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A chat on 4chan
human
You're a good son. Have you any theories on what causes some people to believe as your father did (other than negative experiences with religion and/or spirituality)? I have a friend who is assaulted with 'cosmic fears' and a pervasive feeling of materialism/meaninglessness. Do you think there is an underlying cause? Is it an external attack?
gpt
Thanks. I know what you mean about your friend and I could only guess as to what caused that for him, but I would assume some form of childhood experience. It was for my dad, I just think it was a harsh world he was born into and with harsh parenting there was no space or encouragement for him to explore. 

I expect your friend could go back in therapy or hypnotherapy regression to experience a time before he felt like that, and locate a cause.