What unusual things make you feel sad about life?

Everytime a balloon bursts an angel weeps in heaven, or a pixie sobs in the woods, depending on your belief system.

The futility of life itself! That should cover much of it.

I tear up when I hear ambulances. Happens every time.

Whenever I see a homeless person that has the same build or coloring as my brother, who is an alcoholic, I get sad thinking that might be him someday.

When animals ae in danger or pain I feel very sad. I cried yesterday a lot thinking of Marwyn’s possible fate

Someone hurting someone or something else that can’t defend themselves. And stupid accidents, like DWI’s.

I wouldn’t say this makes me “sad about life” exactly, but I feel a sense of shame for our kind when I see people who are dehumanized as living advertisements. I’m sad both that they have no better options and that someone asks them to put aside all traces of their dignity.

Unsaid goodbyes.

Can someone tell me what makes any of these things unusual? I’m not seeing it. They all seem usual to me. In fact, I can’t think of anything unusual that makes me sad. It all seems quite usual. Am I just a cynic?

The stupidity of our governing bodies.

Whenever I see elderly people struggling to carry shopping on their own, especially if they are doubled over. Thankfully I was walking home from college one day and was able to help an elderly lady carry her shopping bags. She looked so grateful, it just touched me so much.

People who are rewarded ridiculous amounts of money for doing things like sex tapes, while thousands of children die every minute of every day from starvation.

Children’s materialistic wants these days. When I was young, me and my best friend would play for hours and hours on end with our dolls and stuffed toys. Whenever we played, we were in an entirely different world. We actually loved the whole atmosphere of it that we even played with our dolls when we were about thirteen and fourteen, long after everybody else had stopped. Now, her eight-year-old brother has an iPad, and my seven-year-old cousin is getting a laptop. They are only children once and yet they are treating their childhood as adulthood. :(

Advertising depresses me and it is everywhere. So much creativity and money and effort put into manipulating us into buying something we probably don’t need. I always put the s into ad.

About 30 years ago, my mother threw a party. Not knowing any better, she put “Regrets only” on the invitations. When she didn’t hear from people, she assumed that they’d all accepted her invitation and would come to the party.

She planned for a big crowd. She cooked all week and made a huge buffet. She stocked-up on beverages, both soft and alcoholic. Some of the expected guests had young children, so she put a volley ball net, along with other outdoor games, in her side yard.

Who showed up? My brother, his girlfriend, and me, along with 5 other people. It was horrible. I don’t know which part was worse—that Mom’s party was such a bomb, or that she’d really tried to do something nice, or that she was so humiliated and hurt.

To this day, I’m haunted by that memory. Three decades later, I feel physically ill when I think about it.

@burntbonez I don’t know if getting emotional when I hear an ambulance is unusual or not. I haven’t noticed anyone else doing it.I know why it happens to me but even I have always thought it is a bit over-emotional. Not really sure it makes me sad about life as much as is a sharp reminder of how fragile life is. I always find myself imagining a person who is hurt and a family who will be fretting about them.

I don’t think wanting to sob over the trolly guy is usual!

It is a pretty shitty job.~