or physical health of others.

AGREED!

If a teenager keeps showing up in your ER for trying to kill herself over something "stupid", she has shown up a bunch of times, if that doesn't tell you there is underlying mental illness, well, I wouldn't want you near my kid if she was doing that.

if you hold such strong beliefs that life is easy, "real" depression is rare, suicide attempts are a cry for attention, why would you want to take care of all those loser ER patients who have obviously created their own problems?

And life isn't hard if you have ALS or Huntington's, Alzheimer's, etc. Just cancer gives you a free pass to say life is hard. Got it. So it's my fault this non-cancerous mass is in my brain screwing everything up, as well as for giving me treatment resistant POTs. My life was happy and fine until I self-sabotaged my own health, chose two random diagnoses that I somehow made appear and I deign to accept disability that I'm sure you would say I am not entitled to. Yet life is hard (by my standards, not yours) but I am still happy and appreciative of all I have and all whom I love. And I am not complaining, I accept everyone will likely have some rough times in life. And just because you're in the First World, your life can be tough. Come see my dying, suffering, writhing in pain and gasping for air mom and you tell her to her face it's her own fault and she should be happy with all that the First World has given her. Oddly, she actually still appreciates all of that, but her life is hard right here in the USA.