• Aesthesiaphilia
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    -111 months ago

    That’s not existential dread, that’s just everyday “life sucks” though

    • @Rachelhazideas@lemm.ee
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      211 months ago

      I’m in a permanent constant state of pain everyday. My entire existence is pain. I’m not sure what else you need me to go through to prove my existential dread.

      • Aesthesiaphilia
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        -411 months ago

        Existential dread by definition has no specific definable cause. That’s not existential dread.

        • @Rachelhazideas@lemm.ee
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          411 months ago

          I don’t know why you’re gate keepint existential dread, but here is the APA’s definition: “a profound, deep-seated psychic or spiritual condition of insecurity and despair in relation to the human condition and the meaning of life.”

          I’m feeling plenty of despair to the human condition and the meaning of life. I wake up everyday and ask myself why live and exist at all when existence is nothing but pain.

              • Aesthesiaphilia
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                011 months ago

                Same. Definition you gave, you’re just misinterpreting it.

                “in relation to the human condition and the meaning of life.” Not your life specifically, life in general. The general human condition, not your specific circumstances. It’s a pretty common phrase.

                • @Rachelhazideas@lemm.ee
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                  111 months ago

                  Tell me then, what is the general human condition? Is it the experiences of the ‘average person’? I hate to break it to you, but this person doesn’t exist.

                  Who are you to decide who is and isn’t included in the general human condition?

                  • Aesthesiaphilia
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                    011 months ago

                    I mean if you don’t understand the concept by now then your way of seeing the world is so fundamentally abnormal that it’s not worth the effort for me to find a specific combination of words that makes you understand it. You seem to lack the understanding of what a forest is, you only see a specific number of trees, or a statistical average of each and every one of those trees. You can’t conceptualize something generally applicable to all people