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Originally Posted by TheSilentEmpath
Nihil as in Nihilistic existentialism? A view similar to my own. Of course the decision lies entirely with you. Every decision lies within you and with no other outside force (though outside forces can at times influence, we decide, and no one else).
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Indeed, I have researched some of existentialism, though like Camus I would not consider myself an existentialist, but I do not think the question of whether or not "existence precedes essence", for example, is solvable. It lays outside the bounds of human reason, and is purely metaphysical speculation.
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Originally Posted by TheSilentEmpath
I suppose what I'm going through could be described accurately as an existential crisis. I've accepted that there is no meaning, rhyme, or reason to all in life even if it comes back and hits me now and again in a more direct manner. I do not question this fact anymore. If any form of a significant event were to have set this off, it could only be my loss of religion; I have always, however been much the introvert, analyzing and remembering all I see, so introversion is nothing new to me, simply what I find now as compared to 4 or 5 months ago.
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People often frame the answer to the question of what we do if our lives have no meaning as "either I commit suicide, or I do not". This is a rather silly position, however. Neither committing suicide, nor staying alive, are rational decisions. They are based only on emotional motivation. We live primarily for the hope that we would not be in distress; yet we often are in distress. Distress is the natural condition of human existence, it could not be any other way. Some people do not like that, and they commit suicide- if you feel that you must, at some point in this existential crisis, then that is your decision. But I cannot help you if you do decide you want to.
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I much appreciate the company of someone else who believes there is no purpose. If you yourself are not plagues with suicidal thoughts, you may be the greatest help of all to me at this time.
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I would enjoy the company of someone like you myself. I am rather interested in finding nihilistic people and engaging in conversation with them.
