Is it normal to minimize the good things that are happening in life so you don't get hurt?
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To suppress ones passion for life is not healthy. It is a character weakness and a form of cowardice to hide from hurt, to want the "baby" so to say, without the pains of labor. That would be a twilight life of only being partly alive. People oftentimes are so afraid of death that they spend their entire lives reducing the risk of hurt. Whenever we get hurt, nothing dies within us, really, nothing is lost or taken away from us. Instead, the hurts transform into something truly constructive and, if we have any character, they nourish our souls with wisdom. That wisdom is the "baby" of life, of the human experience. It's worth the hurt that goes into it.
MINIMIZE the good things? So you DON'T get hurt? No...you should maximize them. Otherwise you end up pessimistic and negative. Like my mother in law. And look where it got her!
no. it is normal to have and want more good things.
No
Yes it is normal, but try not to, it makes life so much harder.
That is an absolutely awful way to think. Don't do that to yourself, you will take away all your joy.
Yes. Just push it all away.
let's just say that it is normal for the person doing it. for me, it is nice to revel in good things, but, i tend to wait for the other shoe to drop. i expect the worst and hope for the best. when the best happens, i am happy, but, i don't expect everything to be all good all of the time. i don't want to be hurt or disappointed either. so i keep it to a minimum.
I think it's normal. The extent to which one is doing it is the real question. It's hard to really enjoy the good things if you are constantly worried about them ending or going away. However, you will find that EVERYTHING in life ends and changes. NOTHING stays the same. The bad gets better and sometimes the good gets worse. You have to remember though that when the good things get yucky, they always get good again. Maybe not exactly how you wanted them to, usually it's even better even if it is different!
its common, but not normal.
you know from my personal experience and others..
Life Is Life.
Yes it is somewhat normal. All animals usually avoid pain and seek out pleasure and humans are no different then other creatures except we have complex communication abilities. You not feel uncomfortable in how you cope with your painful situations or how you try to avoid them. It shows you are sensitive and that is a sign of intelligence.
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