Man, I feel you. Few years back I didnt see sense in anything since everything was fake and there appeared to be no holes through which to escape the system. I went to a shitty school, all bright eyed and shit and got my shit handed to me - surrounded by idiots everywhere. Same thing at work. I remember trying to drown myself in sleep deprivation and playing video games - I worked graveyard shift, came back home in the morning, played games until evening, slept an hour or two and went back to work as a zombie.
Finally something snapped and I booked a 3 month trip to eastern europe to stay with some friends. I was fortunate enough to have a place to live at with my family, so I could do this thing. It was basically 3 months of living life like there was nothing after those three months and by that I don't mean blowing money on stupid shit. I mean taking a step back from who I was and every time that I thought "no", I would say yes and do something completely new to me. When that ended, I went back to the sludge of everyday life, but I brought something back with me - the feeling that I could go into that world again. The world of shit I was was created by me and fuck me if I couldn't get myself out of there then. What also helped me was knowing that there were more fucked up people just like me with whom I could cooperate and be happy. I wasn't alone and I had a purpose now.
Now I'm able to work with people whom I at least respect and the job itself is part of what interests me so it doesn't feel like a boring job. Fuck, I can't remember when I was bored last time. Living simply (no more stuff than can fit in two large standard suitcases) also means I have free money and time to do things I like, like hike and play with cats.
I don't want to sound like an old fart telling stories of his youth but man, there's so much cool places to check out on this planet, so many cool people to meet and so much awesome shit to learn that I can't put it into words. I know it doesn't look that way from where you're standing now and I don't know how to convince you that it really is this way - I know I wouldn't be convinced back then, but:
You can make it be better.