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by wazoox 3222 days ago
If you need your mind to be quiet, and to feel present to your life, there are non-life threatening ways, like mindful meditation and psychoanalysis, or maybe even working in a charity.
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Or just continue to do what he's doing because it works and he likes it. Everyone gets to choose their own path...
Saving people in the ER or as paramedics is another of those instances. It doesn't have to be your life the one on the line.
I also do those. I also climb, slackline, paraglide, ride motorcycles, surf, ride bikes, and read on the beach.