But otherwise, you seem right on; the desire to just give up, to stop existing, is common. (Then again keep in mind who’s commenting here.) All too often though we equate living with existing; there doesn’t seem to be a practical difference between the two, even though we know there to be a difference. And when we try to illustrate that difference in our own lives, we all too often feel we cannot do it, that we are not up to the task.