Do You Have a Thinking Problem?
POSTED BY: canttakesky
UPDATED: Friday, April 24, 2026 00:33
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You are an interesting person.
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Hmmm... well, I suppose in retrospect one could say I came close to a psychotic break. (Some might say I went a bit farther than that :wrysmile:) But the interesting thing is that I find you all so much more interesting than me!
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Reality sucks. Especially when it contradicts our cherished ideas.
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Not a psychotic break. Childhood depression, which apparently is endogenous and has little to do w/ upbringing or circumstances. It makes sense that a secure child would suddenly feel the world was hollow.
The interesting part is that you put so much sustained high-level thought into framing your response. That's amazing for a 'little' kid.
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I was testing the limits of what was proveable and real. Turns out, nothing is "proveable"
"I'm thinking this, I must be real" (Kant)
"But, what if this is all a dream?" (subjectivism)
"Even worse, what if this is someone else's dream?" (Berkley)
"This all depends on what I decide. It's total freedom. " (Sartre)
"But since I don't have the nerve to test what is 'real' by stepping in front of a truck, I'm going to decide that my perceptions are indeed reflecting a reality outside of myself" (objectivism)
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Reality sucks. Especially when it contradicts our cherished ideas.
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Dang !
I blew by all of that pretty quickly when I went through it (though without too much angst). It went something like - Is this real? I don't know. Am I willing to test it (by jumping off the roof)? No. Does it matter? Not to me. Well, OK then. I will go along acting as if it's real until proven otherwise ... :lazy eyes:
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Should we be banned from social media? Teenagers discuss in live BBC special
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cq6j355rlydt
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