Lately I've felt there's a hole in my life which I can't fill. I've been going through a hard time lately and nothing seems to be getting better; the problems last year, big as they were, were easy to understand and move past. The problems this year however have been seemingly smaller, but far more complex and harder to resolve. They linger on, a taunt to me, suggesting all my maturity in the last few years has faded. I feel like a child in the face of them and like maybe I'm not ready for this life. 
 
Nothing I'm doing is filling this hole I feel. And it IS there, day in and day out. I seem mostly normal on the outside, but deep inside I can feel it, pushing on my lungs and heart, a constant frog in my throat yearning to just escape. I'm caught in this never-ceasing loop of performing mediocre activities as I drift slowly throughout my life. Is anything I do even important? I'll never accomplish everything I hope to. Life will never give me everything I desire. There is not time enough for it all. 
 
And what is this, this work, this activity, this club, this movie to watch, this game to play, this book to read, this meal to eat? Do they even mean anything at all? What is the point of them? What is the point of life? It seems the point of it is to just disappoint. To do as much as you can in the fleeting time you have but regret everything you didn't do. To feel heart ache and feel you are mature enough to handle it, only to realize you are not. To drift and slide without any knowledge of what it is you do that is of real importance. 
 
If I knew there was another life, I would be happy. If I knew there was enough time to everything I want to. If I knew it was all going to turn out okay, then I'd be happy. But it's not the way it is. And it never will be.

Wow, the sun is finally shining in this winter darkness and you just totally dragged me down!

I recognize your words, I do, but you can't bury yourself in that empty feeling. Ride it out, there are good times ahead of you yet.

I sincerely wish something happens to cheer you up soon.

" @SpawnMan:  
 
Everyone has these thoughts. I use to suffer from serious depression, and literally one single idea completely brought me out of it: 
You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. The media and pop culture constantly portray this sense that if you are not constantly so fucking thrilled about everything then there is something wrong with you. That is bullshit. They are trying to sell you something. Life is hard. It will always be hard. Accept that you are not going to feel great sometimes. When you come out it, the happiness you feel will actually mean something. If a roller coaster was just a constant up hill climb, it would really suck wouldn't it?  Hills and valleys man.  Also, if some creep tells you that Jesus will fill that hole in your life, tell him to go fuck himself. Because he's trying to sell you something too. "

@SpawnMan:  
 
Everyone has these thoughts. I use to suffer from serious depression, and literally one single idea completely brought me out of it: 
You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. 
The media and pop culture constantly portray this sense that if you are not constantly so fucking thrilled about everything then there is something wrong with you. That is bullshit. They are trying to sell you something. Life is hard. It will always be hard. Accept that you are not going to feel great sometimes. When you come out it, the happiness you feel will actually mean something. If a roller coaster was just a constant up hill climb, it would really suck wouldn't it?  
Hills and valleys man. 
 
Also, if some creep tells you that Jesus will fill that hole in your life, tell him to go fuck himself. Because he's trying to sell you something too.

" @SpawnMan:  
 
Everyone has these thoughts. I use to suffer from serious depression, and literally one single idea completely brought me out of it: 
You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. The media and pop culture constantly portray this sense that if you are not constantly so fucking thrilled about everything then there is something wrong with you. That is bullshit. They are trying to sell you something. Life is hard. It will always be hard. Accept that you are not going to feel great sometimes. When you come out it, the happiness you feel will actually mean something. If a roller coaster was just a constant up hill climb, it would really suck wouldn't it?  Hills and valleys man.  Also, if some creep tells you that Jesus will fill that hole in your life, tell him to go fuck himself. Because he's trying to sell you something too. "

" @SpawnMan:  
 
Everyone has these thoughts. I use to suffer from serious depression, and literally one single idea completely brought me out of it: 
You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. The media and pop culture constantly portray this sense that if you are not constantly so fucking thrilled about everything then there is something wrong with you. That is bullshit. They are trying to sell you something. Life is hard. It will always be hard. Accept that you are not going to feel great sometimes. When you come out it, the happiness you feel will actually mean something. If a roller coaster was just a constant up hill climb, it would really suck wouldn't it?  Hills and valleys man.  Also, if some creep tells you that Jesus will fill that hole in your life, tell him to go fuck himself. Because he's trying to sell you something too. "

If it makes you feel better.. I'm going through the same exact thing, What's your age?

" @McGhee_the_Insomniac

@SpawnMan:  
 
Everyone has these thoughts. I use to suffer from serious depression, and literally one single idea completely brought me out of it: 
You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. 
The media and pop culture constantly portray this sense that if you are not constantly so fucking thrilled about everything then there is something wrong with you. That is bullshit. They are trying to sell you something. Life is hard. It will always be hard. Accept that you are not going to feel great sometimes. When you come out it, the happiness you feel will actually mean something. If a roller coaster was just a constant up hill climb, it would really suck wouldn't it?  
Hills and valleys man. 
 
Also, if some creep tells you that Jesus will fill that hole in your life, tell him to go fuck himself. Because he's trying to sell you something too.

This man makes a sound argument. "

I know what you mean OP. 
 
I've been trying for two years to get into the same university (a very nice one, but my program takes 65 people out of 1000+ entrants), and have made it within the top 2% each time, but still not enough to get in. This year I'm broadening my applications, but either way... I feel like the past two years since I graduated have been wasted. I just want to get my life started, and instead of being cooped up at home or at my job, I want to be in a place where I can socialize and learn (like a university). I'm kinda wasting the prime years of my life here, and it's leaving me empty feeling. 
 
It's not a matter of lack of faith for me or anything. I know exactly what I want in life, but am facing lots of obstacles. It's like looking at what you want behind a glass window. So close, yet so far. 

" Although I don't purport to have all the answers, I urge you to check out a church and talk to a pastor there (follow that up with talking to others until you've gotten a good feel for the place). Even if you an Athiest like my boss always was all his life, you may find that you have an epiphany and realize you don't know all the answers to life on Earth and your existance, and like my boss you may just find yourself turning into an Agnostic; or maybe even a believer. "

I can put something in that hole for you.

" @Galiant said:

" @McGhee_the_Insomniac

@SpawnMan:  
 
Everyone has these thoughts. I use to suffer from serious depression, and literally one single idea completely brought me out of it: 
You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. 
The media and pop culture constantly portray this sense that if you are not constantly so fucking thrilled about everything then there is something wrong with you. That is bullshit. They are trying to sell you something. Life is hard. It will always be hard. Accept that you are not going to feel great sometimes. When you come out it, the happiness you feel will actually mean something. If a roller coaster was just a constant up hill climb, it would really suck wouldn't it?  
Hills and valleys man. 
 
Also, if some creep tells you that Jesus will fill that hole in your life, tell him to go fuck himself. Because he's trying to sell you something too.

This man makes a sound argument. "

As a counter point to his argument, I'll make one of my own from my own Christian faith perspective.   Indeed, those thoughts are thoughts that EVERYONE has, the Bible in fact describes the feeling just as you did, as a hole that is seemingly unfillable. The Bible even states that man cannot live without thinking about the existence of a God, because man will at some point wonder his own existence and the point therein. Questions that few mortal answers satisfy to the absolute. I never will have to wonder about my existence and the point of life. Therefore I rarely feel depressed, because I know that my God placed me here on this Earth for a reason. The Bible states that the commandments above all commandments are to love your God with all your heart and to love your neighbor as yourself. The ultimate point of life therefore is to SERVE. Which is about as polar opposite from the reality of most Westerners and their goals as you can get. As society these days is very consumer-oriented and selfish.   To quote Demon Hunter from their song "Tie This Around Your Neck",  "This is the age of the dead, the generation of pagan and self-led. You can feel the bones shatter beneath your feet, the blood of lust staining our teeth. They feed on pain (Pain!), disorder (DISORDER!), delusion (DELUSION!), the filth of the modern plague. And in this reign of godlessness, the heathens will say. TIE THIS AROUND YOUR NECK. FOOL."  That selfish existence of fulfilling only your own desires in life and giving no thought or consideration to the One who gave you life and those you are here to serve (your fellow man), is like a cancer that will eventually eat you away and rot you from the inside out.   If you've ever seen very old athiests, you'll notice that most of them are very bitter people, and ultimately lack joy in life. That's not true of everyone, but there are plenty of examples (including in my own family). The spark of hope for life, for a life after life that is GOOD, and for a purpose to serve and lead others to the fulfillment in Christ that you have, that fulfillment that there is MORE to life than the 9 to 5 job and the wife and the slog of living, is something that scarcely comes when you take God and His roadmap and His wisdom out of the picture.   Although I don't purport to have all the answers, I urge you to check out a church and talk to a pastor there (follow that up with talking to others until you've gotten a good feel for the place). Even if you an Athiest like my boss always was all his life, you may find that you have an epiphany and realize you don't know all the answers to life on Earth and your existance, and like my boss you may just find yourself turning into an Agnostic; or maybe even a believer. But I tell you that the fulfillment and spark in life is found not in the material and everyday, but in the spiritual, the wisdom, the calm, the joy and the peace that comes from the body of Christ, trust in God, and living a life based on the principles of his Word.   Just the other day me, my four roomates and my two friends gathered together in our living room and we spent an hour holding hands and praying for others. THAT is what makes you feel good about life. I'm the oldest of the bunch (at 26) and I'm telling you that having that kind of experience with a group of friends at this age is practically unheard of. But when you are in this type of environment, know these types of people, and believe in this faith, nothing can bring you down. And you can only know this Truth when you experience the love of God for yourself. No one can give it to you. You have to feel it and find it yourself. That's why no comment on Giantbomb is ever going to shake me up, much less what I encounter in the real world. "Forgive them Father for they know not what they do.", I got the wisdom of ages backing my views, "not the slurs of the youth" (another Demon Hunter quote) ;) So I don't pay it any mind, I got the light inside me and nothing will contain it or shut that door, for I've seen the evidenced truths with my own eyes and in my own heart and the hearts, and lives, of others. Anyhoo hope you find what you are looking for. I'll lift you up in prayer and feel free to send me a message if you wanna talk more or have any questions, I love helping people and I'd be more than happy to help you out. Take care man.  "

"I can put something in that hole for you. "

yer young, and you need a productive hobby or job to occupy your mind.

I used to suffer from depression myself, since my social anxiety left me a wailing ball constantly in fear of what people though, but them I stopped giving a shit about what others thought and understood my chances of getting jumped are slim to none here. Now I don't get gloomy or fearful much, though I still get the physical response of an adrenaline rush when around groups of people, makes it hard to eat lunch. 
Though now I have gotten an extreme dislike of gloomy people, now I'm not Mr Sunshine and Rainbows, but seriously, what has sitting around being all sad ever done for you? Cause for me it didn't do shit. 
 
EDIT: I guess what I'm saying here is to take things one day at a time and sure, you're most likely going to crawl out of the life-pool covered in shit, but the treasure you can find in that pool is worth a lot more than that shit, so just take a shower. 
 
If  that didn't help, it might be good to know I haven't slept in two days.

I can relate to the original post. 
 
And that same happened to me. I am still trying to fill that same void. My solution I think is connected with spirituality. 

" I can put something in that hole for you. "

"Lately I've felt there's a hole in my life which I can't fill. I've been going through a hard time lately and nothing seems to be getting better; the problems last year, big as they were, were easy to understand and move past. The problems this year however have been seemingly smaller, but far more complex and harder to resolve. They linger on, a taunt to me, suggesting all my maturity in the last few years has faded. I feel like a child in the face of them and like maybe I'm not ready for this life.  Nothing I'm doing is filling this hole I feel. And it IS there, day in and day out. I seem mostly normal on the outside, but deep inside I can feel it, pushing on my lungs and heart, a constant frog in my throat yearning to just escape. I'm caught in this never-ceasing loop of performing mediocre activities as I drift slowly throughout my life. Is anything I do even important? I'll never accomplish everything I hope to. Life will never give me everything I desire. There is not time enough for it all.  And what is this, this work, this activity, this club, this movie to watch, this game to play, this book to read, this meal to eat? Do they even mean anything at all? What is the point of them? What is the point of life? It seems the point of it is to just disappoint. To do as much as you can in the fleeting time you have but regret everything you didn't do. To feel heart ache and feel you are mature enough to handle it, only to realize you are not. To drift and slide without any knowledge of what it is you do that is of real importance.  If I knew there was another life, I would be happy. If I knew there was enough time to everything I want to. If I knew it was all going to turn out okay, then I'd be happy. But it's not the way it is. And it never will be. "

This's me a week ago. (Read through it because yes it is depressing but you'll get to a good bit later on.)

by yourself

" @McGhee_the_Insomniac: I'll have to disagree with your ultimate conclusion, I'll just say that as many people "fall away" from it as you describe and as your own personal experience attests, so to do many people return to their faith the older they get (probably in larger numbers). I don't feel like getting into a long-winded discussion on religion either, so I'm not gonna get into it. My post speaks for itself, but its not about warm gushy feelings, but about a fundamental truth and faith, as well as ones own experiences with their God. Often times when people do go to a Bible College they end up losing their faith, that's how my Bible Study teacher was. He nearly became an Atheist like most of his friends; nowadays he takes apart their arguments in seconds flat and has returned to his faith stronger than ever before.  But its an interesting story. I'd ask you to watch Ben Stein's "Expelled" if you haven't seen it before, the words that Richard Dawkins says out of his own mouth are priceless and IMHO epitomize the eternal flaw in Atheism. Not to mention the inherent contradictions he espouses. "

Meh, my life sucks right now too. My school sucks and I'm in a program I don't belong in, a program designed for retards and fuck-ups, and to top it all off, I have to fucking commute there. There's no college memories to be had when you're forced to commute to school, especially when your school is full of cocksuckers whose arrogance practically creates a toxic cloud over the campus. I feel like I just don't belong there, and no matter how many times I tell myself to keep my head up and that things will eventually work out, it's easier said than done. All you can do is keep pushing forward and hope things eventually start to look up, man. It's all anyone can do.

I've never been depressed, so I don't think I can help much. Whenever I feel like there's a hole in my life, it's usually just because of lack of sleep. I'm not necessarily a religious person, but the belief that God has put you on this Earth for something I think is a very strong thought that can help push people through some tough times. And remember, this is coming from someone who was raised Atheist, and puts absolutely no faith into the Bible. But the idea of God can be helpful if you're willing to look past the crazy shit that some religious people do.

" @SpawnMan:  
 
Everyone has these thoughts. I use to suffer from serious depression, and literally one single idea completely brought me out of it: 
You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. You are not suppose to be happy all of the time. The media and pop culture constantly portray this sense that if you are not constantly so fucking thrilled about everything then there is something wrong with you. That is bullshit. They are trying to sell you something. Life is hard. It will always be hard. Accept that you are not going to feel great sometimes. When you come out it, the happiness you feel will actually mean something. If a roller coaster was just a constant up hill climb, it would really suck wouldn't it?  Hills and valleys man.  Also, if some creep tells you that Jesus will fill that hole in your life, tell him to go fuck himself. Because he's trying to sell you something too. "

To me, there's a void in every person's life that only Jesus Christ can fill.The empty spot people feel is their soul.

Yeah, I think most people feel like this at times. My advice: Get out and be around people. Sometimes listening to daily podcasts helps.  
 
If that doesn't do the trick, I might recommend reading up on mindfulness meditation.  Reading Jon Kabat-Zinn's Wherever You Go, There You Are is a great starting point. 

" Lately I've felt there's a hole in my life which I can't fill. I've been going through a hard time lately and nothing seems to be getting better; the problems last year, big as they were, were easy to understand and move past. The problems this year however have been seemingly smaller, but far more complex and harder to resolve. They linger on, a taunt to me, suggesting all my maturity in the last few years has faded. I feel like a child in the face of them and like maybe I'm not ready for this life.  Nothing I'm doing is filling this hole I feel. And it IS there, day in and day out. I seem mostly normal on the outside, but deep inside I can feel it, pushing on my lungs and heart, a constant frog in my throat yearning to just escape. I'm caught in this never-ceasing loop of performing mediocre activities as I drift slowly throughout my life. Is anything I do even important? I'll never accomplish everything I hope to. Life will never give me everything I desire. There is not time enough for it all.  And what is this, this work, this activity, this club, this movie to watch, this game to play, this book to read, this meal to eat? Do they even mean anything at all? What is the point of them? What is the point of life? It seems the point of it is to just disappoint. To do as much as you can in the fleeting time you have but regret everything you didn't do. To feel heart ache and feel you are mature enough to handle it, only to realize you are not. To drift and slide without any knowledge of what it is you do that is of real importance.  If I knew there was another life, I would be happy. If I knew there was enough time to everything I want to. If I knew it was all going to turn out okay, then I'd be happy. But it's not the way it is. And it never will be. "