I feel like I’m in a mental prison waking up here everyday. I can’t remember the last day I was genuinely happy here.
I’m so sick and tired of this country where I feel like I know every corner, nothing is new. There’s no joy or excitement living in this country for me. I eat the same food everyday at home, I’ve seen the same streets in central Singapore for many times now. The working culture here is a slave culture, Singapore society just seem materialistic as a whole it seems hard to make genuine connections with other people.
I feel like mentally it’s like a ‘water droplet’ torture treatment where everyday things just get 1% worse, and now when I wake up I don’t have anything to look forward to, my life experiences are bland and repetitive. I’ve tried to go for some fitness class to change things, but it all feels very temporary from the ‘daily grind’. The everyday moments don’t change, I’m so tired and sick of all the repetition.
To those who are happy here, I don’t know how y’all actually do it. Maybe you can share with me some tips? I feel like I’m alive but barely living at all. I thought of migrating (since I was overseas for uni and really enjoyed it, it was the first time in my life I felt I was actually ‘living’ but now I feel like a zombie and another peg in the machine) but it’s not possible at this stage of my life yet.
Who do you guys cope with all the repetition in this tiny small island for many years?
Here are what netizens think:
- I doubt for a lot of people it’s the country itself that makes them happy here. For me, it’s family. I’m happy wherever my family is. Lesser contributing factors also include the food, familiarity, efficiency, friends. While you’re stuck at this interval, hope you find something that makes you enjoy this place,
- This sounds more like you are unhappy with your life right now rather than the country. Moving to a new country might not help if you are just gonna repeat your old habits. Why not take a moment and think about what makes you happy and unhappy about your life and make changes there?
- I have a friend who thought the same way, he was big on how life in Singapore is soulless and dull. So he decided to travel the world, he went to all kinds of exotic and different places. Then he got mugged in South America. He was badly injured qnd lost everything including the money in his bank account. The police told him he was targeted because he is an asian man and there was nothing they could do. When he returned to Singapore he was suddenly all pro-sg. Apparently he realised that most humans are trash and safety and security is the exception not the norm.