Beware that, when fighting monsters, you yourself do not become a monster… for when you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss gazes also into you. -Friedrich Nietzsche.

The abyss is where the quintessential and direct experience of living can be found, it is the bottomless pit that all sensations and thoughts are poured into. It can never be filled and attempts to do so are the root of all human behaviours and patterns of activity. The search for meaning is to try and fill the abyss.

Friedrich Nietzsche Quotes When you look into an abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

it means that evil is not only looked upon from the outside but from within your own being. That is one man who would know. Perhaps he pondered life too long, losing his health and eventually his sanity.

Your child’s mind is such a busy place with everything she’s learning every day, and her imagination is growing as fast as she is. No wonder some kids “space out” and stare into space from time to time. Though most staring spells are perfectly normal, sometimes they can signal an absence seizure.

A person with ASD might:

• Not respond to their name (the child may appear deaf)
• Not point at objects or things of interest, or demonstrate interest.
• Not play “pretend” games.
• Avoid eye contact.
• Want to be alone.
• Have difficulty understanding, or showing understanding, or other people’s feelings or their own.

DLB is generally diagnosed when at least two of the following features are also present with dementia: Fluctuations in attention and alertness. These fluctuations may last for hours or days. Signs of these fluctuations include staring into space, lethargy, frequent drowsiness, and disorganized speech.

Most high school children occasionally zone out in class because they are either tired or bored. But when your child chronically daydreams, this could indicate she is struggling with attention skills. Attention is one of our executive functions: the set of skills that let us execute daily tasks.