Is Life Worth Living? Thoughts of a psychiatrist

Dr. Peter Goertz discusses.

[meiralfasi]

The most peaceful time of our lives is when we sleep .
Existence is living God's dream. Death is our dream 🙏

[Sarah-tsjh]

For me it isn't. Doing this over and over everyday until I'm too old to continue doesn't sound appealing. It's tiring

[lone_wolf]

It’s not worth it. I intend to apply for medical assistance in dying when it opens up for people will mental illnesses in March. I think the longest period of remission I have had from my bipolar is about 3 months and I spend the majority of my time in depression. I gave it 2 decades of trying medication, treatments like ECT, rTMS, Ketamine and psychotherapy. I feel like Sisyphus except it’s not like I kidnapped Thanatos, so I really don’t know how I pissed off the Gods.

[AnonymousWon-uuyn]

If I had a child then I would be forcing them into the type of life that they might eventually hate and want nothing to do with.
And if an afterlife exists then I might be forcing them into an afterlife that they might eventually hate and want nothing to do with.
And those are the reasons why I will never have children.

[JHabc]

I’ve been at my worst recently, have been struggling to access compassionate care, and I love seeing your kind face and hearing your gentle and thoughtful comments. Thank you so much for. You give me hope

[KM-cmjp]

No, it is not. Every day is a struggle. Nothing can change that.

[enterthebruce]

It depends on your prospects in life: if the outlook is very grim and utterly hopeless in the sense that someone is dealing with incurable physical or psychological conditions or even something else like severe financial problems or drug addiction I can't blame people for taking their own lives, we can only be so strong when all is said and done. I don't condone it but certainly don't condemn it either because life is extremely difficult and painful for so many people. The world has it's beautiful aspects but a lot of miserable heartbreaking aspects as well.

[Steppenziege]

It is worth living, when you're already in it. It isn't worth starting however.

[DomnulSarb]

So your advice is "become delusional"...gee thanks doc

[RADIUMGLASS]

My cousin died from suicide last year. If life was worth living something could have changed his mind.

[Anotherhumanexisting]

Nothing can convince me I shouldn’t have the right to end my own suffering.

I’ve come to that conclusion after years and years getting “treatment”. The laws and medical perspectives need to change.

[hellfireagency]

If life is obviously worth living and therapy can help a person to realize that, then why do so many therapists never train to help people who have suicidal ideation? Why would a person be accredited in therapy or an academic course be approved that means to never help people with ideation? How is dying bad for you? If the badness of a person's life has overwhelmed them, how is it ethical to torture them with guilt and with obligation to continue to suffer?

[oaklandsoldier]

Nah. Life isn't truly worth living for me. It sucks.

[Andrea-ylt]

I suffer from severe C-PTSD & Dissociative Identity Disorder along with Major Depressive Disorder & mild OCD (checking). I have a lot of suffering from flashbacks & abreactions that often resemble seizures. Other systems also make life very hard. Suicidal thoughts & feeling come up for me as a type of flashback & needing to escape my suffering. Therapy is very expensive & I can't go as frequently as I need even though I'm working. My mother died a few years ago & my father in 1993. I'm an only child with no family. Life is tough. Often I think I can't go on like this anymore. It's too much of a struggle. I also have severe asthma & life-threatening food & drug allergies & hypertension. It's too much to cope with alone. It makes life not worth living.

[morkoblooper]

Life is worth living when ya Financially free But besides that There is no point in living

[seen]

When someone says life is learning experience
I see it as your studying for math exam but you dont have or need to give any math exam.

[TheRTB]

27 years old. Long story short, currently 3 years into working heavy equipment, earth movers specifically. Pay is terrible (less than $1 raise every year from $17.50) the work is interesting though. Haven’t spent time with friends in over a year in a half, but haven’t been in jail in almost 6 years. Currently living with my dad since December 27th, which is tough because my (second) stepmom is cold and mean even though I try to stay out of her way, and my dad himself was physically (hit, throw, kick), sexually (you’ll see), emotionally (told my the only reason I was born my mom was on firtility pills; when I was 15 said I’m the reason his life is shitty) abusive and likes to ‘forget’ about a lot of the bad things he has done even when others like my sister corroborate that he’s misremembering. I try to keep my distance from my dad but it’s thought because he comes to me, the economy is fucked I can’t move out unless it’s into my car. Moms a drunk on full VA disability because of when my dad beat her in a base and her new husband is also on full VA disability and they both drink while he chain smokes and makes the house gross. My mom says she’s the only one that cleans and does stuff which is true but she’s hammered by 9am every day. She even said I might need to move in to help and I basically was like no i can’t even figure out my life so I’m sorry but I can’t help with yours..I’m never gonna own a home, never gonna have a wife, or probably even another friend. Never gonna have a kid or even attempt to accomplish my dreams because I can’t afford to. So why the fuck am I here? So my mom and sister aren’t sad for a couple days? If anyone’s selfish it’s them for making me live me terrible existence 24/7 just so they won’t be sad for a little bit..

[TimeTraveler]

what's the point to learn (suffer) a lot to finally not having any benefit from it ???

of course, as a psychiatrist you can't be against suicide.
but what kills me the most, is when you include god at the end ... man, that wasn't a good idea, trust me !

you f.up your whole video with that s...t

[nescop]

Thank you, i am very depressed right now and seeing life in this way like a giant school really helps me. I actually used to think this way, but thoughts like these don't cross your mind too often, when you're very depressed. So thx for the lil reminder! ❤

[nothinggggggg]

I have been struggling day in and day out to work, and looking for something that makes me want to continue living. For the past few months, I have been falling in love with something that I have ignored for years. It gives me purpose to push through my stressful job because one day, I could get out of there and pursue what I desire. I have shared that with my loved ones, but they think it will not help anyone. They think that I would just be wasting money and time. I understand that we are not rich. That is why they reacted that way. However, I do not wish to continue living and working just for the money. It kills parts of me every day.
What really saddens me is that they know my mental struggles and that if I have something that makes me happy, it keeps me away from negative thoughts that have already destroyed me in the past. I just wanna live my life with happiness while working and helping them. This spiraled really negatively and now I don't feel like doing anything. I am crawling my way into work and trying my best not to break down.
I hope life truly is worth living.