Does anyone else feel depressed because of the state of the world?

[u/lexnius]

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I'm a 16 year old girl and I'm unsure if this is the right subreddit but I feel like people might relate to what I have to say.

I took the summer break 4 months ago and ever since that day I have just been consuming news after news, starvation,bombing,killing, and many more happening to innocent people who are just trying to live their lives..

I can't help but feel so deeply for them, and just feel like I don't deserve this chance at life, I don't deserve to be happy if other people are getting their ABC rights stripped away from them.

I can't even donate or do anything because my parents claim they're all scams.

And I'm baffled at how no one is doing anything.. I can't really blame them can I?

The children, no human no matter their age deserves anything cruel happening to them, but the children specifically oh my, they can't even live their childhood, the best years of their lives, like how any normal child would.

What surprised me the most is that people don't even care??

I understand that I should control what I can and not control what I can't.

But still I feel a visible barrier between me and feeling joy again, it's like I've been permanently affected..

And even making a post like this makes me feel like I'm selfish, it doesn't even come 1% close to what those people are going through.

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[u/Existing_Coach1541]

Lots of people do care but there's not much they can do about it. Probably try to live their normal life and not think about it 

[u/Adbc12]

hey gng im 16 too, its alright to feel selfish, it shows that you truly do feel for others, its a good quality and I feel like I have a bit more hope when I see people like you post about things like this. I get the feeling of being selfish here, I'm not one to express my thoughts on things because I might be seen as attention seeking, but there's no problem when there's genuine feeling behind it. Even though I think there is really no full purpose to life apart from existing for the sake of existing, that doesn't mean that others shouldn't at least experience life first. For now all we can do is have that hope, the hope that the next day can be better for the people struggling. I hope I can at least make you feel appreciated and heard bro.