r/mentalhealth

5h ago

u/First_Philosophy_503

Feeling completely burnt out and lost on what the point of any of this thing call life

Venting

I’ve been carrying this heavy, foggy feeling for months now and I don’t know how to shake it.

Waking up feels like a chore. Work, responsibilities, the little daily routines… they all just blur together into this endless loop of “do the thing → survive the day → sleep → repeat.” I’m not in a crisis or anything dramatic. No big tragedy. Just this quiet, constant emptiness. Like I’m going through the motions of a life I never really chose, and I’m starting to wonder if there’s even a reason to keep choosing it.

I used to think purpose was something you find. A career that lights you up, a relationship that makes everything make sense, a passion that gives the hard days meaning. But the more I look, the more it feels like those things are just temporary distractions. People talk about “finding your why” like it’s a treasure waiting under the right rock.…