• electric_nan@lemmy.ml
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    4 days ago

    I am occasionally overcome by a sense of grief due to the fact that I will only ever experience my own life.

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      3 days ago

      Personally, I like the griefy feeling. Hard to explain, but it makes me feel closer to others.

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        3 days ago

        Eh, this is something you can probably change. In the last few years I’ve done a lot of processing work and am trying to make more intentional choices for myself rather than living the way other people want me to. Now when I meet new people it reminds me that I actually quite like my life and wouldn’t want to trade it for theirs.

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        4 days ago

        Haha sorry! You know what helps a bit? Art. Books, poetry, painting… they can get you real glimpses of the world through someone else’s eyes.