If you lived forever and had to watch everyone around you die would you go crazy?

[Anonymous]

[serious]

Does this mean the ageing stops at the prime youth say 30-35 years of age or does it mean I will continue growing older and older but never die?

I will assume the first case and answer.

No, I will never go crazy but yes if I was immortal then eventually I would run out of things that I would enjoy doing and will get bored instead.

Which in turn might make me inactive, lazy and not want to do anything after a certain point. I can still handle it well though but I would never want this kind of power as it does not appeal to me.

Another thing is if I lived forever then even though time will progress but there is a chance that my mind will not grow and accept things at the same rate. For eg if I am born in the 20th century and I lived forever then even if I am in 24th century I would still be young but then my mind will be stuck in the early 21st century say in late 2020's. Being immortal can have that kind of effect on your mind.

Immortality superpower will be great but will eventually lead to boredom.

In my view absolute invulnerability is the best as it allows you to age naturally but yet giving you the power to be indestructible from both and outside which means death due to old age is the only possible way to die.

That way I will also die when I am old and I don't have to keep watching die around me.

I think this answers your question

[JacobJordan]

Nah. Despite being married on a list of things I would be perfectly okay with is immortality, being selected to join a mission to the moon or Mars or both. I actually have all the skills to do either so I could provided I went through the astronaut training. I have received offers from the US government to partake in said training have not yet accepted as I would rather do the training as a certainty than a "we might need you" scenario. So should that offer letter change to a "we need you to accompany a team" then I will proceed with training.

[Paris13]

I Would Feel Blessed By God But Of Course-----Watching Others Go, One By One, NO FUN. xxoo

[Paris13]

Tanks, Gag. xxoo

[JustinTheGreat]

Yeah. Being here for 80 years or so fucking sucks as it is. Life is not fun. I dont get why anyone would want to live forever

[WindAtMyBack]

I have already lost more than half of my family and long term friends. I'm sure I could handle being the last one alive. I suppose you could say that each one hurts, but at the same time you kind of become immune to it, or at least know you can keep going.

[strateguy632]

if everyone means all friends that is probably my REAL future. i can handle it.

if everyone is literal, i wouldn't feel anything for strangers. would easier to drive and walk across streets. i think it would be heavenly. until i got sick n all doctors had died... but i will heal because immortal. ha.

[Berethor]

I don't have many people that I care about, and there is a lot of death around as it is.

https://allthetropes.org/wiki/Living_Forever_Is_Awesome

[adventureswithleroy]

Noo. I hope to live to over 100 years of age. Funny that people will say. Im gunna die some day so who cares or if i lose a limb kill me etc. I've been around a lot of death.. family, freinds etc. from od to car accident to suicide to old age to demensia to cancer. And more. Know one knows what happens after you die. Everyone has there individual thought and hope. But as for now. Live life to the fullest. May be the only one you got

[LiamJHayden]

If I lived forever unless it was in a place like the Christian concept of Heaven, yes, I'd go crazy. If not from watching everyone I love die, then when the sun burned out, the planet was consumed, and I was left to float alone in space with only my thoughts.

[Kaneki05]

Not really. As time goes by things become less clear and less emotional so naturally one would move on. There is no stronger feeling than the present meanwhile past just gets weaker.

[RebelinSteel]

Possibly crazier, I think you would become desensitised to it all, you would hurt for the parents, siblings, wife, son, daughter, grandson but then they would just be people.

[normalice]

Maybe eventually. There is basically no chance some dictator wouldn't lock up any immortal and try to learn the secret for themselves, though.

[Drumlin2001]

If you lived forever you'd eventually see the human race die out. All life on earth perish. And the earth eventually being consumed by the sun. It would be awful

[strateguy632]

i am skeptical about those predictions you quoted.

[ChiTown33]

Nope. But I wouldn't like it if I still aged normally liviving forever. Because what is the point of living like a 1000 years. If only 70 of those years are quality.

[robhazelnut]

With meditativeness, no. Without it, most likely.

[getwiththepg]

Probably. Look at little Durk. Has all the riches in the world but everyone around him has been killed.

[jarkitor20]

I would be very sad at first but after the first round of deaths I would stop getting as attached to people if I knew I would live forever

[exitseven]

I am thinking about this lately. I have had 6 close friends since grade school. 3 are already dead.

[Forceinhand]

Yes. And probably go hermitical as well at some point. Too much loss is too much to handle. Actually, this could make for a good movie plot.

[TheSpaceGnome]

No, its one's own mortality that drives people crazy.

[Zestyassmf1997]

No. But I’d be a little bummed. I’d probably become very detached.

[KillinItHard]

I'm going to have to assume that it would literally both suck and blow at the same time. Who wants to live forever? Definitely not me...

[KrakenAttackin]

I think you would end up a loner, not wanting to get close to anyone.