Comment on Do you ever feel like your life is "scripted"? Like everything is written by some entity controlling your life? Like you live in a fictional universe? Is this feeling normal/common?

Tikiporch@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  I watch scenes in Movie/TV where a character has a traumatic childhood and memory/flacshback scene, then I realize I have the same feel, so I feel like someone staged it, like my older brother is actually an actor in this dark version of truman show purposfully giving me that traumatic memory.

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  • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    movies are meant to make you feel a certain way, to come to some realization in your own life. this is the point of all art, somebody is telling you a message

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    • DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Shit… which telephone do I use to exit the simulation?

      ALL THE PAYPHONES ARE GONE!

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      • IronBird@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        only tangibly related to your question

        there are some people who think conflict is required to bring about higher levels of consciousness, though that’s probably just a hierarchy of needs things playing out more often than not.

        there’s this old jewish tradition uh…i forget the word for it, but basically the most sacred act you can do is teach someone else to be self sufficient. (whether that’s financially/emotionally/whatever, before you can seriously help others you must be self sufficient, therefor you should help others become self sufficient).

        one way to do this is via stories

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