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11. Existential Dread (26 points)
Nominated by: Johnbobb (0/6 remaining)


Importance: 10
Fear: 8
Snake: 8

Human life is fragile. There are a million daily ways that our existence could be wiped out in the blink of an eye. Add on top of that, we as individuals can sometimes struggle to find a point or reason to it all, to keep getting up in the morning and throwing ourselves at our daily routines and jobs and responsibilities without drowning in the mundanity of it all. Then, when the struggle becomes too much to bear, we face those said possibilities and think there's nothing holding me back from say, taking a step off our roof ledge or slitting our wrists with a kitchen knife. This is existentialist dread at its finest, a dark and pessimistic state of hopelessness and despair that we should hope never overtakes us fully. It take place at the intersection of Lovecraft and the Twilight Zone, standing precariously on the edge of the shadow and unknown, and knowing full well we have the personal freedom to press on. It's a scary concept that provides anxiety to many daily, and it is widely philosophized about. Personally, I find it almost comforting. I think that level of freedom doesn't have to lead to such a bad end; I think it opens a whole load of possibilities and opens roads for us even beyond our wildest imaginations. I remain ever hopeful we can turn our dread and anxiety to something positive, and the universe's indifference to us means we always have a chance to rebel and make our own fates.
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