I feel more and more disconnected from this world

(Originally posted on Tuesday, 1 May 2018)

I feel more and more disconnected from this world. It’s not that I am suicidal or depressed – on the contrary, I am as peacefully happy as ever. But I feel more like a spectator rather than a true participant. I have to point out that I understand perfectly well that some people go through difficult phases of their lives and very often struggle mentally, but at the same time they do things that make their lives even more difficult, causing new problems that make them struggle even more. A vicious cycle.

I will not explain why I think this way because many topics have been covered in detail by other people and it is pointless to repeat all the arguments again. Please notice that by “people” I mean “many people”, not “all the people”, obviously.

1. People try to gather too much info on too many topics, overtiring their mind.
2. People fool themselves that it is not their fault that they are fat/overweight.
3. People compete too much in too many ways.
4. People eat too much.
5. People are afraid to admit that they don't know something.
6. People eat too much “highly-processed” foods that are fresh (eatable) for a very long time.
7. People are not able to enjoy a “boring life”.
8. People avoid eating normal bread – the best source of energy for a human being (it is digested not too quickly and not too slow).
9. People want to possess too many things.
10. People eat too infrequently.
11. People buy some products just because they are endorsed by “celebrities”.
12. People eat too much sweets and/or drink too much “sweet waters” (including “healthy” fruit juices).
13. People waste too much of their time by traveling too often and/or over too long distances.
14. People don't realize that sweetened “sugar-free” products confuse the brain (a sweet product is normally understood by the brain as containing some kind of sugar), which in the long run may result in metabolic problems.
15. People talk or think too much about lives of other people.
16. People drink too little water during eating.
Well, I have to comment on this because such info is very hard to come by. Water fills out stomach as good as any food, lowering the feeling of hunger (with the same amount of foods eaten) AND, more importantly, it lowers the feeling of tiredness after eating – to “use” the eaten foods your body has to digest them and absorb them into your blood, but the whole process needs water. If there is not enough water drunk during eating the needed water is taken away from the rest (the main part) of the body, which makes the rest (the main part) of the body temporarily dehydrated, which makes you temporarily sleepy.
17. People often lie/cheat/mislead/trick/harm/abuse/exploit other people.
18. People drink too little water overall, which often makes them think that they are hungry again instead of only thirsty.
19. People want to become happy through buying things, having friends, drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, using drugs or having sex, without realizing that the happiness HAS to start with them, not other people or things.
20. People eat too many fried foods, especially too much fried meat.
21. People avoid being objective and/or try to see everything as “black or white”, ignoring all shades of grey.
22. People eat/drink some foods/drinks just for their taste, ignoring the truly important properties of the foods/drinks.
23. People want quick answers/solutions.
24. People mindlessly avoid non-fried fats, like mayonnaise.
25. People don’t avoid watching (or just listening to) TV commercials or other advertisements (most of which are misleading/manipulative, to say the least).
26. People either eat too much meat or avoid it totally.
27. People buy expensive things that are totally unnecessary for them.
28. People drink energy drinks or coffee, which makes them become overtired – instead of resting they go on doing too many things.
29. People lament about other people being unfair instead of concentrating on being fair themselves.
30. People don't realize that eating foods or drinking “healthy” juices with lots of fructose (sugar from fruits) is actually even worse (even more unhealthy) than eating foods or drinking drinks with the same amount of white (table) sugar (fructose in big amounts is apparently co-responsible for many illnesses, most importantly diabetes and gout).
31. People watch misfortunes of other people, including some gruesome accidents, living through much unnecessary negative emotions (there is enough negative emotions in our own lives already).
32. People eat too little fresh vegetables that taste good on their own (without any sauces or spices), like tomato, bell pepper, cucumber, radish, carrot, cabbage, kohlrabi or cauliflower (most of them can be quickly blanched to make them a little more “safe”/healthier without losing any positive properties).
33. People want to get rich very quickly and they do all kinds of stupid/unacceptable/illegal/pathetic/dangerous things.
34. People eat too much foods with vinegar instead of foods that are fermented, for example it is healthier to eat fermented (non-vinegar) pickled cucumbers than cucumbers pickled in vinegar (another great/very healthy fermented food is sauerkraut).
35. People care about meaningless rules, like very precise (to the point of ridiculousness) behavioural etiquettes.
36. People don’t do regular physical exercises, even the most basic ones.
37. Young people want to become adults far too quickly, often making their lives more difficult than they should be.
38. People get aggressive for ideological reasons (atheists as well as religious people), ignoring the fact that we will never be able to fully understand the world we live in nor the “outside” world, the same way a “2-dimension person” will never be able to understand his (or her) own limitations nor to detect the third dimension, not to mention to understand it (this is actually the main difference between atheists and religious people – the believe in “something” outside our own world; I am a religious person myself, but it bothers me when some religious people fool themselves that they can learn all about the “outside” world just by reading their holy texts; on the other hand it pisses me off when some atheists behave like total fanatics believing that only they have the right to be right; well, some pseudo-religious people are fanatics too, but a truly religious person gives a positive example, without letting anybody enforce a change of his or her beliefs at the same time).
39. People brag about themselves (or the things they own) in a way that shows they don't realise the fact that it is impossible for everyone to be equally successful and/or lucky, no matter how much work and effort the other people would put it in.
40. People hurry too much, often while driving their cars.
41. People forget all about logic/common sense when their animal instinct (sexual drive) kicks in.
42. People like to watch modern-day gladiators (people in the spot-light) fail/get in trouble.
43. People want to be rich/famous/powerful/influential without realising in advance all the dangers it is associated with.
44. People think that they can always identify when they are being manipulated by the mass media, ignoring the fact that the best manipulations have several layers and are not truly recognizable without access to classified data (the non-manipulated classified data).
45. People complain about their lives, when the truth is that their lives could always be much harder than they currently are.
46. People don't really appreciate that they are healthy until their health deteriorates significantly.
47. People constantly use smart-phones or tablets even outside their homes, increasing even more the amount of data their brains try to absorb.
48. People either have very little imagination or assume that all the possible negative scenarios will never possibly happen to them.
49. People often live on credit, having many unnecessary debts.
50. People in many cases stretch the word “necessary” waaay too much.
51. People rest/sleep too little because they always find some unnecessary but very interesting things to do/watch/read about.

The last issue is actually still a big problem of mine. The rest is not (a big problem of mine).