Am I Only Human?

Some days I question just how alien a human really is. Philosophically, something is [i]alien[i] when it feels separate from your identity or essence. Sometimes my thoughts feel alien to me. It doesn't feel like me. Or it doesn't feel like I'm having them on my own. I have, on many occasion, been to places where I don't feel I belong. I feel alien. At what point do your own actions feel alien to you? Sometimes, when my brain is on autopilot, when I "wake up" things tend to feel alien.

Philosophers like Jean-Paul Sartre and Albert Camus have taken this concept and ran: They have both argued that humans are thrown into a World without inherent meaning. This can create a feeling that life itself is alien. Camus describes the feeling that everyday life suddenly seems strange or absurd - like you're detached from reality.

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WoodsGirl · F

Growing up in isolation, I fully know that feeling of not being part of the whole. A reality that doesn't seem real as looked at by someone outside of it. My own identity in constant question as I exist only with an idea to compare to. The fear of seeing nothing in a mirror. Logic and emotion contradicting each other but somehow both part of what I am. Nothing...and Everything. If I stop looking does the world exist. And fearing that with no eyes to see me....do I? A ghost, haunting itself. Alienation. Yet I begin to see others, and realize that like me, maybe humans are a nation of aliens.....

AtlasScar · 31-35, MNew

@WoodsGirl You are the quiet cosmic anomaly who finally realizes the universe has been staring back, waiting for you to see yourself in its reflection.

Docdon23 · M

I, like you, sometimes feel alone, alien, like I do not belong where I am. At other times I feel engaged or fully engaged. i do think we add meaning to our lives--mine is to help children in need...i was a teacher for many years and had a difficult childhood, so i did find purpose in life helping children

CookieCrumbs · F

We exist, and in the process we find meaning by creating it.

AtlasScar · 31-35, MNew

@CookieCrumbs By creating it. That’s wonderful.

CookieCrumbs · F

@AtlasScar

“Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does.” - Satre

AtlasScar · 31-35, MNew

@CookieCrumbs Freedom is the beautiful curse that forces us to sculpt ourselves from the raw stone of our own choices.

BlueVeins · 26-30

You're only humaaaaaaaan
And you bleed when you fall down

AbsolutelyFabulous · F

You are a soul trapped in the human form, until you figure out how to do life correctly you're going to keep coming back for more.. 😌

AtlasScar · 31-35, MNew

@AbsolutelyFabulous You’re a wandering spark of the infinite, relearning the shape of yourself each lifetime until you finally remember you were never trapped at all.

emiliya · 26-30, F

Only human until you die. That is when you become more than man.

Prince0217 · M

@emiliya I think there some depth in what you said

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AtlasScar · 31-35, MNew

@UnknownEnigma I’m down for building a video game off of it haha

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