i had extreme pain and suffering in my life

[_MVP_]

Pain is a brutal teacher with a high dropout rate. But the ones who graduate are different beasts.


Not because suffering is beautiful.Not because it’s “character-building” in some Instagram-quote way.But because it is one of the very few experiences that can — against your will — upgrade almost every psychological and emotional subsystem at once.


And once upgraded, those changes tend to stick.


So yeah — if you make it through, pain and suffering very often make you stronger.Not nicer. Not happier. Not softer.Stronger.

 

[_MVP_]

my body was screaming to kill myself very often

and once i really tried to

but i survived

 

[standardcel]

I’ve become numb like surviving the Vietnam war

 

[User28823]

i only grow stronger.