If you die there is no chance at things getting better in your life here.
If you are alive even if that chance is small there is a chance at things getting better.
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If there are people who care about you, it’s not only selfish but also cruel. All you’re doing is passing on your pain to them.
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If you fail you'll live an infinitely worse life that isn't worth risking. And if you're going to make a rash decision then make one less rash like changing your entire name or applying to new jobs (amazon hires anyone) or dropping out of college
Do a jihad but instead of it being for something stupid, like religion, do it for a good cause. Like polar bears. Or owls. Or the poor.
I have bad aim, both in video games and outside of video games...
Who said anything about guns, or even violence?
“Jihad” means “struggle.” Mohammed once said the most difficult jihad was the one against ourselves, e.g. the struggle to be better people.
So a jihad for polar bears could mean throwing yourself into activism for the environment.
R. Buckminster Fuller asked that same question as he contemplated throwing himself into Lake Michigan. He was broke, in debt, jobless with a wife and small family.
The only thing he REALLY had was life insurance, which made him worth more dead than alive.
His experience is worth reading:
tl;dr - He made a wager with himself that there was some larger purpose to his life. He went on to hold 28 patents and became the inventor of the Geodesic Dome. Bucky Balls are named after him.
it's gonna happen anyway without even trying, and in the meantime I can do a whole bunch of interesting drugs.
To look out at the ocean, hear the waves and birds, walk barefoot on the grass, run naked in the rain, climb the mountain, unite with nature.
5meoDMT. Do it first then decide.
This but good ol fashion LSD and mushrooms
Also get in (at least something close to) your peak shape and be lusty at least for awhile before you die. It's a trip.
The endorphins alone are worth it
I honestly wouldn’t even know where to start with accessing DMT. I’m not OP and I’m not suicidal but I mean, where would I even start?
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Rage.
With the right attitude, you can find someone who will end it for you.
Too depressed to become a revolutionary 😓
There are great cultural goods to be experienced. Also creating stuff feels good.
The one that kept me alive was that I couldn't make the world better for others, even in a small near-insignificant way, if I were dead. And it would be a bit pointless to die if everyone else is still going to live a life of suffering, especially as I can't be sure reincarnation isn't true.
Ammo is expensive and I can have more fun drinking and get the same result later down the road anyway
Because even when life throws you lemons you can still taste.
I have ten I could name and have named. The three that particularly would resonate with me are the idea I might still owe people things, there being less extreme ways of going about my issues, and the thought of what happens after death.
The only reason I haven't kicked it is because it would hurt people I love.
If there was some magical way to wipe the memory of my existence from all my friends and families minds I would be booking a first class ticket to hell immediately.
I've done pretty much everything I can reasonably do as someone in my tax bracket. All my other hopes and dreams cost too much and/or seem unlikely to happen at any point in the future so I may as well check out.
To be clear I am not actively suicidal right now, but I really think we ought to let people check out if they want to.
I didn't have a say in being brought into this world and it feels cruel to force people who don't wanna play anymore to stick around.
Me personally:
Un-alive over 9000 fascist's.
TW Suicide
Life-ending does not solve the negative emotions felt when feeling hopeless.
(Edit: Added spoiler, because I felt unsure if it is the right message)
Do you assume a dead body has feelings?
No.
I don't think dead bodies experience feelings.
There is lot of pressure in situations of hopelessness and to make the decision to end one's life in an attempt to experience the alleviation of that pressure is futile, because there is no experience at all after death. So, for self-sympathetic reasons it is preferable to steady that grip on dear life as much possible.
With help there can be a better understanding of the feelings of hopelessness, even or especially when those feelings have a very material foundation.
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