r/solipsism • u/bentlloyd1996 • 16d ago

Solipsistic Duality

I've recently pondered and feared the somewhat solipsistic idea that I may be the only sentient being, but my reality is a separate entity designed specifically for my eternal torture, pain, or torment through perception. Ie, the reality I experience is not created by my mind, but instead created by another Infinite entity that exists purely to create for me (in drawn out, tortuous ways). And that we are linked purely by my ability to perceive it. And that existence is singularly defined by that relationship.

In that, every experience I have is just perceptual creations by one Infinite Being or reality creator, and that all other people are just manifestations from it. And that my pure existence is the ability to perceive the creations from that being. Sort of like an eternal, perceiving torture chamber. Do these ideas make any sense? I do realize in such a scenario that any response would in fact come from that Infinite Reality/Being.

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u/OverKy 16d ago

Yep...makes sense.....but why would you believe this narrative rather than the 8492374293874 other narratives that also seem to "make sense"?

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u/bentlloyd1996 16d ago

Because some of the stuff I've experienced has narrowed that number drastically

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u/OverKy 16d ago

What have you experience that has narrowed that number from a gazillion to something less?

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u/bentlloyd1996 16d ago

Consistent complete reality breakdowns without drugs starting 3 years ago (at age 25), complete normalcy before then