What is the cause of the experience of meaninglessness, and what is the best remedy for this state of mind?

Question

What is the cause of the experience of meaninglessness, and what is the best remedy for this state of mind?

Answer 1

Feelings of meaningless are caused by confusion, and the best remedy is to try to find the meaning. =]

Answer 2

Meaningless, of no purpose, aim or determination. For life to become meaningless man needs to lose all sense of motivation, intention and vision. The causes vary from apathy, disillusionment and a disregard for worldly matter.

Cures are renewed vigour instilled by well wishers, love and compassionate understanding from a trusted source.

Man gains mastery of his own will and mind, creates his own purpose and goal, or has a predestined path upon which he is spiritually compelled to journey to the ordained end. His life experiences have writ upon the tablet of his soul his personality traits, preferences and inclinations.

If these are meaningless his task is to overcome these impediments, if they inspire his imagination towards greater goals then he must nurture and protect this visionary imagination that creates a supernal soul from ordinate mortal.

Answer 3

Inactivity, and activity. Some wise one once said "The natural state of a thinking man is depression".

Answer 4

Meaningless is caused by ignorance; ignorance of your existence, soul, and character.  

I don't mean to offend you but am serious.  If you want to remedy this state of mind, go to your local library, or go online and pick up some reading material on major questions that past philosophers have pondered.  

The best write: There is a God; and it is contradicted by another writer There is no God.  Man is selfish; then contradicted by Man is unselfish; etc.

Answer 5

It has been called weltschmertz http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weltschmerz...

there are many varieties of meaninglessness - It can be whan you have been very creative and feel empty when it stops - this is sometimes called 'the fruitful void' The place of gather ing energy for the next out of creativity or intense focus.  

I experienced  meaningless first when my abuser stopped abusing me and no one could reach me.

if it happened now I would just sit with it - everything passes. Chemicals in the body arent any answer they just make more questions arise.

Answer 6

depression

prozac

Answer 7

The answer is obvious, and you have obviously forgotten what the meaning of life is...

The meaning of life is...

Hard core rock music, and the undulating leather-clad women who are turned on by it...

(You can thank me later for this gentle reminder...)