What philosophers should i start studying based on my own ideas and beliefs as described in this post?

hey, so i recently went on adhd medication and i went into a manic episode stemming from the elation i felt from being able to think clearly and actually get things done for the first time in my life. It was like I “unlocked” the use of my brain. i was then put into a mental hospital for about a month after “testing out” my free will by being naked in public. not my proudest moment lol. This experience was about two months ago. the reason I bring it up is because ever since I “unlocked” the use of my brain, I started thinking more about vaguely philosophical topics pretty much all the time. From this, I came to a lot of beliefs that are all logical extensions of the base fundamental truth of our existence:

*We may or may not be living in a simulation. If we are, it would provide a pretty simple explanation behind consciousness.

  • We are all who we choose to be. (I “chose” to be a genius, which greatly helped my thought processes.)
  • If whatever mental illnesses you have stem from external factors, then you can probably cure them just by simply editing your perspective (this is how i cured my mental illnesses. i say “probably” just because i don’t yet know if this is something everyone can do.)
  • We may or may not truly have free will, but it doesn’t really matter because we feel like we have it.
  • Being a human is probably better than being a god because humans have the power to discover and infinitely improve (this will sound crazy but who cares? when i first went into my manic episode, i believed i was a god and for reasons too vast to get into, it sucked. i used my weird “god power” to slow down my perception of time, think about what the best way to exist would be, and decided it was going back to being a human.)
  • art, creativity, hope and kindness and joy are extremely important things for the betterment and enrichment of humanity. Despair, cynicism, and closemindedness are cowardly and only serve to hold us back.
  • A lot more but you get the point.

I know this all probably makes me sound crazy to you redditors but my therapist, family and friends and anyone whose opinion of me i actually care about don’t think so. At least, as long as I’m not running around naked in public. Anyway, I post all of this because people in my personal life have started recommending that i start studying philosophy. That idea used to sound stultifying to be honest, but it could be interesting to see which great philosophers have already expanded on the ideas I have.

Posted Dec 4, 2025, 9:37 PM UTC · locked

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