Lost Souls...

God bless You and You be able to sustain Your compassion.
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I've been lost many times over but always find away to rise above. I'm currently on a bottom that seems to have no end faith is all I have! I know from experience that you are right with everything you've said here and it's comforting to know there are others who share my desire to reach out to the lost generations who really need to be inspired. Thank you for sharing as every voice counts for something.

I understand what your saying and glad others feel the same way I was once what you call ''broken'' or ''lost'' I don't find the term broken wrong. I was broken still a little bit something inside of me was crushed and broken it made me hide and put up a wall . It was things people said people did and it drove me to feel empty. Since God healed me I have a heart for the ''broken ones'' I want to be there to tell them there's hope don't give up your not alone someone out there who loves you who can heal you like he did me and can take away those feelings that weigh you down and hurt you and rather you agree with me or not his name is Jesus.

The world needs people like you.

I try the same but sometimes it ends in dejection for me if I can't help or people dont let me.

It is true that we become broken by our life's encounters and get 'lost' along the way. It is good that we are compassionate enough to feel for the 'broken' people and empathize with them and vice versa. End of the day, the so called 'broken' people must come to realise that the degree of empathy and compassion have their limits which ought not be misused.

Yes should be renamed instead for the Lost Souls :)

Thank you for that. It really hepled me right now and I'm really glad I ran into that! <3

Thank you for that. Its just what I needed right now! <3

i was terribly damaged in childhood and as a result i self constructed a prison in an attempt to keep me "alive" and safe. Then when I was twenty one, I read this quote. "Shame on your parents for what they did to you, shame on you if you stay that way". This was the opening of the prison door that then set me on the path of the " journey with a thousand steps". I have now lived 67 years and am about 789 steps along the path that is taking me back to my original unconditioned, undamaged, pure and natural self. I have at long last experienced "JOY". I am not a Joy-Full person but, I will not pass out of this world with out knowing what it feels like to experience joy. That has been my finest gift in life so far.

I feel that life puts a test on us with different circumstances but when we couldn't handle it it get on different path and react differently, if at that point they been given proper guidance at that point is a real support we can offer.

I find encouraged there are people that despite considering themselves lost souls they go on.

Somehow despite setbacks they go on. OTOH most of us experience setbacks of one degree or another. I believe it can encouraging, sometimes crucially important to be there for each other.

To remind the other person they are not alone. There is somebody who cares.

I suspect one of the worst feelings is to feel there is nobody is there for them.

I belong to a support group for a mood disorder. Don't want to name the support group for confidentiality reasons. There are constantly messages who write they want to kill themselves. How serious they are I don't know. I just feel every suicide threat should be taken seriously. Okay its trite here. "Better safe than sorry."

Below is the last verse of blink182 "Adam's Song"

"Tomorrow holds such better days

Days when I could still feel alive

When I can't wait to get outside

The world is wide, the time goes by

The tour is over I survived "

It starts out , at least to me, extremely disturbing. Yet it ends with "The Tour is over I survived.. Know the group confessed that Adam of "Adam'sLetter" never existed. I deplore how the musicians played with the emotions of well meaning people. I so like how they tried to write a song of encouragement to those who most need it. Bottom Line. Perhaps the difference between between feeling like a lost soul and a soul whose lost forever is knowing someone cares. This I swear is true.

'Strong at the broken places'.it's the lost broken places that can give us our strength and our appreciation of this beautiful world and life that we have been given the chance to enjoy and share. Everyone has a painful,sad,destructive tale in their story,how else would we learn the lesson of those experiences otherwise. What matters is not so much what happened to us but how we deal with the aftermarth..do we choose to sink or swim, to carry on the circle that 'broke us' or break the circle and and go forth to enjoy . (this is not said to belittle anyones suffering or pain,it is said from my own experiences and viewpoint)

may life be kind to you and all that you hope for x

Lovely post. I have felt "broken" many times in my life. It is sad to see unhappy people. If only everyone had your attitude we humans might feel less alone and misunderstood. I just cannot understand people who get their "kicks" by hurting others. A friend of mine told me how she was so sad one time she nearly started crying on the bus because a woman showed her kindness! Imagine, she was moved to tears just because someone treated her like a human being! Which means that most don't treat their fellow humans very well and i have seen this again and again, in the workplace and in the family.

Spot on, dreamgirl. I think those of us who have been through hell and back sometimes feel broken. I like to believe I use the hard times to be more compassionate and understanding of others. People need more understanding, more empathy, more kindness. I like you.

Unfortunately some people aren't aware that their listlessness may be temporary. Some people are either doomed by themselves, circumstance, or a combination of the two, to be "broken" or lost for the remainder of their existence. It may sound bleak at first, but it's impossible to try and help everyone or think that everyone is capable of being helped.

"A person should not be too honest. Straight trees are cut first and Honest people are screwed first."

i had some experience , but you know - my lover my first love she cheated me very dramatically

before 4 years - and i havebeen used to call or tect her for her birthday only

but i dont know do she remeber me or , what ever it might be , i believe she does not have luck to live with me LOLZ

Let she go to her on way ,

but WHY i cant even forget her .......................

Good people are made from virtue but saints are made from faults.

I agree that there is no need to call ourselves broken although we all are surely wounded in our life journeys. There's no way around that; getting wounded comes with the territory of living. First my parents who raised me tended to overprotect me, to shield me from hurts rather than trained me to become resilient to it. They did the best they knew how based on how they themselves had been reared. What are you going to do but take responsibility as whether you'll outgrow that or keep it? You can still honor your parents even if you decide to shed something they taught you which simply just doesn't work, doesn't help you grow. Then I learned to flee from difficulty in order to protect myself from getting wounded as if getting wounded were a telltale sign of human inferiority rather than just an evidence of paying the regular universal cost of living. As I've grown, I've learned the hard way to regard getting wounded as simply evidence that it's part of life itself and nothing more. It's certainly not something to dread as going to hell or regard as being cursed. Instead, I think we should regard our wounds as a challenge. It's how we respond to our wounds that define our character. And finally, cowardice is itself a contemptible curse. At the very least, a cowardly approach is a bad bad approach. Unfortunately, I plead guilty. I have been cowardly at times in my past which I hate to admit. Now I've learned to love and accept myself for my virtues and also my faults. The first step in transcending oneself begins with loving and accepting oneself for one's one virtues and faults. Condemnation from others and self condemnation never lead to repentence but instead to more cowardice on the part of the condemned.

"A man can be broken but not defeated"

screamed cried hide myself from social connections but still the pain is there in me in my dreams in my heart everywhere i just want to get rid dont knw i am a broken heart or broken person who dont have power to face challenges of life i want you back grandma i love u.....

Thank you Dreamgirl122. I bottomed out in my mid twenties. I knew it all, I ran from human connection.

In my 30s, I broke down several times. It's like falling to pieces and one day waking up to know it is up to me to choose how to put things back together.

Hitting 40 taught me to accept me in each moment, especially when I am low and challenged. That way I can make better choices for me and take charge of my vessel.

Great to see all the comments here too. It helps.

I'm the same way. When others hurt, I hurt.

keep it up; it should be the way as you described.

Working with the public i see some of the Broken/Lost people of our society. Some are so far gone in their misery they can not adjust to human society, living instead some sort of feral, self contained dejection. These I term Broken. Some have hidden wells of inner strength and can come back to us with a little help. These i term lost (but now are back!)

I have had dealings with one man so miserable to deal with, who lashes out with hurtful derogatory comments with little to no provocation. Yet he manages to remain a functional part of society. I was so upset after a confrontation with him that a friend had to point out that I was not alone in not liking him. 'He is the most detested man in town', she said and of course that made me pity him. He must be so full of hurt and anger that he strikes out like a little boy. He is miserable because he is full of misery. I am normally a calm and understanding person, I have worked for years with the public and can take a lot from people. I understand people can have a bad day and their tone may not be polite, I can handle problems with our service, professionally and calmly, but this man pushes all my buttons. Very hard to be understanding! Is he Lost or Broken?

I think there is a big difference between an unhappy person and a "broken person". I also think that truly broken people mostly appear to be happy on the outside. They have built walls around their pain and you never really know they are broken, unless you tear down those walls and/or they let you in. Those people who suffer silently are indeed broken. That doesn't mean they are horrible people; they usually are very kindhearted, caring, loving, and loyal people who carry their pain like a shameful secret; hiding it because maybe they fear judgement from others, maybe fear appearing "defective" to others, fear having to explain or somehow justify to others and being blamed... and all of that behaviour contributes, maintains, and increases their own suffering; which is such a very sad and lonely position to be in. Speaking as one of those people who struggle, I don't think the term broken is derogatory at all, I think it describes perfectly how I feel about myself.

Its the only word that really grasps the depth of pain, the feeling of having complete knowledge that something separates you from everyone else, that something is wrong inside, and knowing that no matter what; it can never be fixed.



Self acceptance- instead of trying to glue all the peices back together to get "fixed" - is the key. I'd rather be broken and realize it, accept it, and know that its not my fault ; its just a part of who I am; than to become totally shattered into a million shards of pain.by trying to hide it, or fix it, or deny it.



hard to explain I guess.

Is it okay if I reccoment your story on another site I am a member of?

Pretty much the point of the site is for people in pain to share their stories.

My pain left long ago and I'm pretty much neutral now but I go there to share things I have never been able to with anyone offline and to encourage people, especially the youth on there whop are suffering.

You speak of "Broken People" as if they're all people who have had an unfortunate moment they need to get over, but I have witnessed the breaking of human beings and it isn't as simple as you seem to feel.



I grew up in a violent home where there was no affection, all we knew was abuse, be it violent or psychological, and I can assure you, for some, it creates a deep and ever lasting anger, people who do not know love, so they survive on hatred.



I survived, in fact remarkably well, but my older and younger brothers were not like me, they didn't have my make up, as a result, they were deeply and psychologically damaged for life.



How bad was my homelife? I watched my father shake my 10 year old sister to death when I was only 12 years old myself. Did I feel sorry for her? No way, I thoght she was lucky, in fact, I wished it was me who had died.



There are many damaged and broken people who have endured decades of this kind of experience, those aren't people who should build bridges and get over it, they're broken, their damage cannot be repaired, it just goes on causing a snowballing of their problems, it doesn't get better, the only thing that will relieve the endless agony of a life like that, is death.



Any kind of abuse of a child, be it psychological, sexual, or physical, is no worse than the other, the damage it does is for life.



Anyone who damages a child in any way, should be removed from our society for their entire life, because those monsters through their abuse of children are doing nothing more than creating future monsters, or people so broken, they will never ever feel a part of our society..

I am all about helping others. In he end i am the one to need help but that is soooo much easier to tell strangers than it is a friend or someone close to me. i guess u can say Im broken but through it all i spend.my time helping others. Pay it.forward. ....

I love your post. I don't think I could have said it better. Thank you for sharing your insight.

I agree, we all get lost at some point in our lives. Its finding your moment, your soul, something that makes you feel good. Looking on the inside and finding that which makes you feel content on where you are. I have been on a soul searching journey for a while now and have found that the only person that can make me happy is ME. Then spreading my happiness, being kind, compassionate, patient, loving comes naturally. I look for inspiration everyday, its what keeps me going, makes my heart full and helps me heal. Having a lost soul is difficult, but when you start finding yourself, you will know and feel it :)