I agree with Charles Bukowski.
I don't think that pragmatists and realists actually think that they are going to die! If you know that you are ultimately going to die, then at some point in your life I believe that it is important, if not essential, to go crazy. If this can be done in a controlled environment then all the better. It is important to plan your craziness rather than have craziness thrust upon you. I know, I speak from experience. I think that my 'psychosis' which is defined as a psychological break from reality was my opportunity to come to terms with my own mortality. I am over 40 and I think about my own death and demise every single day. Is that pathological? Maybe? Does it stop me from achieving, competing, trying? Yes, quite possibly. I mean if we are ultimately going to die, then what is the point of trying? To get a better obituary?
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