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Why normal life can feel existentially hollow

Everyone at work talks about their weekend plans and their kids' activities and I just sit there wondering if any of us are actually living or just going through motions until we die.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The gap between social expectations of contentment and private experiences of meaninglessness can feel unbridgeable.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Humanism and secular meaning?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.