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Sep 18, 2016, 08:01 AM
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Would you say you can't live without a challenge, that life has to be challenging and if it's not, you make it so?
This could range from physical pain and substance abuse to picking (verbal) fights and putting relationships to the test. But it's never quite enough. Would you say you prefer the certainty of failure to the uncertainty of success and the possibility of disappointment?
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Sep 18, 2016, 08:47 AM
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I think life is challenging, period. Some challenges are (or seem to be) greater than others. Even people who seem to have it all together have challenges, and no I don't think they went looking for them. Life is suffering.
Yes, I have preferred the certainty of failure and avoiding disappointment. I do work towards goals but I'm not able to REALLY work towards them due to constant crippling depression. At least, that's how life has been for the past twenty-five years or so. I did achieve some big goals during that time but not others so I must still have a glimmer of hope somewhere. Lately, therapy with someone I trust has made the glimmer grow a little bit.
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