How to Get Unstuck Post-Crash Out

Feeling stuck, numb, or overwhelmed? Crashing out for the third
time this week? Good news! Philosophy, the sad girl discipline of
academia, has lots of advice for you. This episode breaks down 5
reasons why we get stuck according to philosophical greats like
Franz Kafka, Soren Kierkegaard, Jean Paul Sartre, Albert Camus
and more. We’ll talk about practical strategies to climb out of
your spiral and start feeling like yourself again. If your search
history includes ‘why am I like this’ and ‘how to feel okay
again,’ press play.





EPISODE OUTLINE





00:00 Intro 


04:53 You’re stuck because…


05:00 1. You’re free 


05:18 The dizziness of freedom (Kierkegaard)


06:04 We’re condemned to be free (Sartre)


07:13 The fig tree allegory (Sylvia Plath)


13:21 2. You’re choosing information over experience 


13:35 Mary’s Room hypothetical (Jackson)


22:49 3. You’ve outgrown a version of yourself


23:02 The Metamorphosis (Kafka) 


26:54 4. You’re expecting sense in senseless places


27:04 The Trial (Kafka)


35:14 5. You think nothing matters 


35:24 Mechanical life (Camus)


36:34 The moment of the absurd (Camus)


37:13 The myth of Sisyphus (Camus) 


40:08 Lightning round recap 





MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: 





On Anxiety, Soren Kierkegaard (1844)


Being and Nothingness, Jean Paul Sartre (1943)


The Bell Jar, Sylvia Plath (1963)


The Big Secret, Deepak Chopra (2008)


Epiphenomenal Qualia, Frank Jackson (1982) 


The Metamorphosis, Franz Kafka (1915)


The Trial, Franz Kafka (1925)


The Myth of Sisyphus, Albert Camus (1942)