Imagine you were immortal.

Imagine you, you specifically, happened to, by some unknown means - maybe you're a vampire or have some unique condition that allows you to live many years beyond the average lifespan of regular human, hundreds, thousands, however many more years - How do you think it would affect [i]you[/i]? What would you be like? How would it change you? Your emotions? Your perspectives? Try not to think of any of the movies you have seen that answered this, how would [i]you[/i] react to this? What would your life be like?

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JupiterDreams · 31-35

I would get bored after a while and become unhappy. It would be interesting to see how things progress over the centuries, like music and novels and actors, etc. To travel the world and take your time doing everything in life -- from learning new languages to reading every book, in every language...
But after a few hundred years I'd get bored. I would also hate to get close to anyone because I'd be fearing for their deaths.

Winterwanderer · 26-30, M

How are you so certain though? I feel like the world is so interesting, it's so complex, always changing, me included.

Why, in your small scale version of life, don't you just get 'bored' of things? Why would it be different for an older person to deal with death & relationships than you? Why would they suddenly be afraid of losing people? Who's to say they won't think love isn't more valuable than the pain it took to get us there?