How much can be gleaned about philosophy, from the dissection of a human mind? If there was a person on display, who lived, and would answer any question about themselves, no matter how personal, who had done a great deal of thinking about their own lives, and could offer useful input, could any insights about the working of the mind, or epistemology, be gleaned? Have you ever wish you just had one more mind to compare notes on, and like, the secrets of the universe would be yours if you had it? My body is average at best, so I’m not going to donate it to science. But I wonder if a person could donate a mental cadaver to philosophy.
You know better! As soon as the the master steps away, the talking heads begin to say, “What he meant by that was…” Philosophy is commentary, it isn’t life.
Wait, do you honestly want a therapist? A professional listener can be useful. If you live near a university then discount therapy can be often be found from students working on their master’s degrees in counseling.
Eh, I’ve had one before. Ok, make that thrice before, and I know the kind of mindset I get into that makes that sort of thing necessary- and I’m definitely there. And you’re right, if I wanted to, I could make some sort of arrangements to do it. It’s just, with all that’s going on, it doesn’t seem like I want to add that one more complication and bill to my life. And I’m not in some crisis state, by any stretch, I just have a big burden of bullshit in my head that feels like it’s starting to distort me a little.
“a big burden of bullshit in my head that feels like it’s starting to distort me a little”
I find it hard to concentrate or think at all when I’m like that. It definitely makes studying in school a hell of a task. It seems to drive you kinda crazy when all you can think about is the “bullshit”, and in my experience I became sort of unstable. But I’m better now, and I think talking to a variety of persons is the key, and writing poems and keeping a lighthearted attitude and not being so serious about all the “bullshit.”
Have to go, sorry if that’s a little hard to read…
Join the order or the club, Any sane or mostly sane person that qeustions and learns feels the same way and to answer your first question yes it would be nice to do that. and yes there is that big burden of BS that begins to distort. No therapist can help that. They would prescribe drugs and run.
The best way: Get a bunch of paper and your puter to start writing things down ,then back off then come back to it all and sort it out that way. Its better then a pyschologist and a hell of a lot cheaper. And you don’t have to worry about being told you are repressing bad, evil things that happened to you that you can’t remember.
Serious start writing things down, and use a pencil when you are writing on paper not a pen, trust me on that one. I prefer writing, to typing, it seems to flow easier that way.
Can you see that your description is also the answer? It IS bullshit. Let it go for awhile. Do the physical stuff and enjoy not entertaining the head stuff. Introspection is always a good thing, but in excess, we end up having thoughts about our thoughts and get lost in the abstractions. Going for a walk or fifty laps at the local swimming pool may be more useful than therapy, which is just more thinking about thinking…
