What would you have liked to have done in life if you were blessed with a healthy brain with no mental illnesses?

[MisanthropicLycan]

I would have joined the military and been an infantry marine. I would have been proud to serve my country on the battlefield.

I tried to join the marines at the age of 19 but I was rejected due to self-inflicted scars on my arms and a medical history of anti-depressant pills and OCD meds.

What would you have done with your life if you were not plagued by mental illness?

 

[Nem]

Musician

 

[Squiddy]

Video Game Designer

 

[CarefulWithThatAxe]

A musician or a chef

 

[MeltingHeart]

My brain didn't do this to me- people did. It was my soul that got destroyed first & foremost.

 

[MisanthropicLycan]

Video Game Designer

What type of video games do you like? I am partial to first-person shooter war video games myself. Also, I like dungeon crawlers and medieval role-playing games as well.

 

[Astral316]

Emotionally connect with people. I was always too aloof, though society didn't make things easy.

 

[Squiddy]

What type of video games do you like? I am partial to first-person shooter war video games myself. Also, I like dungeon crawlers and medieval role-playing games as well.

Games for Nintendo Switch

 

[trynacbt]

I would've liked to marry my ex, to become a novelist and short story writer, volunteered with mental health related things. Have kids. Most of all I would want to feel intelligent, competent, brave, in control of my own life.

 

[Squiddy]

I would've liked to marry my ex, to become a novelist and short story writer, volunteered with mental health related things. Have kids. Most of all I would want to feel intelligent, competent, brave, in control of my own life.

I would've loved to feel intelligent too, but with this brain fog, I feel stupid

 

[LonelyLight]

Finished college to become a Nurse

 

[lostangel]

A rapper. I love rap. If I had a normal brain there could have been a chance where I could deal with the stress of touring and the pressure of fame.

 

[puppy9]

Pastry Chef

 

[Despairing]

Probably a writer of crime/fiction. If I could achieve it lol.

 

[CrushedHopes]

If I were still doing fine, I'd continue pursuing my interests as a voice actor, writer and director with my pals (that have since left me). I never imagined that I am going to have to die such a lonely and regretful death. Unfortunately, karma has struck back for all the atrocities I've committed over the last 8 years, so I had it coming. Death is imminent, and it will be a release.

 

[Reyki6667]

Probably high rank military, intelligence officer, military/sport coach or other possibilities.
But better stopping with what if, since it just end up with your own self destruction and sabotaging your mental health by not accepting your current life and avoiding acceptance to gather strength to move on if the possibility of redirecting your life remains ... That is.

 

[WhiteDespair]

My brain didn't do this to me- people did. It was my soul that got destroyed first & foremost.

I'm with this.

At this point, I have no desires, and can't give a legitimate answer.

 

[mediocre]

Web/graphic designer

 

[GreyMonkey]

Be part of a community retreat centre, have a wife and family.

 

[SuicidalSymphonies]

I'd study to be a vet tech, continue my passion of drawing, writing and singing and probably go out more.

 

[Morphinekiss]

Kept going and gotten my PhD. Become a drug and alcohol counselor. Formed a relationship without the fear of being abandoned every 15 minutes. Taken the teaching job I was offered in Poland, but that was a physical limitation thing, not mental.

 

[MisanthropicLycan]

Probably high rank military, intelligence officer, military/sport coach or other possibilities.
But better stopping with what if, since it just end up with your own self destruction and sabotaging your mental health by not accepting your current life and avoiding acceptance to gather strength to move on if the possibility of redirecting your life remains ... That is.

I am well into the advanced chapters of my self-destruction. I also don't need to worry about sabotaging my mental health by fantasizing about tragic "what if's" as my mind is already in wreckage and ruins. Can't harm what is nothing but ash. I do appreciate your concern for my well-being though. Thanks mate. Also, I am curious what branch of the military would you have joined?

If I were still doing fine, I'd continue pursuing my interests as a voice actor, writer and director with my pals (that have since left me). I never imagined that I am going to have to die such a lonely and regretful death. Unfortunately, karma has struck back for all the atrocities I've committed over the last 8 years, so I had it coming. Death is imminent, and it will be a release.

May I ask what you mean by the past atrocities you have committed? I have quite a few skeletons in my closet as well but hell your sins can't be that bad can they?

Musician

What type of music would you have made?

 

[MisanthropicLycan]

True, but I am fairly confident that if I was lucky enough to be unmarred and unscathed by mental illness I would have been able to actually achieve goals and aspirations. I would have had the strength of will and clarity of mind to be an independent and functioning adult capable of conquering problems and dealing with the struggles of life. My mental illnesses stole my life away from me and turned me into a neurotic child scared of his own shadow. My mental illnesses doomed me to a depressing fate of bitterness, self-loathing and failure. I'll never know the man I could have been if it wasn't for the cursed handicap of my diseased brain and that is a sad and bitter pill for me to swallow.

 

[DepressionsAHo]

Human rights lawyer working on reforming the American and eventually other corrupt countries prison system. I would have liked to open my own law firm and hire ex felon paralegals mixed with other proper lawyers. I would have loved to change the stigma. Retrain or fire prison guards. Basically I'd like our (American) prison system to follow the steps of Norways or Sweden. It would have been a BIG job but I would have loved doing it. I regret that I cant. Hopefully people like Kim Kardashian can. I hope she'll continue fighting the good fight

 

[Taki]

Fallen in love. Been able to leave my apartment. Not hear screaming in my head every waking moment. Not have a fucking rope ready to go in my closet.

 

[Ame]

I don't blame my mental illness because I am not good lol and my failures are entirely on me.

I would have liked to have finished my path to medicine (I was considering going into family medicine or (ironically) psychiatry ha ha) and to have published some fiction. I would have liked to have loved and been loved. I would have loved to have become the child of my parents' dreams and for them to feel secure in knowing that I would have everything taken care of in the twilight of their lives and thereafter.

But I didn't.

 

[Rising Phoenix]

I would have joined the military and been an infantry marine. I would have been proud to serve my country on the battlefield.

I tried to join the marines at the age of 19 but I was rejected due to self-inflicted scars on my arms and a medical history of anti-depressant pills and OCD meds.

What would you have done with your life if you were not plagued by mental illness?

Help end suffering in the world by becoming a leader and showing people how to be successful. Perhaps a life coach. I still have time to do it so perhaps I'll still reach my dream of helping others.

 

[RecycledAtoms]

Hold down a "simple" job. I suffer with social phobia, so public-relations jobs are a no-no. That means I can't do MOST jobs out there.

My ultimate choice would be recording Gospel music. I love singing.

 

[charlie_z]

I would've liked to marry my ex, to become a novelist and short story writer, volunteered with mental health related things. Have kids. Most of all I would want to feel intelligent, competent, brave, in control of my own life.

God! It sounds like you're quoting me. I'm sitting here trying not to cry.

 

[okaoki]

explore the world , stay home/ not going any where my entire life , i hope to explore other country
the world is cruel but there's so pretty things about it too.