Exactly, they literally ARE the struggle... LOL

IMy upbringing was hell, my upbringing humbled me, but my mental health is a wreck because of the things i went through as a child and a teenager. Yeah its made me a lot more empathetic but ive always been naturally soft hearted without the trauma. I know how to move and adapt in circumstances others would KTS if they were going through it, but its all at the cost im suffering greatly mentally.

I definitely can see where youre coming from. I dont wanna say that struggle doesnt create warriors, survivors, because it does. I just wish that people didn't think struggle is the only thing that makes people strong and without it people are weak.

mby this’ll just sound fake motivational cus i dunno any of the details of ur life (however i mean it sincerely despite its potential to sound vapid), but there absolutely is strength in persisting thru difficult s***, even if it affects you in a traumatic way. that’s one of the tropes typically ascribed to ppl who do go thru genuinely trying things, like war, poverty, death of a loved one, or other forms of srs emotional/bodily distress. it leaves a mark and it’s not all peachy after whatever stimulus event/situation has ended. it obviously ain’t desirable, and you had the option to not deal with whatever things affect you, yet you did. i think that’s strength; it’s not necessarily a quality that makes anyone altogether better than anyone else, but it is no doubt worth commending in my eyes. mby it’d feel weird to be commended over s*** you didn’t like doing — i can see how that’d feel strange or useless. nonetheless, hope u can feel a sense of relief, even if it’s a solemn sense of relief, sometime soon. mby then it’d be easier to look back w a strange kind of appreciation for the efforts u have made

psychological issues etc not saying everyone is like that.

I think good times make for stronger people, if you look at the countries where the standard of living is higher you see people are happier. Educated & happy people know how to live their lives. They understand compassion and empathy for others. i’m not saying this is for everyone either

Thank you

There were too many people on ktt struggling someone eventually losing their lives too

aight i got you

na i think his pov is just the pretty realistic one, which is that genuinely complex and acutely serious problems affecting the general population will, for the most part, hurt those people. and i agree w/ that. i just also think that the idea has some truth in it re: struggle n strength -- cus some ppl will be incentivized (by their own intolerance of whatev the situation is) to figure out how to surmount it the best they can, even if that process itself is also grueling. n i think that stress is typically one of those stimuli that'll cause someone to choose whether or not they accept the conditions or try to do smthn bout em

oops geo alrdy replied lmfao sorry for speakin about/for u instead of to u ITT

I feel like the people who still say this are racist 4chan losers

Quote is likely true though when historical events are taken into account

You're privileged as hell if you think these are easy days we're living in. I grew up in the 90s when s*** was so boring we had to make up problems like Y2k and the president getting his d*** sucked. Life is trash now compared to then.

We're a couple decades away from complete environmental collapse, the economy is in shambles, so many people live in fear and resentment of others for real and imagined reasons fed to them in their online bubble, our political system is completely broken. It's a mess. And we have to overcome. Will we become stronger or more hateful if we make it through? That depends on the person.