We should suffer acutely if we were confined in a narrower space.

把我们关在狭窄的空间里我们就会非常痛苦。

Many of us will suffer acutely following these events and then recover, maybe even become better people because of those experiences.

许多人在经历这些事件后会深受折磨，然后康复，甚至可能因为这些经历而成长为更好的人。