>I, like you, know how to cope but is that really better than not needing to know how to cope at all? I wish I shared your optimism.

That depends on how bad it gets. Everyone has a breaking point and I'd prefer having experience to deal with it. There's not a single person on this planet that won't go through some sort of catastrophe in their lives.

I think it's naive to assume these people that get selected haven't had to go through difficult emotional challenges.