[lauren_helene]

I mean that in a good way. I saw T last night and he said he wants to try something new with me. We were talking about the Pink cd he listened too that I gave him last week.

I asked how painful it was and he said "I was you for awhile and found myself going back to age 18 or less"...we were joking around a bit. Then he said how wonderful a singer she is and all that...but then he used the term Existential Angst...

You all don't really know me but words that I have never heard of can be quite scary for me. Especially if I can't spell it or even said it. I am talking about the Existentialism part...I had him repeat it a few times and he was pretty patient with me.

He wants me to read about Simone De Beauviore...and some sartre guy...giggle.

Has anyone here gone and explored in this area?

I have read Sartre but right now I am so braindead. I have studied some existential psychology while in school. I would like to give you a better response tomorrow, but I just wanted to let you know I read your post and I think it is so awesome that your T said he was you for awhile. Nice connection there. My T actually teases me about reading Sartre's "Nausea" during my depressions-- he says, "Please tell me you're not reading that now!!"

[Perna]

Read Dorothy Sayers, she's much more entertaining and easier to understand; this is my favorite book/essay of hers, a little similar to de Beauvoir's The Second Sex; same era at least.

http://www.amazon.com/Are-Women-Huma...dp/0802829961/

de Beauvoir and Satre were lovers.

Here's a overview/outline of "existential angst" :-) from a professor.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/XP89.html

[sunrise]

When I was a teenager, I read a lot of existential stuff, like Sartre, Camus, etc. It really resonated with me then, for some reason. Enjoy your reading!

[lauren_helene]

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pinksoil said:
I would like to give you a better response tomorrow, but I just wanted to let you know I read your post and I think it is so awesome that your T said he was you for awhile. Nice connection there.

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Thanks Pink! I did find that funny and I am so glad as well

[lauren_helene]

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Perna said:
Read Dorothy Sayers, she's much more entertaining and easier to understand; this is my favorite book/essay of hers, a little similar to de Beauvoir's The Second Sex; same era at least.

http://www.amazon.com/Are-Women-Huma...dp/0802829961/

de Beauvoir and Satre were lovers.

Here's a overview/outline of "existential angst" :-) from a professor.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~parkx032/XP89.html

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Thank you Perna, I'll check these out!!!

[lauren_helene]

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sunrise said:
When I was a teenager, I read a lot of existential stuff, like Sartre, Camus, etc.

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Ah, yes he did mention that I am stuck in the teenage years...and used the word angst...which I now know means anxiety...where is he taking me???

'The Stranger' by Camus is one of my all-time favorite books-- check it out!

[Perna]

Yes, The Stranger is great but kind of depressing :-) All of Hermann Hesse's books are good too in that line, don't you think Pink?

"When dealing with the insane, the best method is to pretend to be sane." Hermann Hesse

[lauren_helene]

I found some translations of The Second Sex by Simone...I love the opening line already:

FOR a long time I have hesitated to write a book on women. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new

That is so me! I will check out that book too Pink thanks!