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Originally Posted by lunamor  Well, maybe... it's certainly possible to empathize with others, but I don't think we can really understand the depth and intensity of pain if we've never suffered pain ourselves. |
Everyone's suffered pain through separation and loss. Indeed, there's Bowlby's attachment theory which suggests we all suffer the pain of loss and separation from childhood onwards.
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I think it's a little bit glib to attribute deep feelings only to "heartbreak". Of course, it hurts a great deal but there are other far more traumatic experiences humans can have. By comparison, "heartbreak" is really quite a trivial thing to being in such a traumatic situation where you don't know whether you'll live or die - those type of experiences can have a far more deep-seated impact on us as people.
I don't think "heartbreak" always, or even usually, brings out positive qualities in people. Many people become bitter, angry, resentful and mistrusting as a result of it..whether they *should* or not is another question. We're all less than perfect.
As I say, I think this is someone trying to make us feel better about something that's not very nice but happens to most, if not all, of us. No harm in trying, i guess