Discussion If you could restart your life from your birth and try to fix it, would you?

[pluscat]

I've been thinking about this, if I could somehow rewind the clock with all my memories and experiences now and kinda have a second go at life I would do in a heartbeat I'd be able to get all the things I missed, could change who I was friends with, try a sport when i was young etc. I really hope that's what death is.

 

[iloverachel]

Relive another 30 years in this hell of an existence. Thats a big NO THANKS from me

But if you asked, would I forward my life to my very last day on Earth, that would definitely be a yes

 

[Malaria]

I've thought about it many times and it seems appealing to me because I have a lot of regrets, so yes

 

[TiredOfAllThis]

Very hardly so. The early childhood was problematic, and almost everything was out of control. Same goes for other periods, and living the life with ASD is uneasy by itself

 

[rozeske]

There really isn't much I could change from my end. Maybe a few tweaks here and there but nothing I could really do. It's just a shitty life I've been dealt with and I wouldn't come back to it by choice.

 

[INTJme]

That's a no-go for me because I'm pretty sure depression is in my genes. So no matter how much I change how I live life, there's going to be no escaping from this internal misery.

 

[Ash]

Yes. I've made some bad choices that have affected my life but I've also done things that have hurt other people who deserved better so I'd like the opportunity to set that right. Sadly, there would be repercussions - if I don't do A then further down the line D won't happen and I hate the thought of knowingly giving some things up but then maybe that's what I deserve.

 

[almakira]

Imagine the possibilities I could stop 9/11 give the finger to my evangelical parents do everything I was too afraid to do as a kid and just be overall prepared for anything? Absolutely yes what kind of question is this?

 

[uzuf86]

I would love that. But it's not possible

 

[EmptyHeaded]

There's nothing I regret or would have liked to do differently, so no.

 

[Nichole]

God, I hope I have family the next time - if there is a next time.

 

[heisenberg]

there's some regrets i have in life. so while i'm inclined to have a second chance, i think i'd end up ctb'ing in that life too. i just don't think i was meant to be around for long

 

[Hunter2005]

That literally one of the reasons I want to commit suicide because my whole life has been darkness, I really want a chance to restart it and do it over.

 

[sserafim]

there's some regrets i have in life. so while i'm inclined to have a second chance, i think i'd end up ctb'ing in that life too. i just don't think i was meant to be around for long

Same. I've always felt like I was meant to die young

 

[Praestat_Mori]

There are some points in my life where I would like to restart with the knowledge I have now but not with a restart from birth.

 

[Dark Window]

Wouldn't most people? Restart life with the wisdom of someone much older? Obviously.

 

[Darkover]

hell no

 

[Asingletwig]

Why bother I'm sure I'd would just fuck it up another way. I'd be the most suicidal baby tho, munching Tide pods, bleach bottles etc

 

[Forever Sleep]

No. Living this life over again sounds like some circle of hell.

 

[astonishedturnip]

Absolutely. I know what to do now.

 

[Hollowman]

Definitely, I could've had a great life if I would've made better decisions.

 

[mtoro998]

Yes I would I know exactly what mistakes not to make.

 

[MyChoiceAlone]

Imagine the possibilities I could stop 9/11

sorry if you were there as well. i was late for work and watched the second tower collapse from the bus on the queensboro bridge. just total disbelief.

 

[NeedAnEscape]

Assuming that I have the knowledge that I have now when I restart, then I could potentially see the point in trying to fix my life. Maybe, a different perspective on life goals could prevent me from making the mistakes that have brought me to this point.

 

[FuneralCry]

No, existence itself is the problem to me and only permanently ceasing to exist can fix it. More than anything I wish that I never existed at all, I only see never existing as true perfection. Under no circumstances would I wish for the futile and torturous burden that is human existence especially as there are no disadvantages to not existing yet there is literally no limit as to how much one can suffer as long as they exist. It's a curse to be conscious and aware with the ability to suffer endlessly, I personally could never be able to understand why anyone would want this.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

No, I wouldn't. I can't fix my life because, for me, existence is the problem itself. In other words, my problem is that I am alive and the only cure to this condition is death

 

[Ephemeron]

Yes, I would. I would know exactly what to do. But such a thing is a ridiculous fantasy, so I don't entertain it.

 

[brokeandbroken]

I've been thinking about this, if I could somehow rewind the clock with all my memories and experiences now and kinda have a second go at life I would do in a heartbeat I'd be able to get all the things I missed, could change who I was friends with, try a sport when i was young etc. I really hope that's what death is.

This is difficult to answer. Do you retain those prior memories or would it be wiped. If so I struggle to see how things would play out differently. I could say I should be more social. But it may be worse. There's a reason I am not. It's not a skill that I have. So on and so forth. I think life would play out just the same.

 

[calebzz1]

This is a great post, definitely for sure.

I wouldn't have had my eyes butchered.

 

[Lost Magic]

nope, I would rather not have been born to begin with than restart my life again.