The phrase "need suffering" is grammatically correct but may not be commonly used in written English.
It can be used in contexts discussing the necessity or value of suffering in personal growth, philosophy, or psychology.
Example: "Some believe that to truly appreciate happiness, we need suffering to provide contrast and depth to our experiences."
Alternatives: "require hardship" or "necessitate pain".
We obviously don't need suffering to find our calling, but it happens to be where we often discover it.
For example, Centrica's British Gas Energy Trust offers help to "individuals and families in need, suffering or other distress".
As we go about our daily lives, most of us are not confronted with the extent of poverty, need, suffering, and desperation that that have come our way now.
Video technology could increase social isolation by enabling professional carers and relatives to monitor them at a distance, avoiding getting close to human mess (smells, emotional needs, suffering, interpersonal conflict, body fluids).
If there is one thing Italian footballers know how to do, it is to accept the need for suffering.
Keeping costs down and using tax dollars efficiently will allow all elderly patients to get the prescription drugs they need without suffering financially.
It might seem esoteric and impractical for times of high-material need and suffering.
Universal access is an important step towards universal health coverage to ensure that all people receive the health services they need without suffering financial hardship [ 1].
When doctors listen to and communicate with patients, show compassion and skill, and coordinate with other physicians to address patients' needs, suffering is reduced – even if they still have pain.
"It's a place that desperately needs to be understood where suffering needs to stop," said Ms. Loewenstein, who is Jewish.
As Richard Dawkins succinctly puts it, "the understanding that this is the only life any of us have makes the need to alleviate suffering even more urgent".
