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Originally Posted by DarknessIsMyFriend
Greetings. I've been thinking about this topic a great deal and I'm just curious as to what you guys think.
Would you be willing to trade love (including the ability to feel or receive love and the ability to emotionally bond with another human) for complete immunity to any form of emotional pain including loneliness, rejection, any mental illness, or any other type of hurtful emotions.
If you choose the immunity option, you would be able to function completely alone without needing to socialize or feel understood by another human being ever again. You would also be able to still enjoy sex although solely on a physical level.
Why or why not?
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No I would not trade love for immunity from emotions. Emotions give "color" and texture to life. Love, even if is only for a little while, is worth all the other things I might and do experience. You cannot filter emotions. If you are blocking negative emotions you also block the ability to experience other emotions that aren't even about love. There are other emotions besides love that are not negative or hard to deal with.
You would also be able to still enjoy sex although solely on a physical level. -- This may be true, but the person with whom you are being sexual with will not enjoy it and will move on quickly, unless of course, they are as emotionally shutdown as you are - two robots having sex.