Darkover
Archangel
- Jul 29, 2021
- 5,534
Some lives are marked more by pain than by joy. For people who've endured abuse, abandonment, poverty, illness, or existential torment, existence can feel like a punishment rather than a gift. If life only brings suffering, then nonexistence may seem preferable—a absence of pain.
Some view life as a net negative. If being alive means constant need, exposure to harm, and eventual death, while nonexistence holds no needs, no fear, and no suffering—then nothingness becomes a form of peace.
To live is to want—and to lose. Everything we love is temporary. Every joy is shadowed by the threat of decay or death. This cycle of attachment and inevitable separation can seem unbearable. Some conclude it would be better never to have felt at all.
Some reject the idea that just because life can happen, it should. They see reproduction and survival as blind mechanical processes that do not justify themselves. Being alive simply because molecules collided in a certain way doesn't satisfy a desire for meaningful reason.
This world is not fair. Innocent people suffer. Cruelty often goes unpunished. Many see this universe as indifferent or even hostile—one where the weak are exploited, where life feeds on life, and where kindness is often powerless. To some, simply avoiding such a system altogether feels like a mercy
Some view life as a net negative. If being alive means constant need, exposure to harm, and eventual death, while nonexistence holds no needs, no fear, and no suffering—then nothingness becomes a form of peace.
To live is to want—and to lose. Everything we love is temporary. Every joy is shadowed by the threat of decay or death. This cycle of attachment and inevitable separation can seem unbearable. Some conclude it would be better never to have felt at all.
Some reject the idea that just because life can happen, it should. They see reproduction and survival as blind mechanical processes that do not justify themselves. Being alive simply because molecules collided in a certain way doesn't satisfy a desire for meaningful reason.
This world is not fair. Innocent people suffer. Cruelty often goes unpunished. Many see this universe as indifferent or even hostile—one where the weak are exploited, where life feeds on life, and where kindness is often powerless. To some, simply avoiding such a system altogether feels like a mercy
