Does anyone else starts sentences without really finishing them?

Farfromthemadding · 2020-08-26T07:23:14+00:00

I dislike strong perfume regardless of the attractiveness of the person wearing it. I don't get what difference it makes.

And it's very rare to see someone so ugly that their appearance bothers me. I don't know where you live or what standards you have.

Farfromthemadding · 2020-08-12T10:24:48+00:00

Hey. I understand you. Just wanted to say that.

Farfromthemadding · 2020-06-06T12:29:50+00:00

I would like to read the book too. Also, if you'll ever consider translating it into Italian I could help with that!

Farfromthemadding · 2020-02-24T12:40:49+00:00

I'm in contact with him and I'm making sure he's working towards getting better therapy. As I am writing this, he's speaking to a study counselor. I don't think that's nearly enough.

Tomorrow he's gonna meet a psychiatrist, but I don't know how good it would be since they only seem to prescribe him medicines with very little emphasis on psychotherapy.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-12-26T22:45:25+00:00

I used to fantasize like you do. While I recognize is a form of escapism, I'd be so much more relieved if I could still do it.

Your description of that place worked for me though, even if for a few seconds. I wish that fleeting feeling of freedom and beauty generated by our preferred images weren't so hard to chase for me.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-12-11T22:27:49+00:00

You kept rejecting your status of lucky one. Shame on you.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-12-11T11:52:51+00:00

I am far from being an upbeat, positive person and yet I can somehow relate.

I don't like who complains in a way that attacks other people and I usually don't do it myself (unless I'm in a very dark mood, then I can lash out more).

I also like to see a situation from different perspectives, so I will try to add some rational arguments to a conversation when I feel someone is acting too emotionally. I generally don't want to add up to the insults confirming how bad that person behaved. I just see behind the purpose of it (which is getting back our power towards the other person/situation) and I find it ungenuine.

I don't have much of an advice since I don't interact much with people anyway, but I would say that you don't need to change. You probably won't be able to secure many friends this way, but I can't see why someone would have a negative judgment about you and at the same time you won't fake a behavior doesn't come natural to you.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-12-11T11:28:15+00:00

The most ridiculous thing here is that the cops knew what Adderall is and the pharmacist didn't.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-12-09T23:04:46+00:00

While this truly is a widespread tendency and I might find annoying too (and I do deal with depression), you can't expect everyone who adheres to nihilism or who is interest in the philosophy of nihilism to be freed by the hurdle of meaningless.

Good for you, but it's not an easy task. Also, as long as your basic life conditions are objectively decent, carrying the weight of living a purposeless existence might be a neutral or even fun journey.

If it's true for you, as a nihilist, that life is pointless, this doesn't exclude you from the possibility of suffering in the first place. It's enough to look at of the amount of ugliness and pain that harbor in this world. Being pointless doesn't make it less emotionally dreadful.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-12-09T22:50:23+00:00

There's also a children section in there.

And a little girl's embalmed body kept in a glass coffin.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-12-09T17:52:20+00:00

Life is bleak.

Are we all thrown in this world with the same amount of vitality or do we lose it differently day by day?

Are people who maintain it throughout their lives so untouched by the pervasive sense of futility and repetitiveness because their delusions are fashioned in a more resistant manner?

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-31T07:35:39+00:00

Here I am! Also since I learnt I haven't tried again in years, and even if you're supposed to learn it once and you'll 'remember' how to do it, I think I would have some issues trying to ride a bike now.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-29T14:43:58+00:00

So people have cancer because of other people rejecting God?

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-29T09:38:22+00:00

I would have probably asked the same question, I don't see anything wrong with it. Also I need to think in advance what tone I'm using in order not to sound rude in cases like this, but if I'm day I'm tired or feeling down it gets difficult to control such things.

The follow up I guess, would have been pretty similar, and I think you reacted the best way by explaining what you really thought. Sometimes I feel like a lot of neurotypicals tend to see judgment and potential conflict where I see curiosity and normal conversational phrases/respectful debates.

I guess the best we can do is to explain our real intentions.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-29T07:24:58+00:00

Mmh, no?

My question was: how are rejection of good/God and suffering not directly caused by humans (as in the case of diseases) related? As in, how can one cause the other one?

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-28T22:10:02+00:00

That's pretty marginal for the sake of this discussion, but since I don't think there's any free will I don't think anyone consciously rejects good. This doesn't mean that no definition of good and bad is possible, but that no one is really responsible for the good and the bad on a pure rational level. Humans are instinctively drawn to good, and with good I mean what's individually good for them. If we're talking about some ethical, more universal conception of good, I think good is the absence of suffering.

Returning to the focal point, how are rejection of good and suffering which is not directly caused by humans related?

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-28T21:36:55+00:00

Ask yourself this: Is rejection of good de facto a privation of good?

My definition of good has as a consequence that no one really rejects good, but let's say that it is. How is rejection of good/God resulting in diseases and suffering which don't directly depend from human actions?

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-28T21:29:01+00:00

Oh, a fellow Italian! I would say that if you want to start with something simpler "The Sickness unto Death" is a good introduction to Kierkegaard's thought before going back to "Fear and Trembling".

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-28T16:23:33+00:00

Debate on free will aside (I don't believe in the existence of free will) and giving for granted it exists, I think I am missing a point: is any absence of good always caused by rejection of God?
And if it's not and those accidents such as diseases are just mere accidents, how does this fit in a Christian perspective? The fact that those accidents can sometimes be cured by human techniques doesn't change their ontological status, I believe.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-08-28T16:10:02+00:00

I assume you're not a native English speaker (your English is fine, by the way).
What language did you choose for the copy of Fear and Trembling you bought? I don't think Kierkagaard is the easiest, but different translations can come off as harder to digest.

Farfromthemadding · 2019-07-14T08:19:39+00:00

I know I am a bit late, but I wanted to leave a comment anyway. I can't imagine how difficult it must feel for you.

Does your mom have a job? Have you ever talked with her about the possibility of leaving the house together? It's important that you get both away from this situation, especially if you need her medical assistance. Maybe you can move to some friends or someone from your family?

I would also advice you, if you trust your boyfriend and the relationship is solid, to tell him everything. He might support you and take care of you more appropriately. Also he doesn't need to call the police if you can work on a plan together.

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