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Quote by: Livemike Getting back to the original point somewhat, you _were_ able to live proudly and you were "mentally tough" enough to face the truth. Your problem was that you took some time to implement that. It took you 2 or 3 years to figure out that you shouldn't live your life according to other people's dictates. Quite frankly that's a long time for a pretty obvious conclusion, but at least you got there in the end. If you had been unable to "live proudly" or face the truth then I think it would have been good for you to die. Think about it, which would be preferable, the state you lived in for 3 years lasting for 50 years until you die or ending it? I think you'll see that the latter would be preferable. The problem depressives have is that they don't see a third option. They don't judge the probabilities of positive outcomes rationally. That doesn't affect the original point because it talks about being unable to live proudly not thinking you can't. |
Atheists technically should be 50 times more afraid of death than theists. Theists always think they have a perfect place to go. As much as I try, I could never accept something that I didn't believe in though. But that's why I fear dying. Not very relative, but thought I should add that.