It's true that I suffered a lot, especially when I was younger.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Sure, I suffered a lot. But it's not like the end of the world and it's not who I am. I lead quite a pleasant life and I'm able to divorce a perceived reality from my actual experience of life.
I have suffered most of the things I write about - or my friends have.
The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature.
I learned during all my career to enjoy suffering.
I suffered when I was in my late twenties and early thirties. I was awkward, I stuck out, I was nerdy.
I suffer from everyday life.
We seem to be made to suffer. It's our lot in life.
I have spent much of my adult life flinching with pain as I tried to pull out the threads that bound the shadows of my past to me.
A lot of people struggle in their younger years, and I think people can relate to that.
I've experienced many hardships, but mentally, I've always been older, and that reflects in my actions, too.