Come to think of your thought process as an accumulation of information layers on top of each other, it should not be surprising to see the introduction of a possibly devastating new thought threatening the foundations of your thinking process being counter-productive, or depressive. I am speaking of my personal experience with solipsism, which did not come from exposure but personal self-destructive thought process; I’ve looked it up to find out about solipsism later on. The introduction of these ideas at your pace, as you’ve experienced yourself, is very uncomfortable and should be moderated.
In your case, you need a solid, unshakeable foundation which you should defend no matter what. This may sound a bit religious, but consider religion for the example’s sake: an exposure to potentially threatening concept is overwritten with the religious concepts that are accepted duly by the observer. This is an overwriting mechanism and you need it in the most critical cases.
However overwriting everything simply eliminates all the useful information that are out there, or even the potentially threatening information from which you can extract useful bits of further information. My personal method of coping with these thoughts is simply to accept the possibility of anything presented to you of being real. It is similar to the old days of Stonehedge druids gazing at the wide sky showing the ultimate expression of infinity to humans: stars. The sight of infinite stars lining up on a clear sky is a humbling experience, and being humble comes with the admission that you simply cannot grasp everything. When you start leaving an open door to problems presented to you, instead of trying to tackle it down every time, you accept that it is beyond you and you let it go. That’s how it can’t affect you in depth. You can see similar thought processes in Middle Eastern https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kismet) and Far Eastern fatalism. The fatalism is actually a very useful tool to reduce anxiety such as yours, because it allows the person to move on instead of being crushed under the infinite possibilities of encounters.
For example, a person brought up in a culture where the usage of Kismet is common, would answer whether his newest business would be successful with a simple word: Kismet. It’s the blind faith, a psychological support that frees your mind from anxiety, in the same fashion as our ancestors did. In the current age, we forgot to be humble and grew arrogant. Whenever we can’t deal with answers we come up with, we either grow anxious or get depressed. Instead, let the questions find their own answers.
Obviously I’m not suggesting a direct cloning of these ideas, but rather your extrapolation of them. As you get more and more comfortable with casting thoughts aside and strengthening your foundation, you’ll see the infinite possibilities expand before your eyes.
Come to think of your thought process as an accumulation of information layers on top of each other, it should not be surprising to see the introduction of a possibly devastating new thought threatening the foundations of your thinking process being counter-productive, or depressive. I am speaking of my personal experience with solipsism, which did not come from exposure but personal self-destructive thought process; I’ve looked it up to find out about solipsism later on. The introduction of these ideas at your pace, as you’ve experienced yourself, is very uncomfortable and should be moderated.
In your case, you need a solid, unshakeable foundation which you should defend no matter what. This may sound a bit religious, but consider religion for the example’s sake: an exposure to potentially threatening concept is overwritten with the religious concepts that are accepted duly by the observer. This is an overwriting mechanism and you need it in the most critical cases.
However overwriting everything simply eliminates all the useful information that are out there, or even the potentially threatening information from which you can extract useful bits of further information. My personal method of coping with these thoughts is simply to accept the possibility of anything presented to you of being real. It is similar to the old days of Stonehedge druids gazing at the wide sky showing the ultimate expression of infinity to humans: stars. The sight of infinite stars lining up on a clear sky is a humbling experience, and being humble comes with the admission that you simply cannot grasp everything. When you start leaving an open door to problems presented to you, instead of trying to tackle it down every time, you accept that it is beyond you and you let it go. That’s how it can’t affect you in depth. You can see similar thought processes in Middle Eastern https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kismet) and Far Eastern fatalism. The fatalism is actually a very useful tool to reduce anxiety such as yours, because it allows the person to move on instead of being crushed under the infinite possibilities of encounters.
For example, a person brought up in a culture where the usage of Kismet is common, would answer whether his newest business would be successful with a simple word: Kismet. It’s the blind faith, a psychological support that frees your mind from anxiety, in the same fashion as our ancestors did. In the current age, we forgot to be humble and grew arrogant. Whenever we can’t deal with answers we come up with, we either grow anxious or get depressed. Instead, let the questions find their own answers.
Obviously I’m not suggesting a direct cloning of these ideas, but rather your extrapolation of them. As you get more and more comfortable with casting thoughts aside and strengthening your foundation, you’ll see the infinite possibilities expand before your eyes.