psychosocial question

wirednuts

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i dont even know how to say it, but what do you call the difference between:

A. a person who feels this world is their life

and

B. a person who feels their life is in this world.

i know there are plenty of people who feel a little of both, but i find it more often then not everyone is one or the other.

what is this called? im sure it has a name... i just cant think of it.
 

wirednuts

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no im talking about self reflection. take alcholics as an example i guess.. most of the time they just go through life as they need to, completely impassionate to others. i know people like this though who dont even drink... maybe the term im looking for is assholes, i dunno...
 

klinc

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I'm not an alcoholic, alcoholics go to meetings. I'm a drunk, we go to parties
 
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Self-centered? Narcissism? Damnit I think there's another word I think might fit better, starts with an m but I can't think of it.
 

phucheneh

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I have no idea what the statements in to OP are supposed to reflect. I'm guessing 'disconnection with the world' or some such is maybe what you're going for?

In which case, google 'schizoid.' No, it's doesn't mean you hear voices. It's simply a high degree of internalized thought that often results in diagnosis of other things like 'avoidant personality disorder.' It is not treatable...unless you want to be a retard.

Seriously- I've taken antipsychotics for 'off-label' (or even indicated) uses not at all related to the 'schizo-' group of disorders. And they have the 'side-effect' of destroying the internal processes that lead to most of my positive traits.
 

wirednuts

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MANNERISMS!

basically anyway. its people who are so enveloped in their own mannerisms they dont realize how much they are effecting everyone else. god i cant fucking stand those people
 

momeNt

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I feel that the world is my life, because without my life I could not experience the world and know it to exist. Once my life is over the world will also end, as my ability to experience will have left me, and I cannot know the world to be true once my ability to experience is gone.
 

wirednuts

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I feel that the world is my life, because without my life I could not experience the world and know it to exist. Once my life is over the world will also end, as my ability to experience will have left me, and I cannot know the world to be true once my ability to experience is gone.

im not like that, but i cant argue. its a lot like the matrix theory... you really cant sit here and say its not possible. maybe my entire existence is just so you can have someone to discuss this topic online. when our converation is over, i could die.
 

momeNt

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im not like that, but i cant argue. its a lot like the matrix theory... you really cant sit here and say its not possible. maybe my entire existence is just so you can have someone to discuss this topic online. when our converation is over, i could die.

I'm putting you on ignore very soon to test that theory. Where do you live so I can check the obituaries?
 

IronWing

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im not like that, but i cant argue. its a lot like the matrix theory... you really cant sit here and say its not possible. maybe my entire existence is just so you can have someone to discuss this topic online. when our converation is over, i could die.
This is my theory about most everyone I encounter blocking isles at the grocery store or driving slow a half mile before my exit. Once the opportunity to bother me has passed, they simple cease to exist, their purpose in the universe fulfilled. At the opposite end are super-annoying folks that you just know from the moment you meet them are destined to part of your life for decades to come.
 

wirednuts

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This is my theory about most everyone I encounter blocking isles at the grocery store or driving slow a half mile before my exit. Once the opportunity to bother me has passed, they simple cease to exist, their purpose in the universe fulfilled. At the opposite end are super-annoying folks that you just know from the moment you meet them are destined to part of your life for decades to come.


thats awesome.

manneralistic bubble people. thats the scientific term.
 

MayorOfAmerica

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I'm not exactly sure what you are getting at but the term "Solipsism" comes to mind. It's essentially the belief that the world only exists in one's mind and everything perceived outside of mind doesn't exist as real.