Through logic alone, you are existing now. Your existence on a literal level is the presence of your physical body. In a more abstract sense, you may continue to exist as a person or concept if you're carried as knowledge or as a memory. These are common ideas, and with them out of the way, I would like to ask something. How do you define your existence? Do you exist when you are alone or do you base your existence around others? Specifically, do you base it on how you are percieved? Do you see it as simply existing in a body that will eventually pass into dirt once it ceases biological function or as your connection to others? In other words, you have an existence in other people, sure, but what is its value? Most importantly, to you. If I were to cut off all existence around others and continue to exist as somebody that nobody interacts with, I still exist literally. I can still think and act and do whatever. Do I still exist to others? If nobody knew me, if everyone forgot, I don't exactly exist in a, let's say, "global" sense. Does it matter? That's not what I was thinking of. I was thinking about whether cutting off people entirely would give me a break from existing. Since I have no actions, I have no impact, and thus no consequences that could shape my bonds with others and their perception of me. How do you define your existence? I did not answer my own question. I don't want to reach an answer. I've long ago come to terms with the concept of ceasing existence. I don't need to think about it again. I was just wondering about the difference between my existence solely and in relation to others.