Were/are you prone to existential crisis?

[Soyteen Liker]

I remember as far back as when I was 8-9 years old I would be afraid to watch certain Vsauce videos because of the dread I'd get. I was also afraid a black hole would swallow the Earth and I had a dream where it did on the first day of 6th grade and mom had to comfort me. Nowadays, I sometimes fall into solipsism (the belief you're the only person with sentience; that everything originates from your mind) but I realize I just need to socialize more and be careful with my meds.

What about you guys?

 

[Stephen]

^Product of my imagination above me

 

[ArBcswqnxNobgkdgULRxknEtLw]

I remember as far back as when I was 8-9 years old I would be afraid to watch certain Vsauce videos because of the dread I'd get. I was also afraid a black hole would swallow the Earth and I had a dream where it did on the first day of 6th grade and mom had to comfort me. Nowadays, I sometimes fall into solipsism (the belief you're the only person with sentience; that everything originates from your mind) but I realize I just need to socialize more and be careful with my meds.

What about you guys?

Every once in a while whenever I see a Xitter tranny's profile and they have the number of eggs they've cracked
Otherwise I love everything and everyone and everything matters

 

[MeursaultLE]

nah

 

[Jimb0]

I remember as far back as when I was 8-9 years old I would be afraid to watch certain Vsauce videos because of the dread I'd get. I was also afraid a black hole would swallow the Earth and I had a dream where it did on the first day of 6th grade and mom had to comfort me. Nowadays, I sometimes fall into solipsism (the belief you're the only person with sentience; that everything originates from your mind) but I realize I just need to socialize more and be careful with my meds.

What about you guys?

nah no vsauce or anything like that, my existential crisis was realizing there's no god

 

[Slvt4BIBISI]

I reach solipsism about every time a take a shower. Only real viable cosmic threat is quasars.

 

[(In)CelibatePsycho]

No, I’ve never had an existential crisis before.
I’ve thought about the afterlife and solipsism before but it’s never made me freak out (this is because I’m mentally stable and NT)

What makes you think you aren’t the only person with consciousness? I know you aren’t, because I have consciousness, but you don’t know that.

 

[Soyteen Liker]

No, I’ve never had an existential crisis before.
I’ve thought about the afterlife and solipsism before but it’s never made me freak out.

What makes you think you aren’t the only person with consciousness? I know you aren’t, because I have consciousness, but you don’t know that.

I dunno, it's been awhile since that last popped up. I guess it's like, "maybe I'm a heckin boltzmann brain"

 

[jimbo]

no not necessarily
the thought of there not being an afterlife doesn't really scare me all that much since i'll be dead anyway
but i'd prefer if there was one

 

[Slvt4BIBISI]

I do think the most fun questions revolve around consciousness because we don’t actually need it so why have it?

 

[Jimb0]

s, I sometimes fall into solipsism

I CAN A 100% ASSURE YOU I HAVE CONSCIENCE

 

[Steve]

I remember as far back as when I was 8-9 years old I would be afraid to watch certain Vsauce videos because of the dread I'd get. I was also afraid a black hole would swallow the Earth and I had a dream where it did on the first day of 6th grade and mom had to comfort me. Nowadays, I sometimes fall into solipsism (the belief you're the only person with sentience; that everything originates from your mind) but I realize I just need to socialize more and be careful with my meds.

What about you guys?

nah no vsauce or anything like that, my existential crisis was realizing there's no god
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[Jimb0]

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how is acro wrong doe??

 

[Stephen]

No consciousness ITT except for Steve

 

[𝗠𝗞𝗖]

No. I've probably said this before but I do think I was chosen by God for a specific purpose. A great chunk of my life will be spent trying to find out exactly what that purpose is, and once that's discovered I will spend the rest of my time attempting to fulfill it.
The discovery of this purpose/task/mission does not mean my life will drastically improve or that I'll achieve tranquility by any means, by the way. It also doesn't make me superior to anyone else. I think everyone has some sort of purpose, and it doesn't necessarily have to be an extremely important one. The possibility of anyone being completely useless is 0 in my mind.

 

[Goot]

I've genrally moved past existential dread, it's only something people suffer if they aren't able to convice themselves it doesn't effect them (it doesn't)

 

[MoonMetropolis]

I remember as far back as when I was 8-9 years old I would be afraid to watch certain Vsauce videos because of the dread I'd get. I was also afraid a black hole would swallow the Earth and I had a dream where it did on the first day of 6th grade and mom had to comfort me. Nowadays, I sometimes fall into solipsism (the belief you're the only person with sentience; that everything originates from your mind) but I realize I just need to socialize more and be careful with my meds.

What about you guys?

Yes, because I'm also a sperg. I often feel like my life isn't real, and also often wonder whether I'm the only real person and everyone else isn't real. I have, for a long time, frequently found myself lost in a world of solipsistic existentialism, which is typical autism on my part.

This existential short story has always stayed in my mind. I still think about it more than any other story I've ever read: https://www.galactanet.com/oneoff/theegg_mod.html

I honestly consider myself a nihilist. I would like to think that there is some meaning in life, but I honestly feel like all spiritual and religious beliefs are just coping mechanisms for people who can't handle the harsh realities (and harsh meaninglessness) of life. At the same time, I do think that the idea of everyone being the same person in a different life seems far more plausible than any other spiritual beliefs.

I do find it mind-boggling that everything came from nothing. If there is some kind of god, I can't help but ask: what kind of sick, evil god would create a world like this? Certainly not a god that I want to have anything to do with. Epicurus said it best: "Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able? Then he is not omnipotent. Is he able, but not willing? Then he is malevolent. Is he both able and willing? Then whence cometh evil? Is he neither able nor willing? Then why call him God?"

The therapist that I'm required to go to told me that perhaps God wanted to have a real relationship with his creation (man) rather than have a robot with no free will. Still, if God is omnipotent and omniscient, then God would have had to have known how evil his creations would be, which raises the same questions as above.

 

[snuffereet]

No because nothing ever happens