journal.
This happened this evening. I spent the last 18 months deep in thought. What sort of book did people want? A memoir? A how-to? A digital book? A print book? What sort of font? What sort of line spacing and margins and...
And for 18 months...
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The good and bad of existential vulnerability. Sooner or later, we will all experience an existential crisis, which is inherently related to existential vulnerability. . The bad part is that existential vulnerability makes us vulnerable to all kinds of mental illness, such as depression, anxiety and PTSD, when we try to avoid facing our existential crisis and avoid painful emotions. Such avoidance of suffering actually contributes to mental illness. The good part is that existential vulnerability makes us more resilient and emotionally mature, when we have the courage to confront our existential crisis and the emotional pain that often accompanies our struggles to find an answer. Paradoxically, by confronting and transforming our pain, the dark site of life and despair, we become more resilient, more alive and even happier. Hence, "life begins at the other side of despair." (Sartre)
