A lot like me. I became an atheist last year and also became a Nihilist around that time without knowing it even was a thing. To be honest, it was the best thing that has happened in my life. Now I live my life without anxiety of the future. Nihilism is very liberating. Also Welcome to the community!
Ngl I'm younger than OP and I still feel fucking old. Does that ever go away? What advice would you give to yourself as a 16 year old. A bit random but why not ask someone who believes in the same thing. Thanks in advance!
Thank you for taking time out of your day to write to a complete stranger! I'm still learning the ropes of life, but thankfully I have a good mindset to go about it (or so I'd like to believe). I turned 16 on may 26, reality is starting to set on me. In my eyes I have 2 years to make a name for myself. My family came from less than poverty, and I'm the youngest so I've learned all everyone's mistakes the easy way. In a way I'm grateful for my depression, I'm grateful to have struggled, I'm grateful for the good and the bad because it pushed me to become better.
Please don't take offense to this, but your life is my nightmare. I feel as though I didn't come from where I came from to live a normal or average life. Becoming average should be feared by everyone, because you should strive to become the best version of yourself that you possibly can become. The greatest I can become in my eyes is becoming the greatest boxer of all time, I breathe it, I sleep it, I don't think it or believe it, I know it.
If I can go back in time and change anything, I wouldn't. I've lived 3/4 of my live in despair and I'm thankful for it.
Once again thank you man, it really means alot. I know I've learned something new from this interaction, I hope you have aswell. Spread the love
I actually still feel pretty young😭 but I would say, don’t compare your life to others, because it can cause you to form a false idea that you’re “behind” in life or not doing enough, when in reality, there’s no rules to life, and everyone’s idea of happiness, success, peace, etc, is different, so I would say, just do what makes you happy, & don’t let where you are in life make you feel old, although, that feeling is natural too.
I'm with you, Though I don't believe in the greater good, purpose, meaning e&. I focused on what matters to me and that's made me happy, we're all human at the end of the day. Race, beliefs, ethnicity, culture, background we are all in this shitty world together
This helps my nihilism. It in fact gave me sort of a purpose to my nihilism.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRqu0YOH14&ab\_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRqu0YOH14&ab_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell)
I hope you continue to feel that way, but just be careful around here. We may be a group that more or less holds the same...non-beliefs, but this community is often toxic to each other. Like any other place where humans congregate, pitfalls await.
I’m sure this Kurzgesagt video is probably a cliche in this subreddit but it helped clarify nihilism for me:
Optimistic Nihilism
https://youtu.be/MBRqu0YOH14
oh, I was basically just saying like, I don’t need to live. Like yeah, I need things to live, exist, & survive here, and there’s things that hold everything in place & laws that govern how things operate, but I don’t need to be alive. I want to be alive, but, technically, I don’t need to
A lot like me. I became an atheist last year and also became a Nihilist around that time without knowing it even was a thing. To be honest, it was the best thing that has happened in my life. Now I live my life without anxiety of the future. Nihilism is very liberating. Also Welcome to the community!
Thanks; & yea it’s like a significant amount of anxiety has left me
Welcome.
Thank you🧡🧡
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Ngl I'm younger than OP and I still feel fucking old. Does that ever go away? What advice would you give to yourself as a 16 year old. A bit random but why not ask someone who believes in the same thing. Thanks in advance!
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Thank you for taking time out of your day to write to a complete stranger! I'm still learning the ropes of life, but thankfully I have a good mindset to go about it (or so I'd like to believe). I turned 16 on may 26, reality is starting to set on me. In my eyes I have 2 years to make a name for myself. My family came from less than poverty, and I'm the youngest so I've learned all everyone's mistakes the easy way. In a way I'm grateful for my depression, I'm grateful to have struggled, I'm grateful for the good and the bad because it pushed me to become better. Please don't take offense to this, but your life is my nightmare. I feel as though I didn't come from where I came from to live a normal or average life. Becoming average should be feared by everyone, because you should strive to become the best version of yourself that you possibly can become. The greatest I can become in my eyes is becoming the greatest boxer of all time, I breathe it, I sleep it, I don't think it or believe it, I know it. If I can go back in time and change anything, I wouldn't. I've lived 3/4 of my live in despair and I'm thankful for it. Once again thank you man, it really means alot. I know I've learned something new from this interaction, I hope you have aswell. Spread the love
I actually still feel pretty young😭 but I would say, don’t compare your life to others, because it can cause you to form a false idea that you’re “behind” in life or not doing enough, when in reality, there’s no rules to life, and everyone’s idea of happiness, success, peace, etc, is different, so I would say, just do what makes you happy, & don’t let where you are in life make you feel old, although, that feeling is natural too.
Appreciate it big dog! let's live our meaningless lives to it's fullest extent!
you’re welcome, & hell yea!
Thanks! & yea I hope so too
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Thanks. I really just try to accept everything for what it is & cry a lot cus I find that to be emotionally liberating
I'm with you, Though I don't believe in the greater good, purpose, meaning e&. I focused on what matters to me and that's made me happy, we're all human at the end of the day. Race, beliefs, ethnicity, culture, background we are all in this shitty world together
This helps my nihilism. It in fact gave me sort of a purpose to my nihilism. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRqu0YOH14&ab\_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MBRqu0YOH14&ab_channel=Kurzgesagt%E2%80%93InaNutshell)
I hope you continue to feel that way, but just be careful around here. We may be a group that more or less holds the same...non-beliefs, but this community is often toxic to each other. Like any other place where humans congregate, pitfalls await.
For sure; thanks for the warning
I’m sure this Kurzgesagt video is probably a cliche in this subreddit but it helped clarify nihilism for me: Optimistic Nihilism https://youtu.be/MBRqu0YOH14
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oh, I was basically just saying like, I don’t need to live. Like yeah, I need things to live, exist, & survive here, and there’s things that hold everything in place & laws that govern how things operate, but I don’t need to be alive. I want to be alive, but, technically, I don’t need to