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Or, they might have been zombies for real. That is, people who merely exist, but do not really live anymore. The world is full of them. People who have no more

• steve_adams_86 4y ago
  These people likely have rich inner lives. What makes it hard to hope and dream other than incredible sensitivity, difficult experiences, and complex stories and histories that paralyze a person as they move through life? Life can be incredibly difficult. It can become scary to dream. The will and desire to do so comes much more easily when you world tells you it’s permissible and rewarding to do so. For many of us, this doesn’t happen. Dreams get crushed over and over, hopes washed away, and fortune doesn’t favour us nearly as much as others. Not all of us are Epictetus, Viktor Frankl, or other wise philosophers who could take adversity and transform it into meaning and joy. Even so, I doubt very much that this kind of person is anything like a zombie. Maybe outwardly so, but that means very little.
  • hutzlibu 4y ago
    You know the condition burn out? Some people have this as default, after being grinded down enough. There is then also no more rich inner life. Only different grades of sadness, stress and numbness.