We suffer more often in imagination than in reality
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It was Seneca who said, “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”. Seneca’s quote shouldn’t need much explaining — we’re all experts at using our imagination to make ourselves suffer. From an evolutionary perspective, it’s easy to understand why mental suffering is useful. Being worried about not having enough food is a good thing. If we were relaxed about life-threatening situations then we wouldn’t have lasted long as a species.
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality
We suffer more often in imagination than in…
We suffer more often in imagination than in reality
It was Seneca who said, “We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”. Seneca’s quote shouldn’t need much explaining — we’re all experts at using our imagination to make ourselves suffer. From an evolutionary perspective, it’s easy to understand why mental suffering is useful. Being worried about not having enough food is a good thing. If we were relaxed about life-threatening situations then we wouldn’t have lasted long as a species.