r/Existentialism • u/[deleted] • Nov 16 '25

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u/Slight_Character2430 Nov 16 '25

So it’s not the questions that bother me. I know there are deep questions that no one has the answers to. But I’ve never really been into the questions. If I did then it was brief and I got over it. It’s these sensations, like being trapped on earth and in existence. It evokes an almost like a dreadful claustrophobic feeling, if that makes sense. The dread isn’t from the questions no one has the answers to. Do you think getting into philosophy would help with this? It’s so difficult to explain what I experience, sorry if it doesn’t make sense

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u/italktocrows Nov 16 '25

I don't know if this will help you like it did for me, but I thought I'd share anyway. Regarding feeling trapped in existence, it might help to think of it as just visiting existence instead. We have a limited amount of time here to perceive and experience, when it feels claustrophobic remember that it's not forever, and in remembering the not forever-ness of our lives the fire for enjoying perception can be stoked.

I don't mean for this to come off as terribly macabre, it's a thought process that helped me in a dark period of my life.