I get this alot. I totally agree that it is hard to put into words. I usually get it when I am alone and alot of the time I get it when I am travelling on the bus or in the car and really concentrating on a certain thought. Whenever I try to describe it to someone they struggle to understand what I mean. I'm glad other people feel this way because I know sometimes my mind can work in strange ways and most of the time I try and find a symbolic or deeper meaning to little thoughts that perhaps other people just put to one side. Anyway, the logic I have put behind the thoughts of existence is that being placed on this earth is such a special opportunity and one that happened by perhaps events triggered by fate or maybe even just things that happened purely by chance - your parents meeting, deciding to bring you into the world etc which is something that didn't necessarily have to happen, meaning you wouldn't be here and it can sometimes be scary. Also I think for me personally it can be triggered by a sense of inadaquacy and self doubting. Sometimes I think about the size of the earth in comparison to myself and how many other people there are that could be having the same thoughts although I have no idea who they are. The overwhelming feeling almost comes from the idea that I am a part of the ongoing cycle of human beings that can control their own thoughts and actions, and sometimes it gives me a butterfly feeling in my stomach. I think it is natural to feel this way though because it is normal to feel overwhelmed by the thought of being in such a big world!
Omg, I just had ALL those experiences you talked about. Like thinking if there's someone out there who's having the exact same thoughts as me, doing the exact same thing as I am etc. Also, that experience where I start questioning why I am me? Why can't I see myself unless I look in the mirror? I just got scarred as fck, but oh well, I guess life is just one long journey we're on, and better to make the best out of it knowing the control we possess over it. The human mind and existence is really just 'something' innit? :)
overwhelming feelings about existence, IIN?
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I get this alot. I totally agree that it is hard to put into words. I usually get it when I am alone and alot of the time I get it when I am travelling on the bus or in the car and really concentrating on a certain thought. Whenever I try to describe it to someone they struggle to understand what I mean. I'm glad other people feel this way because I know sometimes my mind can work in strange ways and most of the time I try and find a symbolic or deeper meaning to little thoughts that perhaps other people just put to one side. Anyway, the logic I have put behind the thoughts of existence is that being placed on this earth is such a special opportunity and one that happened by perhaps events triggered by fate or maybe even just things that happened purely by chance - your parents meeting, deciding to bring you into the world etc which is something that didn't necessarily have to happen, meaning you wouldn't be here and it can sometimes be scary. Also I think for me personally it can be triggered by a sense of inadaquacy and self doubting. Sometimes I think about the size of the earth in comparison to myself and how many other people there are that could be having the same thoughts although I have no idea who they are. The overwhelming feeling almost comes from the idea that I am a part of the ongoing cycle of human beings that can control their own thoughts and actions, and sometimes it gives me a butterfly feeling in my stomach. I think it is natural to feel this way though because it is normal to feel overwhelmed by the thought of being in such a big world!
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Omg, I just had ALL those experiences you talked about. Like thinking if there's someone out there who's having the exact same thoughts as me, doing the exact same thing as I am etc. Also, that experience where I start questioning why I am me? Why can't I see myself unless I look in the mirror? I just got scarred as fck, but oh well, I guess life is just one long journey we're on, and better to make the best out of it knowing the control we possess over it. The human mind and existence is really just 'something' innit? :)