And to make things worse....*grabs your nose*.... I've got your nose!

Gah! *looks up at the playful tiger, unable to fight the smile that spreads acrous his face*

I am of the belief that we choose our hardships in life before we reincarnate...we do so to atone for the misdeeds of previous incarnations.
The movie "what dreams may come" is an example of this concept.

*Hugs,wrapping arms,tail and potleafwings around you in a friendly and comforting manner*

We do not give ourselves more hardships than we can endure so i am sure that things will turn around for you eventually...just hang in there dude...life is a lot like a roller coaster ride...it has its ups and downs....for every down there is inevitably an up

*hugs back*

Thank you for your wisdom and kindness, but it's not that I suffer, its that others suffer all around me while the only thing I've really got is deep rooted self loathing.

It makes me feel like such a weak bastard who knows nothing of life and has yet to earn his right to be in it. Why should others have to endure such pain while those who deserve it go unpunished? It’s not right.

Ahhh i get ya now.
Well if you have not endured any suffering then perhaps it means you did not do anything in your past lives that you regretted and felt you must atone for.
Or it could also mean your soul is more evolved than most...more older and experienced..that it does not require suffering in life to learn lessons because it already has learned those lessons for which suffering is required...perhaps...instead of learning...your soul reincarnated to accomplish something?

Well, not to say my life's been a ray of sunshine. I just feel that what I call 'hardships' are incomparably weak to the ordeals of others. I’ve not been beaten, left hungry, been the public victim, or so forth that others here have gone through.

The only excuses I can make are low self esteem from what I hesitate to call mental abuse from my mother and peers, an inferiority complex brought on by envy of my more successful younger brother, and social phobia.

I feel like such a weakling and a coward. How am I supposed to find my purpose in this life if I have no talents, skill, and experience or have even faced the trials meant to awaken such qualities?

Search within yourself my friend...the qualities you seek are within you...ya do not need to suffer to obtain them and draw them out...sure sometimes great qualities and talents are awakened by suffering but those qualities always existed in that person...all they had to do was look within and grab ahold of such qualities and talents to pull them out into the open.

Don't feel so bad about siblings being more successful dude...i am 31 years old highschool dropout who hasent even got a drivers liscense,still lives with my mom and ALL my siblings have moved out gotten their highschool diplomas,can drive and have places of their own as well as good paying jobs...one of them is even going to college.

Try not to worry bout your pourpose in life my friend...just sit back and enjoy the roller coaster ride we call life
Try to enjoy the simple things in life too...life is full of many beautiful things most take for granted..for example the way the snow sparkles like a billion tiny diamonds whenever the sun hits it just right or the awe inspiring beauty of the colors that can be found within a single sunset

Dont give up man Dx'

I'll do my best.

The fact that people are actually commenting are really helping, as a matter of fact.