Creator of Destruction
It's all up to them.
Those who have no right to wish are quick to cause destruction.
Yeah, it's basically up to a) the character themselves, and b) what kind of story you want to tell.
But for practical advice: Depression can happen to EVERYONE, and it doesn't matter how happy your childhood was or how many "good" things happen while you're getting shit on by the world as badly as this. Some people are resilient enough to not let it get them down, but others would be desperate to die, turn to alcohol/drugs to numb the pain, or just plain leave society and hide out in a mountain cave to avoid people for a few years.
Good things do not always cancel out bad things, and your description of horrific cyber-harassment, former friends being reprehensible douchebags, and GETTING A POUND OF YOUR FLESH CUT OUT is a lot more stark against the vagueness of "a happy childhood/adolescence."
edited 5th Jan '17 7:54:54 PM by Sharysa
...Sheesh, that's sounds like some kind of nightmarish mixture of All the Other Reindeer up to eleven and And I Must Scream. I agree with the others, it depends on how resilient they are. At best they might have a less then positive outlook on the world, at worst they may want to die. What kind of story is this?
The Prince of Foolish Relevations
Yeah, it really does depend on the person how they handle things. Pretty easy to assume a tennis player would be more upset losing their arms than others for example. Heck, a person can go through shitty stuff and genuinely not be a Stepford Smiler. So it isn't so much the situation that matters, but their personality.
edited 18th Feb '17 8:07:00 PM by Kkutwar
"The Omniverse is the collection of all possibilities, and all possibilities must eventually come to pass."
What if someone lived a good, happy life, in a world where death was difficult to accomplish. They allegedly had good friends and bonded with them over plenty of good times. But then their “friends” deserted them because they weren’t popular enough. And they got publicly humiliated in a way that would put anyone else’s worst moment to shame, and put a permanent mark on their reputation. Meanwhile, their former friends were now joining in, just one month after said public humiliation laughing heartily as they got mauled, which they died of. You’d think that would be the end, but then they just rematerialized and it was back to business. They were sliced open and had a pound of their flesh cut out of them stomach, which they also died of and rematerialized again. All this time their former friends were living the good life and giving them the silent treatment. Also, there was severe cyberharassment of hostility. They were called hurtful things and excluded as though they had a contagious disease. It wasn’t all bad, though. Through out it though there were supporters and good times. A few years afterwards despite the still ongoing stream of cyberharassment they were still honored. So, combined with that and being a real fighter, and starting out very happy and well-adjusted, Could they get through all that at all undamaged? Like, they wouldn’t let it bring them down? Would they be OK? And life did start out pretty good.