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I'm depressed I have to see them that many more times....
The rest of you: yes, it's also very nice that you're all nice, soft humans with good families.
Damn, my dad had a stroke on Saturday night. Thankfully he got very prompt and first class medical treatment (Thanks NHS. Socialised medicine FTW) so the damage is fortunately very limited. I'm actually on my way to the hospital to see him now. This is a great reminder to pick up the phone and tell your folks or anyone that matters to you that you love them. Everyone reading this should do that now if they can. You n…
If you can, you should say to the people you care about how much you love them. Time is limited, memories stay forever.
This is terrible... it makes it horrible for people in difficult situations.
It made me sad because it makes me realize I have no control over the fact that they are growing old. Instead, what would be nice is if provided information such as: ask your father to go for a prostrate exam, ask your mother to run these other tests, and so on - based on the country, age and perhaps race data (which is not collected right now). The website is nice and intuitive.
Makes me sad because I don't have much control over living in the same city as them. I have a theory that much of the high rates of depression and unhappiness in the US can be attributed to the large size of the country combined with our mobility within it. Childhood friends always move far away, families separate, your schoolmates drift away. You need 2-5 hour flights to see anyone. Take for example a Brit or a Germ…
Not that reasonable.
I'm a Brit, living in Scotland. Many, many of my friends live either 5-and-a-bit hours' train ride away (London) or 7-8 hours by train or car away (Bristol).
I think I will continue that now!
The site didn't tell you anything you didn't already know, it only clarified it.
Instead of denying information to keep yourself happy, why not use the information? My 69-year-old mother remarked earlier this year that if she didn't get around to some of her life goals soon she wouldn't be able to.
Did she say that out of depression? No, to live the life she wanted even more. She celebrated her 70th birthday bicycle-touring a wine region in France with my step-father, riding something like one hundred kilometers a day.
We can all do the same in our ways. In my opinion, awareness trumps denial.
This is terrible... it makes it horrible for people in difficult situations.
Change your situation. We luckily live in an age of jet planes and video phones. It has never been easier to stay connected to people.
If you are 25 this is how many weeks you have left to live: http://i.imgur.com/MA3YeuX.jpg