I can't help believing the world is made for me.

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There is a somewhat similar post that talks about people feeling like the world is watching them after they saw The Truman Show. I feel sort of the same way but instead of feeling like there are cameras watching me, I feel like the world is made for me. Like my waking life is a dream and is in my control. I find evidence for this everywhere. Intangible, anecdotal, but difficult to ignore. Normally I am not the type of person to indulge in fantasy. I am a logical, educated, atheist, but I can't shake this irrational belief! Perhaps it doesn't hurt anyone, and I think I somewhat enjoy it. Although, sometimes I think I do dangerous things to prove to myself that I am truly invincible. Is this just narcissism? Do many other people feel the same? If there are any doctors reading this, please tell me the name, if there is one for this syndrome.

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  • She-WolfAlpha
    13 years ago

    I'm not good with all these illnesses and stuff, but did u feel that way after watching The Truman Show or what?

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    • Leviathanel
      11 years ago

      well said!

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  • Delvok
    13 years ago

    I'd just like to say that you are fucked.

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    • Leviathanel
      11 years ago

      lol damn straight.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    gaaahh! me too! god, i thought i was insane or something cause i feel crazy for thinking like that but i do it anyways cause i like it.

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    The world is not made for you. You are a severely imbalanced human being suffering from Unwarranted Self Importance. I guarantee that if you died, nothing would change. Eventually, everyone who knew you would die, and all records or memories of you would fade/cease to matter. You're memory will last only a couple decades after your death. That is literally how insignificant you are.

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    • Leviathanel
      11 years ago

      well said! what a fool eh?

      he calls himself an athiest yet he thinks he's divine?

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  • 343Boy
    13 years ago

    Maybe you're God?

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  • cosmic182
    13 years ago

    I think the exact same thing, usually when I'm alone, I even wish I could say "OK guys I worked it out, you can all stop pretending for me now". So I would consider you normal

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  • yacko85
    13 years ago

    Thanks to everyone who took the time to read and respond, it's really appreciated and I was surprised. Even those of you who just chided me, I suppose it's legitimate point of view. To quote from an oft quoted source "listen to others, even the dull and ignorant, they too have their story" -Desiderata

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  • theAnomilyGuy
    13 years ago

    I actually count on this belief and live my life according to it. When wondering what will happen next I simply deduce what would seem fitting for my story, and it always plays out exactly as such. While you say you are an aethiest I believe that you simply haven't gone as far as to giving your "director" a specific identity.

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    • Leviathanel
      11 years ago

      so your god who you personally identified (you told god who he was you go girl!) is watching you like his personal story book?

      MORON!

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  • howaminotmyself
    13 years ago

    Temporary suspension of disbelief is beautiful. It is irrational to not indulge in it.

    Why does it need to be a named syndrome? I dub it, hyperrational narcissistic human illusory syndrome.

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    • Leviathanel
      11 years ago

      i disagree. it's rational to stay focused on what is truely there not just what you see or feel (the world is not flat dumbasses!)

      and i choose not to fool myself especially knowingly unless if it is just a coping mechanism because if i were to let myself become insane and selfish everyone would learn to hate me and i would lose all respect for myself because that kind of thinking is the epitamy of douchyness. that's what all those greasy clubbing guys who think they're cool think the world is like. just for them, not a cold dangerious place where we fight to survive every day but some walking dream where they're the hero of their great and purposeful story.

      fucking fools, you may say ignorance is bliss but the is no poverty like ignorance no wealth like knowledge.

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  • Legion
    13 years ago

    Educated and athiest? What an oxymoron! Just kidding lol

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  • twenkie69
    13 years ago

    Ha!! Ur atheist

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  • Faceless
    13 years ago

    pffft! The world is made for me, and your just an extra in my movie. By the way my movies called, 'Ripping off hookers: A survival guide.'

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  • xxxMissFitxxx
    13 years ago

    You might have bipolar disorder.

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    • [Old Memory]
      13 years ago

      No they don't have that, being a narcissist is not being bi-polar.

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