Don't you hate It when people bring up people who won the "lottery"

[Deadgirl]

Don't you hate it when family or "friends bring up people who are 1 in 10000? Like they bring up people people who had supposedly serious psychological problems that lead them to be suicidal but they manage to "pull through". These people tend to be pro life.

 

[Escaper Boy]

Ahh... The sweet lottery of hope... The gamble of existing...

It's enough to trigger my poetic mind. To be honest, I have no memory closed enough to resemble the scenario that you mentioned. I'm not sure how I would feel about that.

I supposed if they bring up the topic with the intention of "guilt tripping" me. I would be really annoyed. My life and my past are not public display. They have no right to shame myself by comparing my life with "lottery winner".

 

[Dead beat dad]

Don't you hate it when family or "friends bring up people who are 1 in 10000? Like they bring up people people who had supposedly serious psychological problems that lead them to be suicidal but they manage to "pull through". These people tend to be pro life.

Day in and day those people could be all people, right place right time. Wrong place wrong time, we're all one roll of the dice away from dreams and nightmares.
Some days I used to think recovery was possible and that would be me, helping people and what not. Maybe one day that was actually the truth, but sure as we cannot stop the sun from setting we fall as quickly as we rise.
I hate people as much as the next guy, but the one I hate most looks back at me every time I look in the mirror.
Peace
DBD

 

[EddieAllenPoe]

Yeah, I do. Literally. That's interesting you bring it up. I was just thinking about it.

 

[Mich517]

Don't you hate it when family or "friends bring up people who are 1 in 10000? Like they bring up people people who had supposedly serious psychological problems that lead them to be suicidal but they manage to "pull through". These people tend to be pro life.

I didn't came across the exact situation, but with regard to your post I think that people generally love belief that life is valuable despite all of suffering, no matter that not everyone achieve happiness.

 

[Deleted member 1496]

If they're getting in your face about the 1 in 10000 overcoming or expecting you to be fixed by their timeline or method, you could bring up the other side of their numbers, where 44,000 people committed suicide in the USA in one year & they can't all be people who didn't try to pull through. But no one likes facts. :)