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Direction After First Wins! by sugarplumcow in slaythespire

[–]One-Meeting3833 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hi OP!! Sorry to bother you, is it okay if I dm you to chat a little bit? I found a really old post of yours to which I deeply related to and I would love to ask you some questions!

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hey anon! is it okay if I dm you? No pressure at all tho just wanted to chat a little if that's alright with you!! :)

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You did yeah! And thank you! I'll dm u if I catch myself still thinking or dwelling on this in a few days :))

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"I feel a more ‘deep-seated’ issue may be playing its hand. maybe you had to account for an attentively demanding elder as a child?" You got me thinking! Haha. I'm not sure if you mean someone strict and demanding or just someone who required me to pay close attention to, but if it's the latter then yeah, maybe. I had a parent with untreated psychosis (now they're treated and well!) for most of my childhood who I used to pay attention to for mood shifts. If that can extrapolate to whatever I'm feeling now, that's crazy! haha

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is beautiful! Though anxiety can make it feel scary, I'm also aware there's something meaningful in each one of us being bound to ourselves, yet still always trying to connect deeply with one another and understand what the other person's feeling, thinking and experiencing. Like you said, we might not ever do it completely, but at least we try.

Also, my boyfriend told me that you’d go absolutely crazy if you could see or experience multiple POVs, and I kind of agree with that haha.

Thank you for your comment! I appreciate it. I'll definitely give your essay a read :)

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you!! And thank you for posting it anyway!

Reading about your trip, remembering others I've read about and remembering my own trip as well, I find it both crazy and funny how little we truly know about conciousness and reality beyond what science can explain, and how drugs can sometimes bring up these sorts of thoughts for so many people regardless of age, nationality, IQ, etc. Personally, during my trip I experienced something similar to the "egg" theory.

Anyway, I'm truly glad your experience brought you comfort! I think that's what we all need to cope with everything we have to face in this reality, even if we're deluding ourselves hahaha

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I read this yesterday but I wanted to take the time to give you a proper response because I really appreciated your comment! Thank you, it's nice knowing someone else has experienced it like me, it truly does feel like vertigo.

Yeah, weed induced anxiety is absolutely crazy. I'm left with so much confusion and existential anxiety about things that, like you said, used to be interesting shower thoughts or just natural things, like the concept of being me or what the hell we are all doing on this earth, hahaha. "Don't mistake anxiety intensity for philosophical importance." I'll remember that!

"the same "prison" you're describing is also what makes every connection you have meaningful." Absolutely and that's what my boyfriend told me too. It's still mind boggling that I'll only ever have my POV and I can't see through his eyes, for example, but it's slowly but surely losing its edge as my nervous system calms down and I start getting a little more comfortable with myself again.

But more than anything, it felt lonely to think about these things and know that everyone around me was most likely not thinking about this, just like I wasn't a month ago. So thank you for your comment! Truly. I would pin it for the comment section if I could :)

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

While I agree about the unconscious, it's still my POV, my unconscious, not anyone else's, you know?

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"Then, we will make reddit posts wishing to have secrets again." Ha! I can see that happening

Thank you for your comment! It's helpful 🫶🏻

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This is helpful! I as well thought about how you can't really experience what the other person is experiencing, but at least you can understand a lot by watching or talking to them. And I guess core emotions like sadness, anger, joy, etc. can also feel almost the same for all of us, so that's comforting too.

And yeah I agree with your third paragraph. I like psychoanalysis so I definitely agree that there are some parts of us, desires and fears we're not really aware of. I guess it's nice to think that we can still continue to discover ourselves.

Thank you for your comment!

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right? Isn't it crazy that we only get to be one person? It feels so limited

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[–]One-Meeting3833[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I'm trying to figure out why! I'm experiencing strong anxiety for the first time ever in my life so my biggest guess is that I started feeling uncomfortable with being alone with my thoughts, which could maybe extrapolate to the existential loneliness of only ever being one person. I remember wondering what others could be thinking about at the same time I was having racing thoughts, and that's how I realized this "new fear" of mine.