Is tenuous hope more emotionally taxing than certain doom?
Yes. Impending, but certain doom has no worries. The suspense is over. The worry is over. The struggle is over. And in general, people adjust to their doom quite nicely, and find the world hasn’t come to an end, just as they don’t find Shangri-la when they win the lottery.
It’s the perception of a coming loss that’s horrible. Once the loss is certain, it’s no longer a loss, it’s a new baseline.
Yes. Impending, but certain doom has no worries. The suspense is over. The worry is over. The struggle is over. And in general, people adjust to their doom quite nicely, and find the world hasn’t come to an end, just as they don’t find Shangri-la when they win the lottery.
It’s the perception of a coming loss that’s horrible. Once the loss is certain, it’s no longer a loss, it’s a new baseline.
Perhaps you mean “certain”?
Yeah. Thanks.