Actually, I will admit that I go into dark dungeon states of mind at times. I try to be proactive and try and find my way out before the dungeon gets darker and darker. Music and even a glass of wine. I most probably would have been completely chained into the dungeon during the second lockdown in England if I hadn't found this site, as some of that time I was using it almost from the time I got up until I went to bed. Some people don't seem to end up in dungeons whereas some have dungeons and mazes constantly. I also get lost physically at times, since wandering off into unknown places in childhood and I still sometimes get the wrong bus and end up almost anywhere. My mum used to speak of me 'going off the planet'. — Jack Cummins
Not all those who wander are lost. — J. R. R. Tolkein
What be dasein? — Agent Smith
One aspect of self projection which is also worth discussing with you is the professional role personas put on, especially as mental health professionals. — Jack Cummins
I believe philosophy's central project has always been to optimize agency by helping one to unlearn self-immiserating habits through various daily reflective practices (e.g. pythagorean, epicurean, stoic, pyrrhonian, cynical, neoplatonic, peripatetic ... pragmaticist, absurdist, etc). — 180 Proof
I stayed out fairly late last night and wasn't lost. A friend who was trying to call me last night was extremely cross with me with me though and I hadn't taken my phone. I had not got lost like my Radcastle Station story. Meandering around has always been my tendency and getting lost at times seems symbolic in the quest for authenticity and in philosophy. I wonder if many other people get lost literally as well as in the confusion of philosophical uncertainty. — Jack Cummins
That all said, being lost isn't a pleasant experience... — Agent Smith
It is a great source of anxiety. But... we can learn to embrace our anxiety, because anxiety is the source of motivation. — Metaphysician Undercover
Most interesting. — Ms. Marple
Some writers within the tradition of sociology do explore the nature of subjectivity in relation to a sense of otherness, such as GH Mead. Also, Erving Goffman's understanding of the social presentation of self in everyday life do explore the social construction of human identity. — Jack Cummins
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