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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
Actually, I think there are in fact people who have come to terms with their mortality... I would guess that any man who saw extensive combat during war would need to come to terms with that reality simply to survive the experience.
Ultimately, it is hardly my mortality that I need a break from; I know I am going to die at some point. Nothing I can do about it, so I try not to worry about it too much. What I need a break from is the drudgery of every day life. The hour or so I read a day pulls me away from contemplating how much I have left to clean in my basement, the stuff I have to do at work, etc.
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Bill
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Here's where I think you are wrong. You assume that any person who is faced with extensive death has to "come to terms" with it in order to survive. I would say that's a proper expression of what you said.
Some people come to terms with it .... and they still need to escape. Some people don't so much come to terms with it as become numb to any feeling whatsoever .... and they still need to escape. And, some people snap ... and escape permanently.
If everyone was completely checked into the reality of their lives and those around them, all the time, day in and day out, no escape of any kind (even "safe" violence in a book or movie), I can pretty much guarantee you they would not survive.
And, even you admit that you need an escape from reality. Your reality isn't constantly watching people die (so you have to guess about that one .... I don't); your's is cleaning the garage ... and yet you still need an escape. Shocking.