TAW122
Emissary of the right to die.
- Aug 30, 2018
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What is one event (or multiple events) that caused you to become disillusioned with the world itself? There are many events (including current ones and even the future events) that shaped my perception of the world and how I view, interact, respond to it. I will give a few examples.
Back when I was an elementary school student, as young as 8 years of age, I was told that some reality shows are fake and that bothered me for a while partly because I was naive enough to have just 'believed' without question. As a kid and in general, I lacked critical thinking skills and skepticism, the ability to be introspective. However, as I grew older, I started to doubt and question things, more so during my adolescent years. I confirmed my doubts by what was shown in a reality show to be real because it was the same footage from a real event. I could go into more detail of the story, but I believe I already covered my points thoroughly, so I won't be doing so.
Another event that has dismantled my belief in a just world and further sowed disillusion in my life was when I learned about how people are deceptive towards what they meant about consequences. No one ever (directly) told me that "help" was paternalistic, invasive, degrading and humiliating, violation of privacy. By help I'm referring to the aggressive forced treatment of someone against their will or wishes. Fortunately, I was never involuntarily nor voluntarily ordered to seek treatment, but it was still jarring to have experiences of people trying to peddle the idea of "help" being a benign event/action being imposed on others. Ever since then, I have always looked at psychiatry, religion, and other fields as nothing more than a nuisance, hindrance, and at worst, even a threat towards my freedom in a sense.
A common one was when I heard the platitude of "nothing is impossible" (and so many other clichés) which is devoid of logic and reality. In my experiences in life, if you are given a bad hand, unless you have extraordinary luck, extraordinary talent, and circumstances that you capitalize on, you just aren't gonna be very successful or do very well. I'm not only talking about finances, but education, social life, and other aspects in existence. Like if you wanted to follow your passion and dream, sometimes you won't be able to have a successful or (financially) stable life. Not everyone can pursue their dream and become successful. For there to be successful people, there are (many) others that paid the price in order for them (the very few) to enjoy their successes. I digress though but this is one of the examples in reality that has further reinforced and confirmed my disillusion of the real world and how life sucks.
There are more examples and stories, but I believe these three are enough to get my point across. I have become cynical, apathetic, and generally pessimistic (yet realistic) about the world and life in general.
What event(s) caused you to become disillusioned with life and become cynical, apathetic, pessimistic towards the world?
Back when I was an elementary school student, as young as 8 years of age, I was told that some reality shows are fake and that bothered me for a while partly because I was naive enough to have just 'believed' without question. As a kid and in general, I lacked critical thinking skills and skepticism, the ability to be introspective. However, as I grew older, I started to doubt and question things, more so during my adolescent years. I confirmed my doubts by what was shown in a reality show to be real because it was the same footage from a real event. I could go into more detail of the story, but I believe I already covered my points thoroughly, so I won't be doing so.
Another event that has dismantled my belief in a just world and further sowed disillusion in my life was when I learned about how people are deceptive towards what they meant about consequences. No one ever (directly) told me that "help" was paternalistic, invasive, degrading and humiliating, violation of privacy. By help I'm referring to the aggressive forced treatment of someone against their will or wishes. Fortunately, I was never involuntarily nor voluntarily ordered to seek treatment, but it was still jarring to have experiences of people trying to peddle the idea of "help" being a benign event/action being imposed on others. Ever since then, I have always looked at psychiatry, religion, and other fields as nothing more than a nuisance, hindrance, and at worst, even a threat towards my freedom in a sense.
A common one was when I heard the platitude of "nothing is impossible" (and so many other clichés) which is devoid of logic and reality. In my experiences in life, if you are given a bad hand, unless you have extraordinary luck, extraordinary talent, and circumstances that you capitalize on, you just aren't gonna be very successful or do very well. I'm not only talking about finances, but education, social life, and other aspects in existence. Like if you wanted to follow your passion and dream, sometimes you won't be able to have a successful or (financially) stable life. Not everyone can pursue their dream and become successful. For there to be successful people, there are (many) others that paid the price in order for them (the very few) to enjoy their successes. I digress though but this is one of the examples in reality that has further reinforced and confirmed my disillusion of the real world and how life sucks.
There are more examples and stories, but I believe these three are enough to get my point across. I have become cynical, apathetic, and generally pessimistic (yet realistic) about the world and life in general.
What event(s) caused you to become disillusioned with life and become cynical, apathetic, pessimistic towards the world?