The Pros And Cons Of Misery

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If we woke up today and the world were different so that the vibrant green of the leaves would never change their colors in the fall and the grass we so love to feel beneath our barefeet was just an imitation of the real thing, it would be very diverse from the world we’ve come to know. Water is no longer natural, for man has found a way to chemically recreate it, and precipitation is controlled by man so it may not cycle with the changing of the seasons - one day it can be sunny with a warm, inviting temperature of 83 degrees fahrenheit, and the next day everything is much different as a brutal winter storm rolls in that no one could have suspected. But if our outside world is fabricated, then who’s to say it is not the same inside ourselves …show more content…
But with artificial emotions it can stay much longer than the average period. Using a surplus of it would create a depression-like state, only it would be far more intense because the first few times you accidentally overdose on sadness, your body could reject all other feelings you attempt to inject. Misery is a heavy thing to hold as it sits still in your chest, forcing you to feel as though someone has been secretly piling numerous weights upon your chest, making your lungs resist your attempts to breathe. When you attempt to use joy for a change of heart, you may watch it leave its container as the bright yellow identified with the sun, but it would change to the deep blue of the neverending oceans as soon as it enters your body. Not only would this occur when you attempt to infuse happiness, but any other emotion as well, leaving you to live your life in a constant state of …show more content…
Many people who have experienced the phenomenon of love have also experienced the affliction of heartbreak. A normal heartbreak is hard enough, as it pushes you into a state of distress and hopelessness. A heartbreak related to an abundance of love would hold you hostage in desperation so you could physically feel the peril of your aching heart. After the first time that you have the misfortune of experiencing this intense tribulation, it would be almost hopeless for you to attempt to feel love again for the walls surrounding your heart that had once been knocked down by false hope have been built up again and made stronger to protect the crippled

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