Why am I so unlucky?

United States
May 3, 2010 7:53pm CST
I can't explain satisfactorily, but I can't lie to myself or anyone else, because of the way that I am. It is so frustrating.
7 responses
• India
4 May 10
Oh Dear, There is really no such person as unlucky. Why do you consider yourself unlucky? Is it because of some unfavorable incidents happened in your life recently? Believe me when I tell you that an incident in itself is quite indifferent. You can not call it either good or bad. Everything on the face of this earth must have a good as well as a bad side. Most of the time they equal each other to make the subject neutral. How can an inanimate object take sides? Its just our interpretation that makes these things appear as if they are against us, but in reality they are neither against us nor with us. You are not unlucky, you never were. It is just that certain incidents have distorted your interpretation and have made you a bit pessimistic. Its okay. Its perfectly normal. But to conquer them and to be stronger than your surroundings you really need to take only what is good, what is enlightened and positive, and leave behind all that is bad, dark and negative. Now please don't say you can't see one. There must be at least one positive side of everything. Try hard to find it, once it is found, stick with it, and reject the rest. Be positive man, don't depend on luck. Thanks God bless you
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• United States
4 May 10
I just feel like I have lost something very important to me, because of a bunch of inconsequential circumstances that piled up to make a bad situation worse.
• India
4 May 10
I don't want to sound insensible, but no matter how tough one's situation is, one is always left with a choice, and that choice is just to refuse to give in.
• India
4 May 10
Believe me, everythings gonna be all right soon. Just hold on for a few more days, because, "This shall too pass..."
@amelly (1554)
• Malaysia
4 May 10
hey there..don't feel that way.u know what,recently i lost my dream to futher sudy overseas and the good news is i already got a place in a local university but the worse thing later on was that a girl whom i reallllly don't like got the same U and the same course.man,i consider myself unlucky for this year.not just i got a campus in a suburban area,i need to see her again..man..but i look it positively,i will get many friends and i think she can boost my confident to excel in U.because i don;t want to be with her till 3 years.!!when i excel i can go to overseas
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• United States
4 May 10
that is bad, and what happened to me is also out of my control for the time being.
@amelly (1554)
• Malaysia
10 May 10
ya..that's bad..i just need to accept it!!
@chiyosan (30183)
• Philippines
4 May 10
why would you think that you are unlucky? i think everyone of us is lucky and is given the chance to get the best of this world. the moment you deny youself opportunities to excel in this world, is the moment you actually are becoming unlucky and unworthy.
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• United States
4 May 10
i don't deny myself opportunities, but a stupid sense of wanting to help is what in this case has played against me...
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• Philippines
4 May 10
Hi friend. I have no idea exactly about what you've been through which made you say that you are unlucky. But something I would like to tell you to be optimistic. Life isn't that easy. You need to undergo a lot of struggles and challenges in life in order for you to become a better person. We all experience sad and frustrating things which cause us to feel very disappointed and unlucky. But remember, you are not alone. All other people around you do feel the same way you do. Just try to open up your mind and look at the brighter side of life.
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• United States
4 May 10
Thank you for replying even though i was not very specific. you were still helpful though.
• China
4 May 10
Hi,Alex,I don't know what happened to you,but I surely sense your depression.Everyone have their own problems,and that's why life is devided into two parts-the happy part and the unhappy part.Actually,looking back my own old time,I find that all of them are happy.That's probably because I have forgotten the unhappy ones,and surely you'll forget yours.Unhappiness can be washed up by time,when Happiness lasts long.This is called "selective retention" by psychologist. Therefore,cheer yourself up!You will sooner or later get through it.I promise that when you look back,you will chuckle.
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@Fire10 (293)
• United States
4 May 10
I'm so sorry. I can only guess, but I think I can understand how you feel. Well, let me describe the feelings I felt and you might be able to tell me if we might have some similar experiences. I feel/felt in life that I could do a pretty good job in life most of the time, but there always seemed to be 'something' (which I didn't really understand) that I would 'trip' over every once and a while. The feeling would throw me for a low-self esteem trip for a couple of days and I'd be rolling along in life again... until once again I'd fumble over something and I'd be back to feeling all worthless or not as good as I could be... And it is all part of who I am/was. Well there's my guess for you, let me know if you wanna talk.
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• United States
4 May 10
yeah that is how i feel but it is one of the worst 'fumbles' that i have ever had, so i am having trouble recovering...
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 May 10
alexzizi123 okay you are making yourself unlucky by playing into the belief that you are unlucky. You kept telling yourself oh I am so unlucky long enough you start to believe it then you get careless and something unpleasant results and you again say oh I am so unlucky. you are the victim of a self fulfilling prophecy that you make happen just to say look I am so unlucky. start telling yourself I really am quite lucky and believe it and soon you will feel lucky and things will be smooth again and you will not feel you are unlucky at all. Its a lot like telling yourself oh I cannot do that and if you tell yourself that long enough your brain will believe it and you will invent ways to keep you from doing what it was that you told yourself you cannot do. tell yourself oh of course I c an do that and you will just do it without thinking a thing about it.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
4 May 10
hi alex I do understand as a year and a half ago four things in a row happened to me and left me reeling thinking what happened,just a few days ago I was in our apartment no cares, Now we are homeless, what Happened? after a year and a half here in this tiresome retirement center I still feel like I had been hit by a steam roller but its not because I was unlucky but because of a chain of things that crashed into one big thing.
• United States
4 May 10
i say this not because of a chain of events but one large event that has left me feeling hollow...i am still reeling from what happened...
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