Hi Sophie,

I’ve felt this way before. For me it was my relationship with some toxic people in my life. Once I started to move on from those people, things started to get better. Not seeing them anymore didn’t help much. I had to decide to let them go. Is there anyone in your life that could be causing these negative feelings?

Also, as Glen mentioned, working on something meaningful and inspiring to you can also help infuse your life with purpose. What do you love to do?

Now that I think about it, that time in my life was a pretty self-centered time. I had some habits that were clouding my life that I needed to work on. I am now trying to focus on other people while developing the weaknesses in my self, and I don’t feel that detachment as strongly anymore. Maybe you might want to try helping a person or two a day, even if they don’t realize you tried to help them. As Glen noted, I think you will find by focusing on creating goodness for others, more goodness will come back into your own life.

• This reply was modified 7 years, 6 months ago by Mark.