/lit/ - Literature

Me on ADHD drugs
>Clarity
>Compulsion to study and analyse literary texts and their various theme
>Can formulate analyses
>Desire to write essays and insights into certain texts I have interest in, and to share said insights
>inspiration and motivation

Me off ADHD drugs
>brain fog
>depression
>forgetfulness and irritability
>Unrelenting OCD

I fucking hate this existence.

>>20344191
>barrier of entry
Nearly non-existent. Just read the basics of Freud then move onto Lacan's mirror stage.

Don't use psychoanalytic language during philosophical discourse though. That's what Zizek tends to rely on for aesthetics

>groundbreaking

>>20189387

>>20171355
We're all gonna make it

>>20170457
There's too much to read

>>20162560

>>20149256
I enjoyed it

>>20130008
>depersonalized
>engrossed in fantasy
>stilted speech
>self hyper-reflectiveness
I'll admit, it's difficult for me to read about delusional-disorders within the last few years. I avoid doctors and anyone in modern mental-health discussion. That's a fast way to be ousted among other people or cast out.

If I were completely honest and explained my mental health to a professional, I'd probably be diagnosed as schizoid, or worse, they'd commit me. I don't hallucinate or experience psychotic episodes. I definitely know there's something wrong with my perceptual ability or thought-process; it could be my sense-of-self or brain damage. Just for a few examples
>Thought insertion
>Uncertainties about body-ownership/body schema
>Free will and determinism
>Causality
I avoid these subjects sometimes, but I always circle back to them obsessively too. I don't think I've reached many conclusions and stuck to them though. Facts don't seem to change the beliefs or the fears

>>20125080
This

Is this what normal people look like now

I haven't gone outside in well over a year

>>20012131
>>20012124
>masters
>to be a librarian
Is this a joke?

>>20008171
I don't know who you are

>>19982982
My diary

>>19966484
It's called the Barnum/Forer effect. People are more likely to believe vague descriptions of themselves than openly accept criticisms. It's the same reason why astrology, tarot, fortune telling works - it's all vague abstract language

However, if you want a good laugh, then visit each of the individual MBTI personality subreddits. These people are absolute nuts compared to us. They waste hours and hours of their free time boasting about their personality type (one that doesn't actually exist anyway)
Just take a second, sit back, and reflect on that. People actually waste valuable hours of their life talking about their MBTI. Fucking crazy

>>19958713
Why would I talk to other people? I have everything I need right here

>>19930122
I have become way too disjointed for normal people. Not sure if my heart's in it

>>19912232
Ah, nothing to be afraid of here. That's just the void. Cotard delusion, or 'nihilistic delusion' shows hallucinations/imagery of the same symptoms. Although it can be rare, patients usually have some form of mild brain damage or severe unconscious mental conflict

Actually, if I recall correctly, Nietzsche might have experienced it too. Funny that, it's terrifying

>>19892544
>not good enough
That's part of it
>family would cut me off if I deviated from a normal career path
That's the second part

>>19869453
Yeah I fucking hate it too. I hate feeling so paranoid around other people. I'm not narcissistic I just have delusions of self-reference, feel like I can't be around anyone and chill out. Or feel something bad is going to happen 24/7 imminent danger

>>19866806
I believe that would be the post-structuralists my friend

Possibly books about cybernetics too

>>19865048
This

Don't let anyone tell you how to live your life. Nobody knows shit anyway

>>19834998
The real world is full of mundane meaningless shit. It can free you in a way though, coming back to it. Sometimes I get hyper-critical of myself and spiral, obsessing over metaphysical books and religious paradigms

Then I come back here, and most people are talking about the same retarded trivial meme shit from yesterday. Feels good man

>>19821618
Yes m'lady let me recite the entire western canon