Truth Seeker

It's not just a matter of having access to information. It's also a matter of who to trust. I chose to trust a qualified and experienced psychiatrist ...

I am glad that you have had an easy life. I had many traumatic experiences from age 4 onwards. I am not going to go into the details of them because i...

I agree because I can't change the past. Thank you for sharing your experience and for your advice. I am exercising daily but it is hard. I have a hea...

Thank you for sharing your experience and thoughts. I am so sorry that you, too, have the burden of regretting taking psychiatric medications. I don't...

Thank you for your advice and your kindness.

I use heat therapy (e.g. electric blanket, heat patches, hot water bottle, etc.) to reduce the intensity of the pain, as pain-relieving medications fo...

I agree with you. Wouldn't it have been better if I had never existed at all?

My goal is to save and improve as many lives as possible. Obviously, suicide doesn't save my life, but it does end my suffering, which is a kind of im...

How would I know what personal preference I should have? It's not always clear if the outcome would be positive for me and others. For example, I am o...

This happens because I am haunted by previous errors. If I had known how things would turn out, I would have chosen differently. I was diagnosed with ...

Thank you for your helpful reply. How would one assess whether to have an abortion or not? What if it is not legal where one lives? Should they go to ...

I agree.

Thank you very much for your detailed response. I agree with you. "Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away." - Philip K....

If you are a free agent, please prove that you are a free agent whose choices are not determined and constrained by doing the following tasks: 1. By i...

Our choices are not free from the determinants i.e. genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences. These variables not only determine our choices, t...

I am not seeking validation from others. I am simply curious about what others think. I don't require anyone to agree with me about anything.

How would I prove myself wrong about the above statement of mine? The statement is based on a lifetime of introspection, observations, studying and re...

I agree.

Just because one can't falsify a possibility, e.g. solipsism, it doesn't make it true.

You are right, Tom. Thank you very much for sharing your thoughts.

I will discuss Quantum Mechanics just in case you are interested. 1. Quantum Indeterminacy What it means: Certain properties (like position, momentum,...

My sense of self is generated by my neural activities. This sense of self vanishes when I am in a dreamless sleep or in a coma or under general anaest...

To see if others agree or disagree with me. I would be happy to be proven wrong. If anyone can prove me wrong, please do so.

We are not our genes. We are not our experiences. Our genes precede us. They contain the blueprint for our construction. Our environments allow us to ...

What evidence do you have to support your claim that choices free from determinants, constraints and consequences exist?

It's the genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences that determine the choices and the constraints. The consequences of the choices occur accordi...

We are not made of mud - the Bible says so but it is false. We are made of atoms that were formed when stars went supernova. We are literally the chil...

Thank you very much for your empathy and appreciation.

Thank you very much for your empathy and advice.

Thank you for your recommendation. I will look into it.

Are you talking about Repetitive Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation? Then I have not tried it. It is not yet available where I live.

Thank you for wishing you could help. I have tried so many things over the years. Some things have helped a bit. I remember my fourth birthday party. ...

We have much in common. I received 9 sessions of Electroconvulsive Therapy. I have also been hospitalised 3 times due to the severity of my Bipolar Di...

I think about suicide every day and have done so for 37 years. The main reason I haven't killed myself is that it would cause suffering to my family a...

You are right. How much culpability do humans have? How do you work it out? If hard determinism is true, we have zero culpability.

Yes, but I didn't know if there were others on this forum who also wished they never existed. It turns out, there are a few. The main reason given by ...

There are lots of intellectual people on this forum, so I thought it would be a good place to ask this question. I have asked this question before in ...

Thank you for sharing your experiences with us. I am so sorry about the hard times you have experienced. Are you on medications? What helps you? Thank...

Because I wanted to know if there was anyone else on Earth who wished they never existed.

I am not a nihilist. I just wish I never existed. I am happy for others to exist. In fact, I have saved and improved many lives over the years through...

I am pleased you are glad to be alive.

Thank you very much.

How do you know that it is "not completely"? Could it be that our habits are not at all free from our genes, environments, nutrients and experiences?

I am not preaching. I am just sharing my thoughts with the good intention that my thoughts will help others.

Due to all the suffering, unfairness and deaths in the world. I long to make all living things forever happy but I can't.

I agree that we can't change the past given our current knowledge and technology but it doesn't mean that an all-knowing and all-powerful being can't ...

Yes, indeed. What about veganism?

I see your point. Thank you.

I see your point now. Although, the landlord can kick you out if you break the terms of the tenancy contract or simply not renew it at the end of the ...

Are our habits ever free from our genes, environments, nutrients, and experiences? I am not convinced such a thing is possible.