If you survived an attack/accident.....
 

... of somesort and were left SERIOUSLY facially disfigured for life, would you feel lucky to have lived or unlucky?

Unlucky, I would just feel slightly less unlucky than if I had died

I wouldn't go outside again and I'd feel very unlucky.

Lucky at first, but gradually unlucky as time went on.

What I mean is, would you rather die than be left facially disfigured?

this, and I would tell my friends to never look at me again
joking, kind of

Oh right umm no probably not, although I think I'd become a hermit

But then what life is that?

Disfigurement...I would rather survive.

Paralysis or something, would rather die.

:laugh:

I think I'd prefer to be alive. I think I could adapt to being disfigured.

If i could get a mask like Richard Harrow from Boardwalk Empire then i suppose it wouldn't be that bad

I'd feel lucky I still had life, I wouldn't care as to the facial disfigurement,I would still be me and if others couldn't see past that,that's their problem not mine.

I would be really glad to be alive and so no,I would not want to have died.

I think I would be lucky to live.

Just watching a doc called "I was bitten" on DMAX and this guy had his face literally ripped off by a bear. His eyes gouged out yet he feels so lucky to have lived. Just made me think.....


You know what I'm like with my TV induced threads :laugh:

One which would be preferable to not having one altogether. I could still read, watch films and tv, play video games, go on walks, play some sports and I'd still have friends over sometimes. It wouldnt be great but I'd adjust to it I think

You'd save money on halloween costumes if your face was messed up.

omfg. HAHAHAHA

Still not entirely practical. What about if you have to leave home in an emergency? Say an incident happened and you're evacuated? Or if you need shopping? Or when someone knocks on the door?

Well then I'd just have to face it, and try and hide it as best I could or something. I just always think that life is worth living, even if it's not how you wanted things to go

I'd feel lucky to still be alive (as long as I could see and hear). I think a part of me would always be mournful though to what I once was.

If I was left looking like the elephant man but still had the chance to see my kids grow up, I would feel like the luckiest person in the world.

I would feel lucky, but I don't think I would be happy. Depends which stage of life I was in. If I had kids I'd probably be overjoyed I hadn't left them. But if it was like in my 20s then id probably hate it because it would stop you from doing so many things and the likelyhood is that I wouldn't find a partner and it would cause me to be alone.

Unlucky. If I had a serious disfigurement it would affect my whole existance in a negative way that would make life unbearable.

Excellent statement Happyland.

Thank you Joey. :)