Advice needed [includes free ticket on a train](3 hours left)

Damn, I should've added a poll just to see statistics...

I 'd suggest your friend sees a doctor asap. Obviously a person who doesn't find a meaning in life has a problem and needs immediate assistance.

You ask for reasons? Where to start and where to end? Countless reasons. Every moment we pass living is yet another reason

Are you asking for a good reason to live or what our motivation to live is?

Travel.

Moments

There can be lots of valid reasons to live... the main one would be the pursuit of happines, whatever that may mean for a person. It's dependant on a persons interests and values.. do what makes you happy, try to have a different perspective on things, find those little things within the big picture.
You never know how your life will turn out being after a while, either because you begin valuing things you didn't previously notice or just because you meet people who give you that feeling of happines for whatever reason.
A different reason might be trying to make the world a better place.. that's quite idealistic, i know. But you can try having an impact on other peoples lives by helping them in some way or just changing things for the better so that others wouldn't have to go through the things that made you suffer to the point of wanting to throw it away.

There's a lot more to say on that topic but that's just some brief ideas that came to mind for me ^^

Motivation to live? mm... food... thats a biggie right there...

But in a more serious response... to prove people wrong :) i was told time and time again when i was a teenager that i would fail and anything i did (this is coming from all sorts of people both close to me and not so close) and now after quite a few years (you can't just expect things to change overnight) I am doing better than most of those people that were criticising me, so now its just about maintaining that and relaxing a bit :)

Another one? travelling, there is a whole world out there to explore

To be honest I think reason to live for each person are different
By saying your friend have no point in life does it mean he is in depression?
If yes, you should consider consult a psychiatrist. If it's depression disorder your friend need to take a pill. It can't go away by itself.

Oh, and I may suggest anime name "Clannad" and "Clannad After Story", both give me motivation to live quite well.

reasons to live:
gaming
idling cards
leeching
giving away stuff
making others happy
watching movies and tv-shows
meeting with friends and close family

well, i think that covers my reasons. maybe you will like some.

Since apparently nobody likes puzzles

>:3

A reason to live or having motivation to - we're the only ones able to find one for ourself. No one else is able to do it in your stead.

What's your motivation to live?

1. Life Instinct
2. MY PC ( Include accessing to steamgifts website which always there's a shadow of access denied on it by govern )

you and your friend go watch the movie Pay It Forward
there might be some better ones for this topic but this is the only one i can remember at the moment

Well, it is hard to convince someone who has no reason ..... depending on his relations to his parents it might help to tell him/her that his life is a gift of his parents and he should maybe treat it with the respect it deserves.

Other than that it reminds me for this song here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbnY4cCebog

Bump. There's countless little things to add enjoyment to our lives. All it takes is a little but continuous effort find them, both in everyday life, but also in hobbies, and having fun with other people. Seing different parts of the world/places could also help to widen one's mind. Your friend obviously needs help asap to change his/her way of thinking if he/she really does not find any single thing interesting in life... It's sad, and would imo require immediate attention cause it does sound quite serious...

You want some advice? Never get involved in a land war in Asia,

Just try to be a good friend. Talk with them. And please don't try to argue a moral high ground.

Don't really know.
I'm no longer suicidal but now I'm just trying to enjoy the ride and if I die, I die, no big deal.

Children

When I was considering suicide as an option since I couldn't find any reason to live, I came to my position about reason for living from the opposite side. You see, death is inevitable. Whatever you do, there will be a moment in life that will be your last. So really, when thinking about ending a meaningless life, you choose between living and possibly finding your meaning and something good at all, and loosing any chance of getting it.

So really there's nothing to loose. If there is no meaning in your life right now, keep on living, it may appear in the future.

I left this comment else ware as a reply too, I am posting it again so you see it.

2 years ago I went to a 4 day trek in the Himalayas. It was so beautiful! Snow up to the top of my legs, wind so fast I could barely stand, no sigh of civilization or technology anywhere! Now whenever I feel hopeless I just think about that. Moments like that, seeing something truly beautiful, is what I live for! Beauty like that can't be just found in traveling, you sometimes see it in art, and sometimes, even in people. You just need to keep looking! And when you find that someone or something with the kind of beauty that stays with you, impacts you, and only gets better with time, don't let go!

Oh, look, a typical Estonian thread.
Well, my life has been shit, but I never seriously considered the exit. Why? But because this is the only chance I get. Being an atheist, I believe once I die, I'll just cease to to exist, there will be nothing. Now, being alive, there is something. It may not always please you, but sometimes it does, and it's the only chance you get. It's a privilege. And let's face it, Estonian life is not that bad. Sure, the second world country problems are there, but most of us have homes and enough food to eat, and that's already a reason to be thankful. Teach her to be thankful for what she has. Life may have no real reason, but in the end everyone can make up their own reason, or even "why?" -"why not?" kind of reply to those existential issues.

First, I ask you a question. Do you want your friend to live and be with you? If the answer is yes, I think this is one of the reasons to convince her to live.

And if not you, there are other people who would like her to live. I lost a friend, I had no idea he wanted to end his life... It's been more than a year and I still can't wrap my head around it. I still live even though my life is not perfect and I keep him in my memory but I would rather he kept me company... You don't know how many people your life and death can affect.

I hope your friend seeks some professional help and I beg you to help her go through it. Even if you can't find a definite answer, just keep her company, please. Encourage her to live.

There may not be a point in life, but it beats the alternative.

Quite frankly, we're all going to die eventually, and we don't know what comes after, so we may as well make the most of what comes before. Having the viewpoint that there is no point in life can actually be beneficial, in that it gives one a certain freedom to do things other people would be afraid to do.

Tell him/her to go on an adventure. Whether that means traveling the world, or just taking on a nearby challenge, s/he should just do it, because, what have ya got to lose? You might not find meaning, but you will have stories to tell. Hopefully, s/he'll have some fun along the way as well.

There's actually one fundamental, logical reason to live:
While we are alive, there is potential, and death is always willing to embrace us at any turn.
When we are dead, we lose all potential at life, and can no longer pursue death.

From a purely rational, economical viewpoint, killing yourself off while there's still potential for change- no matter how improbable- is simply missing the point of life entirely.

Moreoever, speaking as someone who has been suicidal and known plenty others [including several who have died], overwhelming suicidal compulsions are solely due to chemical imbalances.
Now, before that invalidates anything else, let me clarify:
Those imbalances typically occur because your mind basically starts closing in on itself in a self-destructive loop, due to pressures or dissatisfaction from life.
Suicidal thoughts are normal, and even the most healthy individuals will potentially contemplate them if their lives are at an unfortunate turn [in fact, in many ways it's the fact that we have death as a potential escape, that makes life bearable].
And those thoughts can lead to compulsions.
And if the basis for those thoughts is an inhibition to the potential for change- ie, you're dying already- then you may be able to rationally give in to those compulsions, as the underlying thoughts themselves are a rational enough reason.

So, put simply:
Nothing your friend is feeling is wrong or shameful, and the basis for why she's feeling those things is likely quite valid as well.
However, the reason she's reacting so intensely to it, without special basis to do so, is due to a negativity loop-
Essentially, chemical imbalance creates negative thoughts, which generate more chemical imbalance, which creates more negative thoughts..

The easiest way and often most effective way to break free from that kind of loop is a complete change of environment.

So, the question your friend needs to ask herself is:
"If I'm willing and ready to kill myself anyway, what harm does it do, doing something extreme like joining Peace Corps or backpacking Europe or something instead, first?
I can always kill myself afterward, anyway, if that change of environment and perspective doesn't help."

And, of course, as a last resort, or if the initial trigger is a chemical imbalance, rather than environment, medication can help as well.

Basically, the sum of it is:
There may be no justification to live, that you can see or appreciate at the moment-
but there's even less justification to kill yourself, without trying desperately to live first.

Not necessarily because life is just so darn awesome, like others will indicate, but because death is permanent and life is not.

Always run down your options as long as you're able, before burning your bridges behind you.

And, if your friend is intellectual, she can mull this over:
If life is so shoddy, but death is guaranteed, then why am I so concerned with dying faster?
Because the world sucks, right? Sure, but.. if it sucks or not, if I can't feel terrible about that fact, I wouldn't want to kill myself, right?
And while I can rationally say, given what I know now, that life isn't worth living- though there's always the potential that there are things I've yet to see, that'll change my mind- the overriding desire to kill myself doesn't make purely logical sense; since if I CAN kill myself at any time, I shouldn't need to feel rushed into it- if I'm actually acting out of rationality, rather than an imbalance.

For what it's worth, it does change.
Especially if she's still in the preteen through mid-20s range: Many people seem to have profound increases in suicidal tendencies at that large age range, due to the hormonal elements. And people of that range are so sure in their emotions, that it can become overpowering. Which isn't to say the sentiments are wrong- to the contrary, most teenagers I've noticed are actually quite right in their thoughts. They do, however, lack full perspective.
A child is not stupid for not knowing things, they simply lack experience and the same breadth of cognition as someone older. A teenager is the same way- even if experience can't change their sentiments, that change in cognition that comes from continuing to grow, usually does it.
Thus, the youthful suicidal, they get caught up in the moment, in the compulsion to kill themselves, while pushing aside the obvious fact that they can always do it later.
And it's understandable- that unknown wait for answers and changes that may never come, it's crushing, overwhelming, devastating.

And those overwhelming emotions, they do pass.
But, does life get better?
Hmm, that's the question, isn't it?
It's one you can't really find the answer to while dead.

So: Is feeling like killing yourself wrong? No.
Does killing yourself make you weak? No.
Is killing yourself wrong? No.
Is giving up on life without admitting to the possibility that your viewpoint might be unnaturally influenced by chemical factors wrong? Very much yes.

If you're going to go out, do it confidentially, knowing the decision truly was your own, standing on a burning car, laughing at everyone with your middle fingers raised.

If you need to kill yourself in a dark corner, ashamed and in pain, then there's something wrong with your approach, and the premises behind your desire.

So, if your friend needs a less indefinite answer to 'when will life get better/when is it okay to die' than 'someday', then simply say this:
When she's 30.

Make that bet with her.
She can give up the next 2/3rds of her life, if she can struggle through the first, doing everything she can- through medicine, adventure, pursuit of ambitions, and otherwise- for the remainder of that third.

If you've deliberately fought to change your fate, who can call you weak for one day giving in to it?

But simply giving in without trying?
Oh, it's inviting, but, and pushing aside silly words like weak and easy, it is, at its heart, a shameful thing. Not because you're killing yourself, not because you're giving up on life-
but because you're giving up on yourself, without fighting for yourself first.

And that's understandable- the suicidal, they tend to think of others before themselves.
But in this, your friend needs to take the time to learn to think of herself, before committing to something so very final.

While I make assumptions about the age range based on probability, you can just exclude those sections for reference if they don't apply- the rest certainly still is valid regardless.