How would almost dying in one's youth affect the psyche?

Question

thanks for your insight

Answer 1

Greatfully, I'm not answering from experience but I hope I can give some well-thought out insight.

I would become more aggressive in my outlook toward life. A person's general personality to this point in life or what the adults are modeling around the child would dramatically affect whether that aggression was positive or negative, focused or self-destructive.But aggression wouldn't be the first response. I'd probably turn introspective, self-doubting, depressed and a partial doomsdayer, concentrating on the worst that could happen before I was able to come out of the situation functional again.

I would imagine when that person became a parent, that person would battle paranoia and over-protectiveness on a daily basis.

A situation arose in my hometown recently that affected several youth who could actually answer your question in several years. I pray for those children that they have strong secure adults around them to help guide them as they go through a turmoil of emotions trying to decide how and why "it" happened.

Answer 2

It may cause one to realize how precious life really is and so they learn to take time to enjoy the little things in life.

Answer 3

it would make that person less emotional