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how did you overcome your existential crisis? (linux.community)

submitted 1 week ago by vestmoria@linux.community to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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somebody suggested I'm in the middle of an existential crisis. Just read my last post.

Fine, seems to be true.

Do people snap out of this?

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[–] vtype@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Not a solution but: physical touch, affection and quality time with loved ones is a very nice and effective way to feel a bit better (even if just for a brief moment), and to ground yourself back into the "here and now". I guess you could say it is a kind of "coping mechanism" or something like that for those times when you feel like you're spiralling into a maelstrom of existential dread.