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Originally Posted by PoorPrincess
With all due respect and appreciation to Johnny for posting this interesting food for thought question --- Princess is inclined to think about this more along the lines of Hellion.
My first thought upon reading the song lyrics to the above cited Keith Urban song: Oh yeah, Keith Urban can sing romantically about having no money, no job, just a car, a baby, and the open road ... As *if* the pretty boy from DownUnder whom we all love to watch has *ever* known such hardship and lack of TheBasics in his well-encouraged, well-supported childhood and life all along since well-earned fame and fortune with his first solo album gone Platinum in USA way back in his beginning here in the land of the free, the home of the brave, and equal opportunity ... with liberty and justice for *all* ...
That said, of course my life and I and others significant in my life and my former work in the greater world of humanity would be vastly better were I not having to be beset with depression/PTSD/anxieties/fear/night terrors/worries/financial and socio-economic disaster, uncertainty/poverty/sickness/aging/ old age/debility/losses untold/traumatic brain injury/incompetent, uncaring, inadequate medical care post-TBI (save for my fabulous PT/physical therapist, who remains the singlemost knowledgeable, caring professional I encountered in all of that traumatic ordeal, dealt with alone).
As Forest Gump would say, "And that's all I have to say about that. " 
And in acknowledgement of Keith Urban's efforts for the betterment of lesser-fortunate humanity: https://www.looktothestars.org/celebrity/keith-urban
P.S. Johnny, please note: You are leaving the r off of your ...
" you r life " ... Perhaps this is what smartphones do nowadays & I am just out-of-the-know. In any case, just so that you may know ... |
I am not entirely sure what you mean with the first paragraph...but aside from that. I was not saying being without mental illness would not improve someones life point is it wouldn't necessarily cause happiness, that would also depend somewhat on other life circumstances, how much stress you're under and if someone is where they want to be in life or feels they are getting there.
Just my opinion though, I don't think if I was cured of mine it would make me happy, then again I don't there is a full on cure in the first place. I also don't think being in a much better economic situation would compensate for the depression, anxiety and PTSD either I'd probably still feel a lot the same, just more money to spend....but obviously those issues get in the way of my getting a job, and builiding a career which with to bring in a lot of income so its completely unlikely to happen.