Re: Adrenaline Junkies
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Meh. It turns out the worst thing you can say at a funeral is "...but he died doing what he loved doing."
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I disagree 100%.
Of course it sucks if your friend or family member dies, but I think it sucks even more if someone quits what he/she loves to do because of someone else than him/herself.
Most people I know (myself included) doing extreme sports choose willingly to risk their life because that makes their life worth living.
There's been some studies that many (if not most) adrenaline junkies have regularly much lower serotonine levels than "normal" people and they do what they do to feel "normal". From my own experience I can tell this is very much the truth.
A short but happy life is worth much, much more than a long but miserable one.
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