Almost everyone I’m friends with is because they need me. They’re all mentally ill, traumatized or lonely. I started dating my boyfriend because he said he had given up on love. Most of them will kill themselves without me.
And I don’t “like“ these people. I care about them, even love them, but I don’t enjoy their company. After talking to them I feel drained and empty. I give and give so they can live their best life.
But one friend said something that has been making me thinks. She said “Why do you think it’s so bad to leave someone ? I would rather someone leave me than fake it for me“. I wish I was a robot that didn’t want anything. I wish I was more selfless. But I don’t enjoy their company…
I keep picking up broken strays. I keep trying to make them happy. I want people to live a happy life. But my life sucks. I only live now because they need me and God. Without me they would be dead. I have been told “if you leave me I will kill myself“.
I like that I’m helping them and I care for them. I just don’t find pleasure or happiness in their company. The closest thing is the satisfaction that comes… from knowing someone is doing better today than yesterday.
There is nothing for me on earth. Everything I do is for others. I would rather be in heaven. I have nothing to look forward to in life. My life goal is to help others that I choose to help. I have no ambitions for myself or my own future.
I just wish I could keep doing this without feeling so hollow… silence my stupid heart that has its own desires apart from helping others.
Now, even if I would try to seek my own happiness there would never be enough to keep me happy anyways. I would wind up back at the point where I see nothing on earth able to fill my heart.