/lit/ - Literature

I want to share something I learned while reading Camus that had some practical value in my life, especially if you're a very neurotic, logical guy (like me). It might be a brainlet argument, but it worked for me so I guess there is some value in it.

Basically I tend to analyse fears and anxieties into oblivion, always grasping for answers as into why I feel the way I feel, even when I realize the problem lies in the emotional part of my brain, my logic always hijacks any emotional solution and I go back to the same problem. So at one point I thought to myself "Okay I need to find a logical solution to an emotional problem before I jump to resolve it emotionally, which is where it needs to be resolved". The problem is there is no solution logically to fear or anxiety, but yet I still need one.

So after reading Camus, I thought "what if the logical conclusion to fear is just absurdity? Absurdity in itself". And I fucking swear this had a click on me and literally ALL my fears have been toned downed and I've been much happier since. For example, I was really afraid to drive and no matter how I tried to rationalize that there was no problem with driving 10 minutes around the neighbourhood, I still wouldn't do it. Watch a motivational video? Yeah that worked until I got to the car but I still wouldn't drive. But after reaching this "logical conclusion" of absurdity, I drove 1 hour and all other fears I had postponed to face are one by one getting resolved

Don't know if I'm retarded or a genius, but it worked so I hope it at least helps some of you. You're free to draw conclusions of why this worked

Thoughts on absurdism?