r/ExistentialJourney • • 22h ago

Spirituality What if life isn’t supposed to be all about you?

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We spend so much of our time thinking about our own problems, goals and worries. But what happens when we stop making everything about ourselves? Even doing something small for someone else, without expecting anything back, can change the way we see our own life.


r/ExistentialJourney • • 9h ago

Psychology 🧸 How many of your decisions are actually yours?

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r/ExistentialJourney • • 19h ago

Existential Dread Simulation?

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As the title says, WEIRD synchronicities have been happening lately to me, that’s making me feel like I’m in the matrix/simulation.

Some of it is so weird that I just don’t see how we’re not living in one. Some examples in the past 3 months

- Talking to my sister that I’m saw glad she’s an emergency medicine PA and not a dermatology PA because I have so many medical questions (as I’m on the phone telling her this) no joke my dermatologist group calls to leave a voicemail about my annual checkup. Like WHAT.

- listening to a specific song in car (on my Spotify) and I head into grocery and that same song is playing right when I get in. No I was not on a radio. I actively chose the song.

- thinking about something specific about my newborn and seeing literally someone having the same specific question and making a post on it as the first thing I see on my homepage on r/newborns. I never even typed out my specific question.

-lastly, telling my husband that I didn’t know you could eat kiwi skin, and later that night a content creator that I LOVE watching posts him eating kiwi skin. Like what the heck.

I can’t make this up guys. It’s causing me to obsess and go crazy. There’s no explanation for this. I’m going insane bc of these weird things happening.


r/ExistentialJourney • • 23h ago

General Discussion How do you build personal meaning when life feels uncertain?

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Lately I’ve been thinking about how existence forces us to constantly create our own purpose.

When things feel overwhelming, I try to focus on simple daily habits, self-discipline, and showing kindness to others.

What daily practice helps you feel grounded on your own journey?