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I been thinking about life too much this year. To the point where it makes me think if life is really what it is or if my mind is just playing tricks on me and everything is fake. It kind of scares me at times. It kind of makes me feel like i can do whatever i want like robbing places and stuff but i dont know. Is this normal? Has anyone else experienced this?
Perfectly normal. This may commonly be referred to as "The Metaphysical Problem" Philosophers have tried to answer it for centuries. Basically put "Is reality as it is perceived, or are we deceived by our minds/senses?" I worry about people that Don't think like this.
I once asked a work colleague "Do you ever think about the universe and your place in it?" To which he replied "I don't believe in all that" Bless him.
oh alright thanks for the info it helps alot. ill google search that, im trying everything i can to get over this
Cool. I've got quite a life story and would always feel that something is "not quite right" Philosophy helped me make more sense of this. Its not that everything is fake, it's more language fails to describe 'reality'.
A journey through philosophy is, at worst, very interesting. You wont view the world the same again. Some of it is very academic and lots will leave you thinking "what are they on about"
If i may be so bold; for lucidity and easy to follow arguments may i recommend: Arthur Schopenhauer -essays and aphorisms; David charmers - The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory. The main thing? Don't be put of by Philosophy's academic image, Try it. Visit your local library and ask for the Philosophy section, choose a book that interests you, take it home and read it.
Just re-reading your post, the real/fake thing is covered in metaphysics. For more about "why can't i just do what i want" try philosophy of morals or society. Some philosophers speak on lots of different subjects. Others 'specialize' in say, Language.
Wikipedia has a list of the best? top? greatest? philosophers and their disciplines.
One final thought, look back; If it interests you. Read some Plato or Aristotle, get inside the mind of an academic from over 3000 years ago. They very much like modern man. Enjoy!
Same here I have a post similar to this... You might find it in my profile.
For me, it makes me feel stuck, not free...
it kind of makes me feel stuck sometimes to. like where im not really moving and looking around thinking about everything i see and if its real or not. If thats what you meant
Yes, that's what I meant. But also, I think about religion, life, death, spiritual stuff too much... then I feel stuck after thinking about it and asking myself questions that you might find in the post (You don't have to go on there, you could ask me to type them). I feel like I can't go on with life anymore until I know the answers. I also don't know whether I'm living or in the afterlife and if I'm in my own world and things in other's POVs are seen differently.
I think it's normal but then again maybe I'm not normal. Oh hell, I don't know.