TallyMan wrote:
To put a different slant on things... I think most people already live in an imaginary world of their own making, living out their lives oblivious to their own social conditioning, fulfilling roles that they were born into and educated into, conforming to what is expected by their peers, seldom questioning what life really is and what it is all about. Unhappy with their lot people then look for more fantasy worlds to inhabit.
This is pretty much how I view the world, too. When everything works out easily for someone, it's unlikely they'll ever develop or try to look at anything in a different way. It's as if true growth needs friction to push against.
TallyMan wrote:
My personal quest is to wake up from the imaginary world into whatever is the "real" world - if there is such a thing. Hell, I'll die looking.
Yup, same here. This is a relatively new quest though, as I was only diagnosed a year ago (at age 45). Until then, my aim (it failed, of course) was to hide my real self to fit in with the so-called "real" world. Swapping one fantasy world (albeit one that millions of people buy into) for another seems pointlesss and just wrong. For now I'd like to stop hiding away like I'm some sort of secret agent and unearth a more real me who was buried decades ago. It ain't easy, though and, as you say, I can see this occupying the rest of my life!
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