Sometimes ..
November 30th 2006 09:56
... I look at the people around me and think to myself that I really don't relate to any of them.
The chase after material goods;
The chase after status;
The chase after illicit substances that help them escape from whatever they're running away from.
Why? Do these things really make them happy?
I look at them then I try to relate to what they're doing?
Am I really that different to them or am I just the same but chasing different things?
Let's dissect the above one by one:
Material goods:
* Labels, brands, designer clothes etc ...
Are they merely part of a tribalistic instinct? The need to belong to something.
If you do this or wear that, you achieve a certain lifestyle and you're viewed to be part of a certain 'tribe'?
Maybe I am weird but I buy clothes base on the basics ... you ready?
I buy clothes that fit me and that I don't look like I'm wearing a garbage bag over my head.
Strange but true story.
Status:
* High power jobs, high-paying jobs, mansions, boats, flashy cars, world's most famous musician ... etc ...
The ego speaking? Why do some people feel the need to be in power or to be admired?
Is that real love to be surrounded by people who are there with you because of what you earn, the reputation you have, the things you own?
Does this really make people happy?
Illicit substances:
Now, I'm surrounded by people who take all forms of illicit substances.
Most of them are rather proud of the fact that they rather enjoy the escapism from their everyday world.
Makes me think ... is their world so tough that they feel the only way to deal with it is to be spiral into another reality?
Or is it that they feel the need to be in another reality?
When will this drug-induced reality take over the reality they live in?
It takes a certain type of personality to feel this need and stay with it.
I guess I don't have that personality ... unfortunately or fortunately.
I don't even feel the need to take OTC drugs (oh then there's the whole different subject of pill-popping nation ... everyone seeking solution to trivial ailments by popping something).
I have tried many forms of drugs, some of which are known to be highly addictive.
This may sound sad to some people. I can't even get an addiction.
My short attention span even spreads across to to the mind-altering state.
The only outcome was "Ok, that was interesting and may be a little fun but is this it? I'm bored now, I'm going to do something else."
So, would an addiction to illicit substances more to do with psychological behaviour moreso than physiological?
It all depends on individuals I guess.
I do realise I have only skimmed through these on a rather superficial level.
Random thoughts.
The chase after material goods;
The chase after status;
The chase after illicit substances that help them escape from whatever they're running away from.
Why? Do these things really make them happy?
I look at them then I try to relate to what they're doing?
Am I really that different to them or am I just the same but chasing different things?
Let's dissect the above one by one:
Material goods:
* Labels, brands, designer clothes etc ...
If you do this or wear that, you achieve a certain lifestyle and you're viewed to be part of a certain 'tribe'?
Maybe I am weird but I buy clothes base on the basics ... you ready?
I buy clothes that fit me and that I don't look like I'm wearing a garbage bag over my head.
Strange but true story.
Status:
* High power jobs, high-paying jobs, mansions, boats, flashy cars, world's most famous musician ... etc ...
The ego speaking? Why do some people feel the need to be in power or to be admired?
Is that real love to be surrounded by people who are there with you because of what you earn, the reputation you have, the things you own?
Does this really make people happy?
Illicit substances:
Now, I'm surrounded by people who take all forms of illicit substances.
Most of them are rather proud of the fact that they rather enjoy the escapism from their everyday world.
Makes me think ... is their world so tough that they feel the only way to deal with it is to be spiral into another reality?
Or is it that they feel the need to be in another reality?
It takes a certain type of personality to feel this need and stay with it.
I guess I don't have that personality ... unfortunately or fortunately.
I don't even feel the need to take OTC drugs (oh then there's the whole different subject of pill-popping nation ... everyone seeking solution to trivial ailments by popping something).
I have tried many forms of drugs, some of which are known to be highly addictive.
This may sound sad to some people. I can't even get an addiction.
My short attention span even spreads across to to the mind-altering state.
The only outcome was "Ok, that was interesting and may be a little fun but is this it? I'm bored now, I'm going to do something else."
So, would an addiction to illicit substances more to do with psychological behaviour moreso than physiological?
It all depends on individuals I guess.
I do realise I have only skimmed through these on a rather superficial level.
Random thoughts.
| 57 |
| Vote |
Add Comments
