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Too much of a good thing is not a good thing

posted 8 years ago by sebring2003
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I loved this movie. Yes, it's funny and a tearjerker. But understand, I grew up in a bubble created by my dad where there was no trouble or sadness in my childhood. Really! As a result, when I was on my own later I didn't know how to cope with sadness,adversity,confrontation, etc. I'm 67 and still passive. Real life has been hard to deal with. I've been a doormat all my life. So this movie was actually a simple education for me. I didn't pick it apart. I just watched it and was entertained and moved by it. And I could have used some Lewis Black in my life too!

[–] svalinanikola 8 years ago

Nice thread.

[–] skizzzo63 8 years ago

Yes, you hit the nail on the head. Without hardness and suffering while growing, we won't be able to deal with real life.
Hence hyperprotective parents are doing their children a disservice. Any good psychologist would tell you that.
I've known some people like you, and they all are overwhelmed by life.

That's why I loved this movie's messages, that you need sadness as well to become a whole person.

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The only sure thing we know: we don't know everything - and we never will.

[–] Furienna (3345) 2 years ago

Sorry, but that is just bs.
Because I can't think of any occasion, when I got something good out of a hardship.

[–] R_Kane (15828) 2 years ago

You probably learned how to avoid or prevent that kind of hardship experience in the future, but I agree this thread is entirely too much Pollyanna. Our parents are not the sum total of our education. I had assholes for parents. I went out and learned on my own. We can all do that.

[–] Furienna (3345) 2 years ago

Okay, learning from experience is one thing.
But I don't see how going through a real trauma (which a lot of people do) will make you stronger.

[–] Otter (24464) 2 years ago

I've had some very bad shit happen to me, a lot of it when I was far too young to cope. I won't say that no good has come of it, because my career has been in the helping professions, and it's hard to be good at helping people if you haven't had trouble and strife of their own.

So I won't say *no* good has come of my troubles, but I will say that not *enough* good has come of them. Given the choice between my career and life without all my emotional scars, I'd definitely have chosen a more carefree life.

[–] Gd5150 (11755) 14 days ago

This is true. You can’t have good without bad. If everything is good then nothing is good at all.