firstly, let me say that i hope no one on this board would be insensitive enough to say "quit whining" when you have suffered such a tragedy... if they were to do so, then it would be nothing more than some embicile feeling "bad ass" due to internet anonyminity...
secondly, my condolences to you for having suffered at the hands of violence.
lastly, this is what i knew would eventually occur...someone would equate negative experiences in life to actual life experience. i believe this is what QD was eluding to, as well. everyone suffers life's wrath...some have worse hands dealt than others... molestation, incest, rape, domestic violence, parental abuse...all prime examples of innocence lost. but, innocence taken is not life experience. life experience is a summation of all experiences had during your time of existence. by this definition, time living and breathing = life experience. that was my point.
again, i am not trying to negate the suffering of others... i, too, had a very poor childhood... broken home, mixed up with the wrong crowd, emotionally abusive mother, etc...but, this is not the barometer in which i measure my life experience. take how much you've grown over the last year...extrapolate that into what you will have learned in another 15... make sense?







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