LPT: Once you are older than 25, reassess what "morals/truths" you learned growing up. Most parents just repeat cycles of abuse/ignorance; it takes a critical mindset to break/change these cycles.

I've had that crisis between the age of 16 and 18, and my views have solidified as 100% nihilistic. I guess it has to do with your experiences. My life has been shit wall-to-wall since I was very little, so I've seen nothing but hypocrisy, imperfection and emotionally driven bullshit since then. A philosophy of utter indifference is about as far as you can get from that.

I guess in some ways my nihilism is more like disappointment and disillusion. No matter where you dig, it seems like more shit just comes pouring out. The only way to deal with it is to understand that the shit is not necessarily shit - just human nature.

When you stop really thinking about the world through the narrow lens of morals, human experience and purpose - it just makes sense. Everyone just is, no strings attached. And everyone wants a piece of whatever is around them. Nothing really phases you anymore at that stage. You just expect people to be thoroughly shitty, self-interested and dirty, and they never fail to prove you right, because they are. Everything in life is a fucking transaction.

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