Have most people witnessed or experienced something that deeply disturbed them for life?

The more you focus on it, the worse it's going to get. People push away these things by creating new, positive experiences and filling their life with things that make them feel good and connected to other people.

I'm sure plenty of people saw/heard or even experienced something disturbing as children that formed their deep-rooted beliefs and judgements about things in life but I believe that some of them are able to lift the veil and see their own bias.

Anyway, I think I get you. I had a phase when I felt like I couldn't get over something from my past. I was hypersensitive to anything related to the topic, if someone mentioned something about it I stormed with rage at them telling them to shut up, if I read something related on the internet, I hyperventilated and cried, I felt like other people could never understand me because they never experienced these things, which is true but unlike then, it doesn't matter to me that much now. You just need to reach the point when you get reconciled with the facts and become less emotional about it all. It'll never go away completely but the more you will poke into it the more it will snowball and more sensitive and emotionally unbalanced you'll be not just about what is personal to you but also about problems of other people.

yes its called trauma. something someone said to me once that helped was to think to yourself "where are you now?" when you start thinking about it and getting upset. you need to build mental/emotional resilience to help cope. i would also suggest learning to meditate or recite mantra in your head. that helps me in a lot of unpleasant situations.

I have witnessed and experienced many things. People process things differently. Some people heal, others don't. Don't be hard on yourself, you are doing the best you can to survive.

I have many times but it just made me want to be more adventurous, more silly and more caring. It gave me the ability to read the room in a few seconds. It gave me hoards of empathy. I struggle with losing people big time. But overall, I chose to not let it destroy me. It took time.

I've seen alot but no, i wont say that anything has disturbed me for life. Because sometimes I block things out of my mind like it never happened. And other things although traumatic i remember like it was yesterday.
Like a friend or relative will ask me about something traumatic and even though i know that i was there its like i can't remember it.

I saw a video, taken by witnesses, of a man driving off the end of a fishing pier. It was the last moment's of his life. It was at sunrise and as he went off the pier, a flock of birds flew over. I'll never forget it.

No you aren't. I have too and I don't even let myself remember or think about certain things .

No matter what, everyone will have been through and seen the worst thing they will ever experience

It’s not a question of your personal strength

Not everyone has experienced the same lvl and depths of trauma and horror in life so..

I'm not sure what silence means.

People react differently to their experiences..mebbe stop beating yerself up