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[Anonymous No.17462879]

>When I die, reality will end for everyone else as well
Has any author addressed this concept? I have always thought this way since I was young, whole heartedly. I cannot determine where this belief originated, and as much as I know it to be absurd I cannot help but believe it. It crosses my mind often whenever the topic of death arises.
Am I just crazy?

[Anonymous No.17462901]

>>17462879
Is that a death grips reference

[Anonymous No.17462922]

>>17462901
Picture unrelated. I'm being serious. I have been to psychotherapy to address this but it's a compulsive way of thinking; I now only wish to understand it better, or at least it's origins/references in literature.

[Anonymous No.17462928]

>>17462879
To an observer, things only exist insofar as it is a part of the observer's experience
Hence if an observer stops observing reality then reality no longer exists from the point of view of the observer

[Anonymous No.17462941]

>>17462879
Yes I've thought about this before too. I don't know any philosophy related to it exactly. Look at Descartes and "I think therefore I am", maybe. What you are talking about is a concept called Solipsism.

[Anonymous No.17462948]

Someone died yesterday, yet here I am.

[Anonymous No.17462955]

>>17462928
>>17462922
yeah, for instance, 2-year old child doesn't understand the idea of hiding something because when it disappears from their sight it's like it doesn't exist anymore (maybe that's what they always want to see their mommy).
But at your age, I would say it's ultraegocentrism not so far from sollipsism.

[Anonymous No.17462957]

>>17462879
Also kinda reminds me of that suicidal guy in Dosty's Demons. Kirillov or something.

[Anonymous No.17462965]

>>17462879
This just sounds like the "logical" conclusion to solipsism to me

[Anonymous No.17463010]

>>17462879
>I cannot determine where this belief originated
Your parents not giving you enough attention to feel important and integrated into the social order

[Anonymous No.17463017]

Thank you philosophy bros, I'll check out Dotsy, and take a deeper dive into Solipsism, I'm familiar with the basics from Uni. Pardon my ignorance, this is far from what I study and I usually just read novels.
For your sake I hope my theory is wrong; I don't want to take you guys with me.

[Anonymous No.17463031]

>>17463017
>For your sake I hope my theory is wrong; I don't want to take you guys with me.
fucking kek

[Anonymous No.17463033]

>>17462879
You're a giant loser with no accomplishments to speak of, but you also have a colossal ego, so to cope with your embarrassingly pathetic life, you cope by deluding yourself that the one thing that even you will do properly, that is to say: die, will finally be of some impact to the world.
t. semester and a half of psychology

[Anonymous No.17463036]

>>17463017
As a random little side fact, I have basically been clinically dead before and the world went on as usual during the time I was "out".

[Anonymous No.17463047]

>>17462922
you got mkultra'd into complete irrationality by the psych. Burn him alive as the witch he is.

[Anonymous No.17463056]

>>17463033
anon, keep your dangerously based posts secret

[Anonymous No.17463064]

>>17463033
Maybe you are right. In terms of 21st century western measures of "success" I am middle of the road. Beyond this anomaly I think and conduct myself reasonably, but have a poor understanding of philosophical thought beyond a superficial level. I do struggle to believe however that it's some deeply rooted cope, as it is completely abstract to the rest of my life, which further perpetuates my belief.
>>17463047
I went to a psych at age 21, 15 years after I first 'realized'. Do you really see this belief as "completely irrational"? Would most trains of philosophical thought come to the same conclusion?

[Anonymous No.17463125]

>>17462922
Sounds like egocentrism and solipsism. Read pic related probably.
>>17462955
I'd have to agree here.
OP, try spending a whole week only doing actions for other people's benefit (or doingat least one thing a day for other people). Its just a habitual way of thinking. You need to focus on building new habits of thinking if you want to change.

[Anonymous No.17463191]

>>17463033
>t. semester and a half of psychology
I see you're speaking from experience.

[Anonymous No.17463195]

>>17462879
Read Hindu texts, especially the stuff dealing with Maya.

[Anonymous No.17463205]

Actually when you die everyone else exists. We're currently chained by your consciousness once you observe our nonexistence.