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Re:At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to p... by jacobush on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:30PM (#24400519)
Regardless of what you, downvoter, believes -

thinking on something outside yourself is helpful, even empirically. You might not agree with the specific flavour, but even something as bare and nonspiritual as Seneca can help.

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Re:At 31, I have just weeks to live. Here's what I want to p... by metiscus on Monday September 07, 2020 @12:38PM (#24400586)
Having a mental structure either exogenously adopted or of one's own construction to apply rationality to temporarily irrational losses seemingly is a very good thing for ones mental well-being. I've found great comfort in Epictetus and in the Bible although I follow neither dogmatically.
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