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In the end, of course, we might not be able to liberate ourselves, either from suffering or from illusions. Life is hell, and it looks as though no heaven awaits us, to top it off. This, in itself, might be a path to liberation since, after all, we have nothing to lose.
The most problematic patient might be the German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860), well known for his contention that suffering is unavoidable and a key part of human existence. Schopenhauer argued that there is no meaning or purpose to existence, and that life is moved by an aimless striving that can never be fulfilled. He turns our positive worldview upside down – the normal basic mode of our existence is not happiness that, from time to time, gets disrupted by suffering. Instead, life is itself a bone-deep suffering and endless mourning. It will never get better, Schopenhauer claimed: ‘It is bad today, and it will be worse tomorrow …’ Schopenhauer posits that consciousness further worsens the human condition, since conscious beings experience pain more acutely and are able to reflect on the absurdity of their existence. ‘I shall be told … that my philosophy is comfortless – because I speak the truth; and people preferred to be assured that everything the Lord has made is good,’ he wrote in the essay ‘On the Sufferings of the World’ (1851). ‘Go to the priests, then, and leave the philosophers in peace.’
For Freud, the goal was helping patients to accept and reflect on the hell that life is
The German philosopher Martin Heidegger (1889-1976) doesn’t provide much reassurance either. He referred to anxiety as a basic mode of human existence and distinguishes between authentic and non-authentic human forms of living. We mostly live inauthentically in our everyday lives, where we are immersed in everyday tasks, troubles and worries, so that our awareness of the futility and meaninglessness of our existence is silenced by everyday noise. We go to work, raise children, work on our relationships, clean the house, go to sleep, and do it all over again. The world around us seems to make sense, and is even richly meaningful. But the authentic life is disclosed only in anxiety. Then we become self-aware and can begin to think freely, rejecting the shared illusion that society has imposed. For Heidegger, anxiety represents a proper philosophical mood.
The Norwegian thinker Peter Wessel Zapffe (1899-1990) took philosophical pessimism even further. Human consciousness is tragically overdeveloped, he said, resulting in existential angst. In his essay ‘The Last Messiah’ (1933), Zapffe referred to it as ‘a biological paradox, an abomination, an absurdity, an exaggeration of disastrous nature’. Humans have developed a need that cannot be fulfilled, since nature itself is meaningless; to survive, he argues, humanity has to repress this damaging surplus of consciousness. This is ‘a requirement of social adaptability and of everything commonly referred to as healthy and normal living’.
Zapffe named four universal defence mechanisms humankind has developed:
isolation, including repression of disturbing and destructive thoughts and feelings;
anchoring, the establishment of higher meanings and ideals. The examples of collective anchoring he gives are: ‘God, the Church, the State, morality, fate, the law of life, the people, the future’. Anchoring provides us with illusions that secure psychological comfort. The shortcoming of anchoring is the despair we feel upon discovering that our anchoring mechanism is an illusion;
distraction, the focusing of our thoughts and energy on a certain idea or task to prevent the mind from self-reflection; and
sublimation, a type of defence mechanism in which negative urges are transformed into more positive actions. For instance, we distance ourselves from the tragedy of our existence and transform our awareness into philosophy, literature and art.
The father of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) was – like the philosophers – against religion, and claimed its purpose is to satisfy our infantile emotional needs. ‘Neurotics are a rabble, good only to support us financially and to allow us to learn from their cases: psychoanalysis as a therapy may be worthless,’ he reportedly told his colleague Sándor Ferenczi. Freud wasn’t optimistic about the outcome of psychotherapeutic treatment, and was reluctant to promise happiness as a result. In Studies on Hysteria (1895), he pledged that psychoanalysis could transform hysterical misery into ‘common unhappiness’. For Freud, the goal was helping patients to accept and reflect on the hell that life is. Not in any beyond, but here on Earth.
16 thoughts on “Depressive Realism: Accept Life Is Hell & Be Free”
“We keep chasing happiness, but true clarity comes from depression and existential angst.” This statement alone makes me really want to watch this. Can’t wait!
To those reading this… Here are my 10 extra tips to INCREASE your daily manifestations that I’ve learned over the years..👇🏾
1. Practice gratitude every morning. When you wake up, list everything that you are grateful for and feel that gratitude in your core. Feel free to write things down in a journal so it is easy for you to remember.
2. Replace your negative thoughts with positive ones. Every time you feel a negative thought coming on, make a positive spin on it right away.
3. Take ownership for things that happen in your life. It’s easy to blame others however you will feel much better when you realize that most issues stem from us.
4. ALWAYS believe that good things are about to happen. By being open to new possibilities you are inviting abundance into your life.
5. Remember that like attracts like so you get back whatever you put out, whether it is good or bad. So do good AND received good.
6. Meditate for five minutes a day. During this time focus on how you want your life to be; but place your focus on how you feel AND feel that feeling as if you have already accomplished those goals.
7. Step outside of your comfort zone. Stop playing it safe and make that decision to finally go for your dreams.
8. Focus on activities that make you feel truly happy. When you are truly happy you have the best vibrational frequency to manifest your desires.
9. Avoid the naysayers and surround yourself with people who only lift you higher. Downers will be downers, don’t let them drag you into their misery.
10. Don’t be afraid to dream and know that you are always supported by the universe.
Thank you I do these things you listed,I was going through a time of anxiety and it came from no where but it’s made me feel different and reflect on myself how ever scary that is,but meditation has really helped me
The electromagnetic energy from the heart is 60x more powerful than the electromagnetic energy from the brain. Having heart based intentions radically shifts your ability to manifest with the law of attraction.
💜 Heart-Based Manifestation YouTuber
That was good. There is meaning, however, and there is release from suffering. It’s the third eye. Understand and learn to use the third eye and you will discover so much. Beautiful visions, lucid dreams, and out of body experiences.
You’ll watch an entire Netflix show even when the first episodes are slow and boring just because someone told you “it gets better.” *But what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?*
How could I be depressed if I don’t think depressing thoughts 🥰🙌🏻
There is always opportunity for a better feeling thought no matter what( all joy and suffering comes from within)..
🥰🙏
Cabt catch hell if we (don’t pur on the catching gloves)..
happiness is not a destination it is a way of life..
💞🙌🏻💞
There is two sides to every coin what we focus on grows there is no downside when we are focusing on the upside..
I am the one with the infinite good that nothing can harm or destroy, from this day on by deliberate thinking I controll my life. for my life is the result or effect of my thoughts. When evil thoughts, weak thoughts, inpure thoughts, failure thoughts, fear thoughts, poverty thoughts, hate thoughts or diseas thoughts assail me I will cast them out and think only thoughts of love, strength, health, prosperity, success and achievement of the infinite perfection with which I am now allied with and I am apart of.
“We keep chasing happiness, but true clarity comes from depression and existential angst.” This statement alone makes me really want to watch this. Can’t wait!
*”Problems are not stop signs, they are guidelines.” – Robert H. Schuller*
To those reading this… Here are my 10 extra tips to INCREASE your daily manifestations that I’ve learned over the years..👇🏾
1. Practice gratitude every morning. When you wake up, list everything that you are grateful for and feel that gratitude in your core. Feel free to write things down in a journal so it is easy for you to remember.
2. Replace your negative thoughts with positive ones. Every time you feel a negative thought coming on, make a positive spin on it right away.
3. Take ownership for things that happen in your life. It’s easy to blame others however you will feel much better when you realize that most issues stem from us.
4. ALWAYS believe that good things are about to happen. By being open to new possibilities you are inviting abundance into your life.
5. Remember that like attracts like so you get back whatever you put out, whether it is good or bad. So do good AND received good.
6. Meditate for five minutes a day. During this time focus on how you want your life to be; but place your focus on how you feel AND feel that feeling as if you have already accomplished those goals.
7. Step outside of your comfort zone. Stop playing it safe and make that decision to finally go for your dreams.
8. Focus on activities that make you feel truly happy. When you are truly happy you have the best vibrational frequency to manifest your desires.
9. Avoid the naysayers and surround yourself with people who only lift you higher. Downers will be downers, don’t let them drag you into their misery.
10. Don’t be afraid to dream and know that you are always supported by the universe.
Hope this helps!
– Your Friendly Neighborhood Coach
Thank you I do these things you listed,I was going through a time of anxiety and it came from no where but it’s made me feel different and reflect on myself how ever scary that is,but meditation has really helped me
@Pure Water anytime. I’m glad it helped!
Please repost the video on Darwin evolution and the materialists. It was taken down.
The electromagnetic energy from the heart is 60x more powerful than the electromagnetic energy from the brain. Having heart based intentions radically shifts your ability to manifest with the law of attraction.
💜 Heart-Based Manifestation YouTuber
That was good. There is meaning, however, and there is release from suffering. It’s the third eye. Understand and learn to use the third eye and you will discover so much. Beautiful visions, lucid dreams, and out of body experiences.
It’s not about being happy , it about not being miserable.
Brilliant. I think this will help a lot of people that have been CONNED that a so called state of depression is “bad”, that it isn’t necessarily so.
*”The person who wins, is the person who wants it the most.”*
This changed my life.
You’ll watch an entire Netflix show even when the first episodes are slow and boring just because someone told you “it gets better.” *But what if you looked at your goals like that and watched your life get better instead?*
what a depressing view on life..😐
How could I be depressed if I don’t think depressing thoughts 🥰🙌🏻
There is always opportunity for a better feeling thought no matter what( all joy and suffering comes from within)..
🥰🙏
Cabt catch hell if we (don’t pur on the catching gloves)..
happiness is not a destination it is a way of life..
💞🙌🏻💞
There is two sides to every coin what we focus on grows there is no downside when we are focusing on the upside..
I am the one with the infinite good that nothing can harm or destroy, from this day on by deliberate thinking I controll my life. for my life is the result or effect of my thoughts. When evil thoughts, weak thoughts, inpure thoughts, failure thoughts, fear thoughts, poverty thoughts, hate thoughts or diseas thoughts assail me I will cast them out and think only thoughts of love, strength, health, prosperity, success and achievement of the infinite perfection with which I am now allied with and I am apart of.
What you allow is what will continue.
What was Bruce Lee’s favorite drink? WA-TARRRR!