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Does one need to go through traumatic experience to truly appreciate living?

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Does one need to go through traumatic experience to truly appreciate living?
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RE: Does one need to go through traumatic experience to truly appreciate living?
May 14, 2018 at 6:13 pm (This post was last modified: May 14, 2018 at 6:14 pm by Edwardo Piet.)
(May 13, 2018 at 8:09 pm)Aegon Wrote: Do you think it is necessary for one to go through very bad times in order to make the most out of the good?

As someone who many years ago attempted suicide and has decided ever since to never do it again, to commit fully in the face of everything except for unbearable suffering, I would say yes. I've never wanted to keep on living so much since wanting to never live again. Since being at the bottom it's, overall, only ever been up. I love my life.
(May 13, 2018 at 8:24 pm)Minimalist Wrote: Do homeless veterans with PTSD appreciate living?

Some of them perhaps.
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RE: Does one need to go through traumatic experience to truly appreciate living? - by Edwardo Piet - May 14, 2018 at 6:13 pm

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