Does anyone else think there’s a link between high intelligence and miserableness
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This took me a while to learn, I think I struggled socially growing up because I immediately assumed I was different because I knew my way of thinking was scarily deep. Now I know most people are very surface level but use this to my advantage, there definitely gets a point to where you’re exhausted by the attempt to dumb yourself down. Why should I expect people to be on the same wavelength?
But I’d say no one understands me, not in a sad way they just don’t, this could be obvious and people may say that affects everyone, but I’m not sure enough, I’ve read people before they’ve even said a word. I’d love to hear thoughts about this.
u/Electronic_Bit5737 — 11 hours ago
Anyone ever read books by Albert Camus?
I’ve read a few of his but I want to focus on my favourite. I first read the stranger a few years back. I knew about absurdism before this but I feel like this really introduced me. The fact that the book has so much in it, but not a lot at the same time. Full of meaning but also complete emptiness, took me allot to realise that was the point of the whole book. Such a great read as I believe it is quite a simple read. However his way of thinking baffles me, although I’m slightly in awe of it. His utter inability to care for anything that is not in his control and also when they are in his control, still staying so calm. Highly recommend this book as an introduction to existentialism and absurdist views.
u/Electronic_Bit5737 — 4 days ago
What are people’s experiences with antidepressants, if you don’t mind sharing?
I remember getting out on various ones, mirtazipine didn’t sit right with me, made me worse and a complete paranoid freak. Venlaflaxine was okay, but quickly stopped working even at the highest dose. Sertraline worked better than the rest, but again quickly wore off for me and than I got sick of this experiment of drugs. Felt like I was constantly in different moods every hour. I only experienced increased mood by going to the gym. Although when I was doing gym on sertraline I did feel good.
u/Electronic_Bit5737 — 5 days ago
Do you think that partly the meaning of life is to experience?
When I went travelling for a small part of my life, It did open my eyes to so much, I did feel wiser and more aware of the pleasures of life. Meeting new people, seeing new things. I do feel like part of life is seeing what it is, then pathing your way for your ambitions. To see different cultures is an amazing thing. Anyone else feel similar or different?
u/Electronic_Bit5737 — 6 days ago
Thoughts?
Perhaps, I mean I believe that the laws give people an interest in commiting crime, although some people who may have sociopathic tendencies just see the laws as a barrier to get around. I do agree that crimes are more likely to be committed in a corrupted country, although what country truly is not corrupted?
u/Electronic_Bit5737 — 8 days ago
What’s one movie you feel has the biggest underlying meaning?
For me it is eyes wide shut by Stanley Kubrick. This masterpiece really got me hooked and made me dive deeper into the secret societies and the elites of the world. I do believe that it could be perhaps an over exaggerated depiction of Masonic rituals, however I think this is something deeper, perhaps ties into Epstein and Rothschilds, it may also be complete rubbish, but the conspiracist part in me tells me no.
u/Electronic_Bit5737 — 8 days ago
Can anyone expand their views on this?
I would say I partially agree with this, only because half of it is a fact. Although I do believe that the meaning of life is that there is no meaning, we have to embrace the beauty of you being allowed to create your own meaning. Everyone has different aims, ambition and beliefs. For some it may be a family, a well paid job and in some sense the ‘American dream’. Although for others it may be to be able to buy a motorbike, do you see what I mean?
I don’t think we should look so deeply into the meaning of life, otherwise it is a rabbit hole that is never ending and will drive you insane, coming from experience.
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