Analogies to express anxiety and depression?

[Keldi]

Specifically this concept:
You don't want to die, you just don't want to exist.

Can somebody help with creating an analogy for this?

 

[Bowie]

"I don't want to die but I don't want to live" comes to mind. I doubt that counts, though.

 

[moonford]

"A dark eternal cave".

This illness is so shattering.

 

[mitfy]

i personally would use space as a metaphor or example. the vastness of it; how cold, quiet, dark, and empty it is; the existential vibe many people get from it. i'd use that since i love space and find it a good example of myself.

maybe even the concept of a nebula - a star that dies turns into something lifeless yet beautiful.

 

[primandimproper]

"I just want to lay down and never wake up."

I use that one a lot.