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31. Why do I feel hopeless even when life is okay?

Understanding the patterns behind this experience

AI recognizes patterns.
Understanding comes from lived experience.

"The nervous system remains in a state of heightened prediction when past pain has not been processed."

feeling hopeless even when life is okay comes from internal wounds, not external circumstances. that depression and hopelessness are rooted in unprocessed trauma and disconnection from your authentic self. how creates a lens through which you see everything as futile, regardless of what's happening in your life.

that hopelessness is from disappointment. If you don't hope for anything, you can't be hurt when things go wrong. But that this conditioned mechanism maintains trapped in suffering. Healing requires addressing the wounds that made hope feel dangerous in the first place.

For further reading and exploration, you can download the book Unfiltered Wisdom.