Message from @Mr. X
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Hmm I can understand that experience. And relate to it in a sense.
Yes its a surprisingly familiar one when you have it
I like to acquire as much knowledge as I can. Which is why I enjoy deep philosophical discussions such as this.
Yeah hey,
yeah well it certainly helped me overcome my own nihilism
If I was a nihilist I'd still play the game and stand by my morals for sure.
Just in case I was wrong.
Real nihilism is pretty painful
For who? The self or others?
Or both?
I find true nihilism pretty sad.
to really contemplate meaninglessness
is quite painful
the condition of the heroin user
I wouldn't find it painful to be honest.
Well the human condition is painful
In what sense?
We suffer emotions, delusions, sickness, age, death
To adapt and evolve you'll need to suffer.
I don't see an alternative way of living. But at least most of us can experience the beauty of our universe and be happy.
well this is pretty central to a lot of philosophy, west and east
How do you deal with the suffering
how do you go about living this
its not an easy one
Isolation to be honest.
I mean I'm my own worst enemy and best friend so that's basically how I deal with it.
well psychoanalysis has a good take on this too
But when I actually deal with it properly I pretend to be someone Im not in order to fit in more.
But with actual suffering I can't really say I deal with it.
Maybe it was just too much for me but I guess I just distract myself from pain since it just seems like the best thing to do.
And it works because then I can multitask and work on bettering myself while just ignoring the pain.
so the psychoanalytic view
would be that we must nurture our pain
And by bettering myself I dont mean by helping myself but I mean by trying to make myself a better person like a good person.
as part of us is still infantile
and it needs to be parented
and often our parents make mistakes
Which lead to all sorts of beliefs