What is Solipsism Syndrome?

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What is Solipsism Syndrome?

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Solipsism Syndrome

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See that there is no self that can go mad. Who is it that's going mad? You could say it's your mind, but who is in control of this mind -- who is the "your" in "your mind?" Or in your question, who is the "I" that wants to stop "myself?" When you said that "my brain always has a retort," who is the "my" referring to? If there is no controller of your brain, then one doesn't even have a mind, and therefore the mind doesn't exist. Since Solipsism, according to Wikipedia, is "...the idea that one's own mind is all that exists," the idea fails because there is no you that even has a mind. The reason we think we possesses a mind is because of our ability to recall past events and plan for the future. This creates the illusion that there is some unchanging part of us, which gives rise to "I" trying to fix "me," or in the case of Solipsism, an "I" believing that he has a mind ("me"), and that that mind is all that exists. In reality, there is no mind, no self, no other -- just experience -- just the eternal present moment.

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What is Solipsism Syndrome?

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Hmmmmmm... According to wikipedia:

"Solipsism syndrome is a postulated condition which may be faced by those living in space or on another planet for extended periods of time.[1][2] It may be best described as 'severe Big Brother anomie'."



Solipsism as a philosophical position is that of thinking one's own mind is the only thing that can be known to be real. And some solipsists also actively believe that it really IS the only thing that's real, and that everything else is just fictional. Just images conjured up by THEIR own mind..



So it relates to that position. And apparently, according to the wikipedia page:



"Solipsism syndrome is, by extension, the overwhelming feeling that nothing is real, that all is a dream. Sufferers become lonely and detached from the world and eventually become completely indifferent.[3] Some people claim to have suffered from Solipsism Syndrome[4] but it is not currently recognized as a psychiatric disorder by the American Psychiatric Association.[5]"



..They are mostly worried that astronauts on long space travels, etc, might start suffering from it.



Most interesting. :)

I have a friend who I actually think showed certain symptoms of this at some point, even though she is not an astronaut.