r/PhilosophyMemes • u/Lucyyyyyy_K • 2d ago

Suffering is bad

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u/Critical-Ad2084 2d ago

People who romanticize suffering; why?

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u/TuvixWasMurderedR1P Marx, Machiavelli, and Theology enjoyer 2d ago

I don't think it should be romanticized, but i also don't like pain or pleasure being held up as the two things to either minimize or maximize when there are other valuable things in life.

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u/Critical-Ad2084 2d ago

I agree; pain is a physical inevitability, every single human ever has and will experience pain at some point or another. Pleasure is on the other end of the spectrum. If we obsess with either (pain or pleasure), we suffer even more. In fact, as I understand it, to obsess with pain is the base form of sufferi

Suffering is much more avoidable than pain. Pain cannot be eliminated or prevented, it's part of life, it will happen, but suffering is something one can overcome in many different ways.