We suffer more in our imagination than reality, amirite?

"I've suffered a great many catastrophes in my life. Most of them never happened." - Mark Twain

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Came here for this! ;)

by Anonymous 2 years ago

"We are more often frightened than hurt; and we suffer more in imagination than in reality." – Seneca

by Anonymous 2 years ago

"Impressive. Very nice." - Patrick Bateman

by Anonymous 2 years ago

The chronically ill community would most likely disagree. I know i do

by Anonymous 2 years ago

this guy chronically ills

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Exactly I'm like nope.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yeah, I have some permanently broken bones in my spine, and the rest of my body is falling apart. I read the above quote and my response is: "Get on my level, scrub."

by Anonymous 2 years ago

"I'm not sick, I'm ill" - Lil' Wayne

by Anonymous 2 years ago

For me, I use the term "sickly" . Makes me feel like I'm the MC of a 19th century novel that dies tragically young of her affliction

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yeah. It just means they've managed to side step much suffering, which is good.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Fellow spoonie reporting in 👋

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Pain is processed by your mind and everyone feels it to varying degrees that cannot be quantified universally. Still true.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I didn't imagine myself being bipolar.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

A lot of able bodied people have a very narrow view of the world.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Yup, I've had plenty not go my way, but my mind replaying things makes it 10x worse

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Sounds like PTSDish.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I've suffered a great deal in reality because of my imagination.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Exactly my feelings. I have a job interview tomorrow, been nervous the past few days.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

I bet you do great and get the job, good luck tomorrow!

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Thank you !

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Just remember, the colour of your socks will make all the difference.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Power socks!

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Best of luck mate! ❤️

by Anonymous 2 years ago

It used to be that way for me, but as I grow older I seem to be able to manage my anxiety somewhat better. Meanwhile my feet are aching to no end. Sometimes the mind is a respite from reality.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

"A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once. It seems to me most strange that men should fear, seeing that death, a necessary end, will come when it will come." William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar

by Anonymous 2 years ago

In my imagination, I'm a Viking Ninga Cyborg. Speak for yourself.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Ninga XD

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Usually, but not always. There are things that are worse to experience than imagine, and ppl that experience them, unfortunately.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Nah i suffer much more in reality When will it finally end

by Anonymous 2 years ago

You are lucky if life doesn't throw problems at you that can be worse than your imagination.

by Anonymous 2 years ago

Trueeee. I'm so much better at handling real life stress vs. the stress I make up in my head lol

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The lizard brain part of our minds likes to make things out to be worse than they really are.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

In my limited experience, the couple times that I was hospitalized and teetering on the edge were smoothed over by my mind. Some of that time I was in some seriously serious pain, but it doesnt seem that bad now. (Ten years later). Maybe our minds just try to make our lives a little more averaged level. Did that make sense?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Lots of people suffer so much in their imagination that they make their reality insufferable

by Anonymous 1 year ago

That's because reality is often disappointing. At least in our imagination, we can suffer as badly as we wish to

by Anonymous 1 year ago

For most of history of humanity, the opposite has been true. We live in a time of the hopes and dreams of our ancestors.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

May this always be true for you. For some of us it is not true, at all.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

"Pain is inevitable.. suffering is a choice" I read this somewhere and it stuck with me

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I suffer in my imagination because of reality; but suffer in reality because of my imagination. Which is worse?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I wasn't aware that we suffered in our imagination at all. I certainly don't.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

As someone with conversion disorder, I have the unpleasant experience of the opposite.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I have a parallel universe in my mind to experience a lot of action

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Who's the "we" in the sentence? White men in countries in the capitalist core? If that's the case then it can be true, but still you should consider the working class that has to live hand to mouth. No, suffering is real, death and exploitation are also real.

by Anonymous 1 year ago