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

[CapnAwesome]

I don't know if you need a traumatic experience, but I do think a little suffering puts life in perspective. People are stupid to avoid suffering at such costs. We evolved as a species that went through trauma.

At one time I went through real dehydration, in a way that 99% of people never will, I thought I could smell the water in a rock. Ever since then, I've appreciated every drop of water more than if that had never happened to me.