On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness

Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by Supermancho on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:44PM (#27040284)

> So it's not old age, but youth in his case that was unhappy until he met his wife.

Some people feel the existential dread before it is realized. This is shared by both sexes and sometimes expressed at absurdly young ages without prompting.

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by x86ARMsRace on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @01:49PM (#27040361)

Yes, that's absolutely correct. In my case at least I remember occasionally waking up when I was very young in hysterics because of general existential dread related to death.

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by c22 on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @03:54PM (#27042116)

I remember becoming interested in finding a life partner from as young as 7 or 8. I spent my teens and early 20s turning off girls with my seriousness and didn't manage to get laid until my late 20s. I was sore about it at the time, but in retrospect I'm glad I didn't meet with more success because I likely would have ended up marrying someone who would not have been a suitable lifelong match.

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by the_af on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @03:49PM (#27042064)

Would finding a romantic partner help with existential dread related to death? You will not only worry about your own death, but that of your partner's as well. Some degree of this is normal and expected, as it's part of being human, but if it reaches the pathological levels described by the author of TFA...

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Re:On incels, dead bedrooms and the hard problems of loneliness by x86ARMsRace on Tuesday May 04, 2021 @05:54PM (#27043364)

> Would finding a romantic partner help with existential dread related to death?

For me it did not.

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