Is there a correlation?
My guess is that absurdism is the empath's nihilism.
If you want to portray the diminished emotional attachment to the past and the future aspects of your actions beyond the immediate gratification, then there is a correlation.
Then again, isn't that what the society in general portrays ( or is being driven to believe, by people with the so called sociopathic traits ) as living life to the fullest?
Or perhaps living in fear of the past repeating itself and the future bringing the unknown, thus driving oneself to be always prepared for the worst more nihilistic, as only perpetuating the moment seems to matter?
Every society is a combination of checks and balances that regulate the present, ritualize the past and prepare its members for the future.
So it would seem, that every single member of any society is nihilistic to a degree( mostly depending on personal, or shared circumstances ). But then again, everyone wants something that is not available to them beyond the immediate and understands that they must develop a method of achieving it.
We are all driven by our basic needs to metabolize, procreate and evolve. It's the nature of life.
That there are people who want to absolve themselves from that understanding completely is a normal part of personal growth ( if it ever happens that is ) and eventually the reality of the present will teach them what it means to appreciate life in all of its obscured and revealed forms.
We can't have everything, but at least we can try.
BTW, You look like you really enjoy interviewing applicants for this management course.
I suppose it's your reaction to nihilism that counts in the end, but I guess sociopaths are all nihilists to start off with. Empaths reconcile nihilism with themselves by acknowledging that it is empathy itself that dictates a person's morality. A sociopath started off a nihilist in the truest sense.
Yes, it is quite fun. Good-nighhhtt-a-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding-ding!
No. Because I've found oh so many borderlines, even ones with too much empathy, who are every bit as nihilistic as one can be. The same has been true for us nons, we can be nihilists too. Though I'm more of a cynic than a nihilist. One that believes that life is shit until you make something of it.
by PathophileCorrelation =/= causation; I was just wondering what the graph would look like. I'm coming to the conclusion that absurdism/ existentialism is the closest an empath can get to nihilism.
And I'm coming to the conclusion that you're confusing the Psychology of Personality Disoders with philosophy. At the end of the day, I'm sure you care about what I think exactly as much as I care what you think.
But isn't psychology of the so called 'personality disorders' a construct of the mind as much as philosophy?
Is living a life determined by a person's predispositions to have an outlook on how it should be lived, or is it a result of a philosophy one agrees with and chooses to follow?
We are all a mix of traits that encompass the whole of the human experience. Some are developed and some are predetermined.
No such state as tabula rasa exists, unless you allow it to exist.
Oh, don't be ridiculous.
I can throw 'fucks', 'cunts' and all matter of bullshit all day long.
It's the appeasement of appearing civilized, tactful, considerate and kind that drive me on.
After all, What is the appeal of appearing conformist if you don't balance it with the opposite at your leisure?
by Venator of VerumBut isn't psychology of the so called 'personality disorders' a construct of the mind as much as philosophy?
Is living a life determined by a person's predispositions to have an outlook on how it should be lived, or is it a result of a philosophy one agrees with and chooses to follow?
We are all a mix of traits that encompass the whole of the human experience. Some are developed and some are predetermined.
No such state as tabula rasa exists, unless you allow it to exist.
The only difference is that I don't see philosophy as being bunk in the same way that I do these "personality disorders". I mean, it just seems like a psychiatrists way around being able to say "you're problem is that you're an asshole and lack a decent personality", in the same way that hypochondriasis and factitious disorder is an acceptable way of saying, "i'm aware that you're faking it."
Whereas with philosophy, it's seen as more important to reserve judgement and ask questions, rather than form assumptions as to what is and isn't normal ways of percieving the world and interacting within it.