Shawn

The hate is somewhat excessive, don't you guys think?

I beat life to it! I have given up! Huzzzahh!

Hello, there!

Aren't those quite high expectations? Maybe some can get by with less?

:up:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njxfE1qRA2g

OK, I've already begun preparing for another 4 years of this guy. *happy thoughts*

I wanted to post a thread about Neuralink. I am betting very hard on this technology to treat my psychiatric ailments. It is one of the very few thing...

Sorry to get back to you so late; but, my mind works in mysterious ways even to myself. I don't think it's that complex. See my other thread 'Against ...

What is your next line of thought or emotion when presented with such a harsh attitude towards life or one's self? Mine is something like: *Fuck!*

:100: What a failure of a life or has life been for me. I need to fall in love now :flower:

Supposedly veterinarian people get the highest rated of suicide followed by dentists. No idea where philosophers are on that list.

Not kidding. I mean my whole life I've lived by some ego ideal Stoic sage, and seem to have gotten lost in that escapade. When you do turn inward like...

What is self-reflection? How can I look at myself whilst being myself internally??

Through philosophy? Apart from looking in a mirror I guess?

I don't know myself.

What I'm trying to say, is that I've been practicing philosophy for so long, that I don't really know how my life would look without it.

Yes, I do practice mindfulness and try and meditate sometimes. Yet, when I try and engage in philosophy there's this quantum leap. What lies in betwee...

Impossible! How?!

Do you mean ethically? Because that's what's left after you recognize the fields of science and humanities that have shot off from philosophy... What ...

How does one depsychologize the issue then?

What do you mean? I thought I got out of that bottle that the fly I am. But, it seems not so.

I guess I'm really stuck then. Hand me a ladder, will you, Tim?

Because I don't know what life without philosophy would look like... Eh.

Well, to me philosophy isn't like peeling onions or such. I feel as though the inclination to practice or do philosophy as somewhat burdensome. On the...

Yes, but when does one say "stop" or I've had my portion to fill myself up, metaphorically?

The deeper question is how would you know otherwise? This is what I liked about philosophy in the beginning. But, as time progresses and one sees most...

To say that I suffer from a mental illness doesn't portray the issue adequately. I have a mental illness and dual diagnosis. My life hasn't been very ...

On face value, that is the assumption. But, I've been (what's the best word to use here...) practicing or doing? philosophy for a long time now. It se...

There's a great deal of futility present in the OP. Like, *I so wish I do, that philosophy never came knocking on my door.*

I feel like it has more to do with deeper unfulfilled feelings or issues at play, like addiction or depression. If one could choose to feel loved, sec...

Is the question ill formulated? Why is it?

I don't see how this follows. If happiness were a choice, then eventually some people might grow tired of being happy all the time, and indulge in som...

In a sense it is flawed, because we tend to have two people trying to achieve the same results. The psychiatrist and psychologist.

So, what then? What do you mean?

Here's is my line of reasoning. If what produces harm in the world is manifest in violent emotions, then what good are emotions to this world? What's ...

I'm not sure how this follows. I mean, giving up isn't self-destructive is it?

From one schizophrenic, to another. Medication helps.

Seems to me that everyone wants to be happy; but, doesn't know at what price that comes.

What good will being a tormented soul do you?

Not my problem (until it is one)... ignorance?

I agree. I think it's built into our very DNA to keep on moving forward. But, I am resisting so hard, that I just want to give up and not continue thi...

No, just a little more joyful, I suppose? Yeah; but, I aint on any to begin with. Look, I just came out of a suicide attempt, what should I do?

That doesn't sound bad either...

Are you sure about that?

Uhh, I think your own.

Well, can't an approximation be made for each and every individual? I think China is kinda doing that with a social credit system and I don't hear upr...

Well, I can tell you it has the hallmarks of insanity all around it. Yes, it is delusional and should be recognized as such.

Well, the point is that there may as well as be known knowns, known unknowns, unknown knowns, and unknown unknowns. So, nothing is perfect?

Have you ever learned some statistics? You can always arrive at some kind of approximation? Continuous/quantized?