Want to be an Existentialist

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MingyJongo75
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18 Dec 2013, 8:46 pm

How many times do you go through life finding it to be pointless if not worthless? No, I'm not venting from abuse nor am I venting from any academic subjects (I have a few courses that I had to retake over the years, including now, at university, but I'm doing well otherwise). But, whenever I'm not overtaken from mania and/or lust, I just feel dead inside. For just about person I ever heard of or even met, I see this pattern when it comes to "life." First infancy, then early school years (where I had to be taken under constant therapy), then the later school years with all the supposed drama (I wasn't really social so I didn't experience any of said drama from anyone else and I barely even witnessed it (thank God)), then college, then work, maybe get married and have kids, etc. It infuriates me that everyone treats these things as milestones or some part of the "grand experience" when the truth is that the whole is just a processing factory! You do this and you do that! That's it! It's not even a proper factory where something of lasting value is created. Everyone is so insistent about talking about the next generation or what the future holds for them with such disgusting, cloying whimsy. Why should I care? Back when I was in therapy, I was given mental tests ceaselessly to the point that I gained a hateful look on how to solve problems. Since the world refused to stop feeding me garbage even though I never asked for existence in the first place, I decided to myself that I would work hard, play their sick little game, until I got what I needed to fight back. That isn't to say that I don't have any experience working because I actually wanted to opposed to needed to; it's just that I never found a real means of doing the former for a living. Ever since, I would work hard for the sake of keeping up the status quo. I had hoped that, as the years went by, I would find myself with something that I felt would my life's purpose. What did I get? I obtained a transformation fetish as well as a love for certain pieces of fiction that I can't apply towards real life. And of course, because of my autism, I never really had much friends that I felt I could talk to spontaneously and those few friends often end up literally distant so I have to resort to Facebook (it's not the same). I feel really lonely every now and then. I despise the thought of having kids because I don't want them to inherit my genetics or my unwanted nihilism. At times, I actually have "Plan Z" (suicide) in mind, but of course it's "Plan Z" because "suicide is wrong." I'm sorry; in real life, I try to be a nice guy and I'll turn up the charm and maybe throw in some humor if I see fit, but all this just makes me bitter.



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18 Dec 2013, 9:22 pm

existentialist belief: life is what you make it. your life has the meaning you choose. I choose to help people and to be happy. if certain kinds of fiction make you happy, read more of it.

I don't have many friends, but people I associate with think of me as quiet but pleasant. sometimes I'm frustrated, but I prefer to count my blessings.

are you sure you're not depressed? maybe your blah feeling is chemical.



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18 Dec 2013, 9:58 pm

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who would think that a guy who shines shoes for a living might have a fulfilling life. he has brought health to children.



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19 Dec 2013, 1:20 pm

I struggle with the meaninglessness of life. It is an ongoing challenge for me to find a reason to keep living. Our modern society was not designed with human psychology in mind. It is like the more control we have over nature and the more we know about nature, the less "magic" there is in the world and less "faith". I still keep finding reasons to live. Usually it is long-term goals, but my goals do not match societal norms anymore. I am me. I need to learn to live with it. As an autistic person, my life is not going to be normal. (It doesn't have to be miserable, but it is not going to be normal, because I am not normal.) I like existential philosophy because it makes you think. However, It is challenging because you must let go of old ideas. Grief comes with the loss of an idea. Anxiety comes when transitioning from one understanding of yourself to another.



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19 Dec 2013, 2:04 pm

cathylynn wrote:
existentialist belief: life is what you make it. your life has the meaning you choose. I choose to help people and to be happy. if certain kinds of fiction make you happy, read more of it.

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^This
You are free to make of your life what ever you choose with the resources you have. Living within the norms of cultural expectation is akin to hell for me.


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