Discussion How risk- averse are you? Poll

[Forever Sleep]

I'm pretty square and timid in lots of areas of life. I've taken fairly big career risks but in terms of other lifestyle choices, I'm pretty risk-averse. I suppose I was always worried I may make things worse for myself.

You'd imagine that suicidal people might not be risk-averse. If we care so little about life, you'd think we might take bigger risks than those trying to protect their lives/ futures etc. I suppose we can be overly conscious of pain/ suffering though so- do all we can to minimize the risk of that.

Where do you sit in terms of risk-aversity? Do you think it helps or hinders in life to be more or less risk-averse? Maybe it helps- when it comes to suicide at least- to be less risk-averse.

It's certainly part of my plan while persuading myself to make an attempt. (I only need 'persuading' because I'm unsure about the physical attempt- not death itself) to reaasure myself that I'm capable of taking big risks to fulfil life changing or in this case- life ending decisions. Plus, that in a roundabout way, most of the time, my risks paid off at least somewhat. They got me out of a worse situation anyway. 'Fortune favours the brave' and all that.

 

[Pluto]

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Currently, I don't take any risks anymore - another failure would kill me.

When I was younger, I took risks - we have to take risks to make gains and to move forward.

Well, ultimately, I failed big in life - that's the risk of taking risks.

 

[SchizoPolyGymnast]

I slept on the streets of NY in 2017. Don't mess with me.

 

[cemeteryismyhome]

The older I get the less I care. As the saying goes, nothing is more dangerous than a man with nothing left to lose.

 

[Anonymousa]

It depends a lot on how i feel and how much i am suffering with what is currently happening in my life. If i am currently taking things safely and I go into intense pain then i am more likely to do something impulsive and risky as i am desperate to get out of that pain quickly. However if i am doing something more risky and i get great anxiety from failure then i be safe and quit what i am doing. I feel like this probably just more negative impacts me cus of how i go from one extreme to another but i don't know how else to handle things.

 

[bankai]

I slept on the streets of NY in 2017. Don't mess with me.

But you still turned your life around,for what it's worth,that's amazing . I feel like you're an inspiration

 

[Rynalia]

With my health? I gamble on low probability stuff to try and die, and do things that could objectively make my health even worse. As long as I'm actively deteriorating, it's a step in the right direction.

With non-health stuff? Risk averse. Full stop. I don't need the outside to give me more problems in my life. I don't need my life situation to get any worse. I'm barely holding on as is and it's quite frankly the only reason I haven't gone far more nuclear is because my life is tolerable, albeit just barely.

 

[Forveleth]

I am not risk averse but I have plenty of people in my life that loooooove to say "I told you so". I do not take risks but only because I do not want to hear shit from people if/when I fail. If I could cut the toxic people out of my life I would be yoloing everything.

 

[Redacted24]

I tend to manage risk carefully - do the mental exercise of risk / reward.
Have done this all my life, it's how I became homeless as a teen in a big US city while still in school because living in a house with domestic violence was more risky.

I still manage in this way. I don't accept any more risk than is necessary, and am slowly degrading my health to facilitate an exit, be it natural or expedited.

 

[Dejected 55]

I very rarely take risks... unless the "prize" is worth a lot more than the damage from the risk. If it is anywhere near equal, I tend to not take it. There are probably exceptions when my calibration is off and I don't anticipate all aspects of the risk before taking it... but I generally tend to take very little in the way of risks.

 

[SchizoPolyGymnast]

But you still turned your life around,for what it's worth,that's amazing . I feel like you're an inspiration

More like stupid. I was backpacking and experiencing manic symptoms and wanted to mingle with the street people instead of getting a hotel. I ended up bonding with a drunk guy and his trans girlfriend from prison.

 

[TAW122]

I consider myself to be fairly risk averse, especially on a day to day basis. This even includes some of the more major decisions, where my decision will have long term consequences, good and bad, and must be weighed carefully. By nature, I just don't take unnecessary risks or only calculated risks if I know with a high degree of confidence that it will be worth the gamble.

 

[Ces-io]

I'm absolutely terrified of anything going even slightly wrong so I try not to do anything risky

 

[Nightfoot]

I am very risk averse and overthink everything.

 

[FoxSauce]

Well i try not to tame risks massive overthinker. I mist do so impulsively than anything the riskiests thung I've dobe if sh ig that count but theres times i eanna say fuck it.

 

[Motoko]

Interesting thread. I avoid most risks, I have less and less courage. When I was healthier, I had more courage to risk and didn't need to calculate that much. If you screw up but still have the health, at least it's easier to recover. Sometimes I think that maybe I should just say "screw it" and start treating life more like just a game and start taking bigger risks. Just to provoke my "fate". Worst case scenario the deadline will be sooner. :D But of course, easier said than done.

 

[NotRealKiller]

It depends a lot on how i feel and how much i am suffering with what is currently happening in my life. If i am currently taking things safely and I go into intense pain then i am more likely to do something impulsive and risky as i am desperate to get out of that pain quickly. However if i am doing something more risky and i get great anxiety from failure then i be safe and quit what i am doing. I feel like this probably just more negative impacts me cus of how i go from one extreme to another but i don't know how else to handle things.

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[starinthesky]

My low risk nature has cost me my whole life. Everything always just turns into a threat. I stayed out of so many things that my development is completely stunted