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If you think that's a fate worse than death, then I suspect you've never actually died.
by dotancohen 2y ago
If you think that's a fate worse than death, then I suspect you've never actually died.
- fragmede 2y agoto be left alive, a shell of your former self, know that you used to be capable of, but no longer are. not being able to hold a thought in your head when previously, your were one of the smartest in the room. being so exhausted all the time that just leaving the house is an accomplishment, when previously a day of snowboarding would be a blast. the absolute impotence of it. is life even worth living, knowing your former glory has been robbed by a virus that some people think was a fuss over nothing? can you imagine what it's like to need other people to do basic life shit for you, because you're now a disabled invalid, incapable of being self sufficient. needing to be waited on, hand and foot. the worst cases aren't too far off from polio needing an iron lung just to breath. the sweet release of death would be less cruel.
- Alex-Programs 2y agoI've had something similar (post-concussion syndrome) that's slowly improving, though I'll never quite be the same. You live a life where you're intelligent and capable and happy and then it's torn away from you. You remember when you were capable, but you can't do it anymore. Somehow the things you learnt on a whim before it happened become your defining knowledge. What was trivial becomes incredibly difficult; what was difficult becomes impossible. I'm mostly over that now, fortunately. But if it were permanent I'd see it as a fate worse than death.