You haven't been forsaken. The way I see it is that you are being given the space to turn things around. It's an oldy but a goody, you have to love yourself first.

Hope is all we can have. It's the only sure thing. Without hope there isn't even the option of anything else. Hope is what makes us get up each day and keep trying. It is the knowledge that some day things will get better. They will, but not if you just stay where you are and drink and drug yourself to death. You need to start treating yourself like you deserve to be loved. Because you do, everyone does.

Can I be honest?

Get the heck off of Facebook.

That place can be such a downer, with everyone trying to outdo everyone else with status updates about how fabulous their lives are. Or, in your case, relationship statuses...

I still have my account, but the last post on my wall (or is it finally a timeline?) says to not expect a reply from me anytime soon because I don't log in regularly.

And, TBH, my life is better without all that fake fluff.

You Say "I don't even want to do anything to change my life "

That is not going to help you..............

God Has Not Forsaken You.
Please stop drinking and using drugs.
Do you go to a Gym???
That's a great place to get healthy and meet new people........
Much Healing And HOPE To You

i am a little confused, so please forgive me, your saying you get requests to add to their list, you mean friend requests and facebook is not worth putting yourself to drink and drug yourself to death

Keep in mind that some use Facebook to upgrade their popularity status; they think it looks impressive to have hundreds of 'friends'...I don't play those kind of games; if I don't know you that well, I'll ignore any requests; not that I go on that much to begin with. Facebook can be a trigger when you are chronically depressed..

i cant afford a gym membership i am on a fixed income and YES i would be spending my beer and weed money and i am not about to do that. yea i know my response is one of ignorance but when your down like me 24/7 365 what am i suppose to think? with all the positive people around me i am still like this, hence having no hope

I'm not sure what you're approach is but my prayers are asked (and answered) rather pragmatically. Usually people will ask for a lighter load and this occasionally is granted. When it's become apparent the answer is No, ask for the strength to endure it. That you will always get in spades. God doesn't hide the fact that He likes to be needed.

As for hope, warm and fuzzy is virtually impossible for the depressed so just set that bag of bricks down. For me, it's enough that I accept that things will get better, even if I do not feel it. But I also know that if I'm not proactive in digging in, this sickness is going to be the rest of my life. And if I let it go unchecked, it will become something even worse. This thought has peeled me off the sofa a few times, in spite of depression's couch-lock tendencies.

I'm not sure what you're approach is but my prayers are asked (and answered) rather pragmatically. Usually people will ask for a lighter load and this occasionally is granted. When it's become apparent the answer is No, ask for the strength to endure it. That you will always get in spades. God doesn't hide the fact that He likes to be needed.

im sorry i cant comprehend what you mean

Facebook seems to be the instrument of the devil these days. Felt the exact same way at one point, so I deactivated my account and have never looked back. It's hard at first, as you'll get the urge to reactivate it again. So I suggest finding other distractions and ignore the niggling feeling in wanting to do reopen your account and do so. Not knowing what every other Tom, Dick and Harry are up to will not affect my life in the slightest.

What's wrong with being added as a "friend" on Facebook? OK, so you're not gonna have sex with them, but it's always good to have more people consider you a friend! And, as long as she's not married, you always have a chance, IF you clean YOURSELF up and spend some time in the gym, sweating...

I tend to pray like SarieBear does, and I think I get what she is saying.

Imagine that the path that leads from your house to the place where everybody meets and has fun is full of boulders and takes hours for you to walk from home to that fun place.

You could pray to God and ask for the humbleness to accept the barrier for what it is and to find happiness in solitude.

You could pray and ask God to remove all the boulders for you, to make the path smooth for you and then sit back and wait for it to happen.

You could pray and ask God to give you the endurance to navigate the path each day.

Or you could pray and ask God for the strength to move the boulders out of the way and/or build a new path around them.

The choice we make can be quite telling.

why does everything get reverted back to god? seriously people there has to be other ways here. im sure my attitude is one of a debbie downer but i just dont believe it

Sorry! Somebody made a comment about praying and you said you did not understand what they meant. I tired to say what I thought they were saying.

I did not mean to offend.

Programs like facebook are not really the problem but what people with them. Your question was .....why have hope? How does not having any hope work for you? It does not does it? So what are you going to do with it? I once blamed God because I did not understand why people would be put through misery without the ability to escapefrom it but I realized we are just animals when it comes down to it and God is not responsible for our actions.

You posted why has God forsaken you. It's the only reason I mention God period. It's your choice to believe or not but finding hope in something only benefits you.