Death is just another path

[traintracks]

Hi all, I'm new here, was drawn to this site because I've been thinking about death a lot.

It feels better to talk about it with folks I don't know rather than with the people closest to me. I feel like all I'm looking for is someone to listen earnestly and without judgement, but when the things I think and say affect people who care about me in such a deep way, there is inevitable reaction, repulsion, and no room for me to exist in my mind.

Thus I've come to the conclusion that I should probably ponder my SN's anonymously, away from those I'm close to. It seems funny, given that it's easily my most challenging and pervasive struggle and I now must hide it from everyone. But it feels so much worse to watch people become afraid of me, to leave me and to tell me to change, all for something I feel I have little control over.

Wanting to die is so heavily stigmatized to the point of shame and erasure that in trying to prevent its existence it just pushes the community further underground, to talk of death with strangers rather than to be vulnerable about an experience that is so commonly shared.

All of this is to say, I believe that the desire to end one's life is not shameful and I wish it wasn't treated as such. Death is inevitably painful but so is life, to varying degrees. I'm grateful to have found a place to share these thoughts and to know that if I do ever decide to leave this plane that I will be met with fond farewells, with compassion and without judgement.

 

[FuneralCry]

After all, we will all die eventually. Death is inevitable and it is a part of life. We all have the right to exit at a time of our own choosing, it is our life and our decision. Suicide should not be so stigmatised. People should be able to talk openly about these topics. Whatever happens, I wish you the best.

 

[timf]

When it comes to making decisions, we sometimes change our minds. It is not uncommon to find that we change paths in life. One should be cautious as death is a path that precludes all others.

 

[Sherri]

It's tik tok since we leave our mother wounds. Inevitable, let it come as long as I don't have to come back to this place when Im gone it's fine by me.

 

[UseItOrLoseIt]

Contrary to popular belief not all paths lead to Rome, but to death.

 

[fox_wannabe]

Wanting to die is so heavily stigmatized to the point of shame and erasure that in trying to prevent its existence it just pushes the community further underground, to talk of death with strangers rather than to be vulnerable about an experience that is so commonly shared.

Want to talk about death? I am lacking people with whom I could talk about this. They all seam to be scared and shocked.

I am waiting for it, but at the same time scared of how will it go for me, how will I die. I would rather have peaceful death, and not far in the future as I feel i am bored with life already, or maybe tired and disappointed.

"they shoot horses, don't they?"

 

[Depressed Cat]

I believe religions (especially the Abrahamic ones) and religious figures have deliberately turned suicide into a crime because what would they do if they keep losing followers?

It's the same with secular, atheist, non-religious governments and the corporations/bankers. They need wage slaves to keep everything running.

In an ideal society where an individual's human rights are respected, a painless suicide would be an easily available option for everyone.

Just like it's a person's choice to do what he/she likes with her body, it should be an individual's choice to decide what to do with one's own life, including end it.