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MrR33l t1_ixziywz wrote

Pretty sure there's a lone child at the park who would disagree.

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TheloniusDump t1_ixzy2hx wrote

Ignorance is blissfully shortsighted but life is about learning and growing.

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kunbish t1_iy284ol wrote

Disagree wholeheartedly. Alzheimers looks way worse than PTSD or depression.

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Darkheart78 t1_iy2chf7 wrote

Looks is key here. If you have Alzheimer’s or something, you will be ignorant and thus, happier than remembering something traumatic.

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kunbish t1_iy2gkpc wrote

A lot of the alzheimers/dementia cases I’ve heard about, the person has moments of lucidity where they convey confusion, sadness, fear, anger. I would rather remember a traumatic event than experience one during my twilight years, surrounded by horrified loved ones whom I increasingly no longer recognize but feel like I should. All while I slowly die.

Like you say it LOOKS bad. We can’t know exactly what its like to experience that. But I DO know what PTSD feels like and there is still hope there. Alzheimers.. it doesnt get any better with time.

I would rather live than die. It basically comes down to that. Remembering might mean suffering, but forgetting is death to the mind.

I can respect the opposite point of view, but to me suffering is preferable to death always. Life is for living; surving. Mind is for thinking; remembering.

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Jacob-B-Goode t1_iy2l5sr wrote

Well that's what a traumatic memory is. Your brain will block out trauma and you won't remember it. It's protecting you from that memory. You may never remember, or you may someday remember.

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