Peachy
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I’m currently about to turn 25.
When I was a kid, I would wake up and immediately intrinsically know that I am a human being, I have a mom and dad with whom I live, I go to school, have a couple friends, I like playing video games, spending time outside with friends, I have to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all that other human stuff.
Even a few years ago I was still perceiving life the same way - I would wake up and right away I knew that I’m a young adult, I have a job, I have a family that cares about me, I’m trying to build a career, I like music, I browse this shithole website, etc.
Nowadays, I wake up and I’m kind of enraged to be in this reality because being asleep feels like the best thing ever and it suddenly ends. There is no longer an “I”. It’s all observation of the external world. It feels like I know exactly what and when will happen, like I gained some interdimensional knowledge. Obviously, I can’t say what will happen in a minute, but as soon as it happens I’m either totally unsurprised or I have an “a-ha I knew this exact thing would happen”. I feel like I “completed” life as if it was a video game. Kind of feels like beating the main storyline in a video game but having no desire to do side quests, so you just free roam mindlessly. I am not depressed or suicidal because there are still things to learn but I am already looking forward towards death. I know exactly what it’s like to be dead and it’s wonderful, but being here is wonderful too in a sense - it’s an experience for sure.
Is this what all adults experience at some point? Mid-life crisis? Did I take too many dissociative drugs?
When I was a kid, I would wake up and immediately intrinsically know that I am a human being, I have a mom and dad with whom I live, I go to school, have a couple friends, I like playing video games, spending time outside with friends, I have to eat breakfast, lunch, dinner, and all that other human stuff.
Even a few years ago I was still perceiving life the same way - I would wake up and right away I knew that I’m a young adult, I have a job, I have a family that cares about me, I’m trying to build a career, I like music, I browse this shithole website, etc.
Nowadays, I wake up and I’m kind of enraged to be in this reality because being asleep feels like the best thing ever and it suddenly ends. There is no longer an “I”. It’s all observation of the external world. It feels like I know exactly what and when will happen, like I gained some interdimensional knowledge. Obviously, I can’t say what will happen in a minute, but as soon as it happens I’m either totally unsurprised or I have an “a-ha I knew this exact thing would happen”. I feel like I “completed” life as if it was a video game. Kind of feels like beating the main storyline in a video game but having no desire to do side quests, so you just free roam mindlessly. I am not depressed or suicidal because there are still things to learn but I am already looking forward towards death. I know exactly what it’s like to be dead and it’s wonderful, but being here is wonderful too in a sense - it’s an experience for sure.
Is this what all adults experience at some point? Mid-life crisis? Did I take too many dissociative drugs?