Some girl's existential angst on YouTube comments:

"Wait... So, if I actually, thoroughly, truly believe that everything is a figment of my imagination and that I'm just creating everything in this world with my mind, is something wrong with me?... A lot of the time (not all of the time though. Maybe like 40% of the time) I feel like I'm dreaming or hallucinating or simply just living in my own mind. Like nothing is real. And that concerns me because I don't know what to believe. People tell me that everything is real but how do I know? How do I know that it's real? Sure, I feel it and see it, but I could be imagining that I feel and see it. Oh god, I feel like just jumping off of a cliff because I think of this stuff. It gets to me so much."


Reply:

"okay, so heres how i deal with it. i know my self better than any one. i know my limits. i know my intellect. so, when I meet some one who is insurmountably more intelligent than I, i take great pleasure in that.I know it cant be me. this is another being altogether. This cannot be my creation. I have admiration, and i find solace. The world is so amazing, it cant be your doing. thats what i live believing. Try it. PS: Humor is the best way to know its not yours, else you wouldn't laugh. Find humorous people. cheers."


I guess I should have just advised her to read a good book, or watch a great movie.