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[–] pennomi@lemmy.world 71 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

I don’t think this is advice as much as it is a story. The advice is “find a better life, whatever that life is.”

[–] Krauerking@lemy.lol 1 points 21 hours ago

That's very much easier said than done. Aa life is often not so easy to find a better version of but more often a different version.

The advice of stay alive because at least you keep experiencing new things is good advice. Trying for better is a nice idea but a message of do what it takes to make your life "better" is... Fantasy in a way that feels off to me.

I could tell the story of the night I tried to drown myself and all that changed since then but it wouldn't be better persay. Just changed. The story would sound like meandering prose and little purpose.

I don't understand the myth of better. It causes misery more in those that do not find it.