Is it normal that i think about this?

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I sometimes ponder over my birth and I wonder if it would've been better if I never been born since once you're born, you suffer in some way and you live only to die many years later. Don't get me wrong. I grew up loved and cared for and I'm happy in life it's just that I ponder this. Would things have been better if my mom never had me? Or has my birth been truly worthwhile as well as my life? Do you ponder this too, fellow IINers?

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  • thegypsysailor
    10 years ago

    I was born into a family that could afford to raise an "inconvenient" child.
    This gave me an unlimited amount of freedom, beyond the required schooling, which I took full advantage of. I would leave home for months at a time after I turned 12, commercial fishing or going on sailing adventures, always returning to make up the missed school work. By 15 I was fishing crab in Alaska (Deadliest Catch) and had several sailing voyages to Hawaii under my belt.
    So, though my parents would have been much happier to have not had a child, I enjoyed the freedom it allowed me and I have continued to live my life unconventionally.
    I imagine we all have those thoughts but we shouldn't allow them to overshadow the possibilities life offers and make the best of less than perfect situations.

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  • Terence_the_viking
    10 years ago

    If you feel this way why go on living?

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  • Anime7
    10 years ago

    I feel like this way of thinking will only lead me back to my depression so I just avoid it. I'm content with the way my life, so I'd rather not ponder questions about it being different and not for the better.

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