Do you know anyone who CTB.

[quietandsad113]

If you knew anyone who CTB how old were they? What was there story? Were you surprised it happened or not so much?
Was their method planned or more so unexpected

 

[derpyderpins]

A guy who worked in my building a few years ago (I didn't work with him directly but I'd met him) went back to his office when court broke for lunch and blew his brains out. No warning. I guess he just had enough.

When I was at uni, this kid who seemed popular and everything killed himself. Honestly I didn't like him. I sat in the back of the class all the time and he would sit up front, always asking questions and hugging the professors at the end of the semester and that kinda suck up crap. Lots of friends. Honestly, when we got an email about a classmate ctbing, I didn't recognize his name and thought "I hope it's [that kid]". I still feel guilty about that. I don't know what his method was but it certainly came out of nowhere.

There were others but just those two stories for now.

 

[quietandsad113]

A guy who worked in my building a few years ago (I didn't work with him directly but I'd met him) went back to his office when court broke for lunch and blew his brains out. No warning. I guess he just had enough.

When I was at uni, this kid who seemed popular and everything killed himself. Honestly I didn't like him. I sat in the back of the class all the time and he would sit up front, always asking questions and hugging the professors at the end of the semester and that kinda suck up crap. Lots of friends. Honestly, when we got an email about a classmate ctbing, I didn't recognize his name and thought "I hope it's [that kid]". I still feel guilty about that. I don't know what his method was but it certainly came out of nowhere.

There were others but just those two stories for now.

Thanks for sharing. Definitely too sides of the spectrum stories. You really never know when someone is hurting

 

[BlendedHeart]

When I was at uni, this kid who seemed popular and everything killed himself. Honestly I didn't like him. I sat in the back of the class all the time and he would sit up front, always asking questions and hugging the professors at the end of the semester and that kinda suck up crap. Lots of friends. Honestly, when we got an email about a classmate ctbing, I didn't recognize his name and thought "I hope it's [that kid]". I still feel guilty about that. I don't know what his method was but it certainly came out of nowhere.

Have a similar situation.

One of my college classmates. Didn't like the guy, to be honest. He seemed very pretentious and kinda aggresive with women.

For what I gathered after he ctb, he was complaining about working a lot with no goal in sight, he was very depressed and was taking prozac, and most of his social media posts were about sad stuff. He had a lot of friends and no one seemed to do anything about it.

That's the only thing I admire about him, that he had the courage to leave this world (Apparently he hanged himself, but no one gave me confirmation about it)

Funny thing is, after that happened, the rest of my colleagues started a whatsapp group to keep in contact, like a support group. Worked for a couple weeks, but most of the people in there ended up leaving it, lol.

 

[quietandsad113]

Have a similar situation.

One of my college classmates. Didn't like the guy, to be honest. He seemed very pretentious and kinda aggresive with women.

For what I gathered after he ctb, he was complaining about working a lot with no goal in sight, he was very depressed and was taking prozac, and most of his social media posts were about sad stuff. He had a lot of friends and no one seemed to do anything about it.

That's the only thing I admire about him, that he had the courage to leave this world (Apparently he hanged himself, but no one gave me confirmation about it)

Funny thing is, after that happened, the rest of my colleagues started a whatsapp group to keep in contact, like a support group. Worked for a couple weeks, but most of the people in there ended up leaving it, lol.

Yeah the world still moves. I don't think people really care usually unless they knew the person. I remember when I was like super young like in elementary a girl had committed suicide and everyone was so somber it kinda stuck with me. She hung herself and after that she was never mentioned like her parents didn't even wanna talk about her it was honestly really unfortunate

 

[Lady Laudanum]

I knew a decent number of people who CTB:

- an acquaintance in high school, who CTB right after the graduation ceremony. I didn't know him that well.
- a girl I knew in elementary school but later lost contact with, who CTB when she was 14. She had a long history of mental illness.
- a family friend who murdered their family members and then shot themselves when they were in their 50s. From the outside they seemed like the perfect nuclear family.
- a girl I met during my work as a model, who unexpectedly CTB. I don't know her full story but she was always the life of the party.
- multiple people I knew from eating disorder treatment at various ages who CTB

I know many more people who attempted to CTB.

 

[Meteora]

I knew:
S. , don t know method, age 21
G., went in front of a train, age 32
J. , don t know method, age 29
E. , don t know method, age 34
C., don t know method, age 19
C., did not know her personally only her sister, hanged herself, age 20
N., my cousin, don t know method, I believe he might have hanged himself, age 49
D. SN, age 50

It is not possible to ask about the method when people are grieving. Would be very insensitive. All of the above mentioned had so-called mental health problems.
The list might not be complete. That's the ones that come to my mind spontaneously.
I did not see it coming with anyone.

 

[cosmic_traveler]

If you knew anyone who CTB how old were they? What was there story? Were you surprised it happened or not so much?
Was their method planned or more so unexpected

Our cousin hung himself in his parent's garage when he was 17. We were the same age and thick as thieves so it completely blindsided us. The two of us were opposite sides of a coin, we lived parallel lives, the only difference was that he always got caught doing teenage things (drinking, sex, drugs) and "we" (Jonathon) didn't.

 

[chestnut]

A resident at a former appartment complex I lived in jumped from the top floor to attempt CTB. Sadly, the roof wasn't that high up (maybe 11 meters). He jumped feet first and crushed them in the process. Afaik still alive and sitting in a wheelchair.

 

[SMmetalhead36]

Not me, I know people that know people that had people do it. However, I know people that have attempted to do it.

 

[steppingoff]

If you knew anyone who CTB how old were they? What was there story? Were you surprised it happened or not so much?
Was their method planned or more so unexpected

Yes I have known several people

One was a fellow high school student who set her self afire in a car

An office colleague who hand himself. And my former partner in life who hanged herself long after we split up
It was a surprise but not unexpected. If that means anything

 

[quietandsad113]

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Yes I have known several people

One was a fellow high school student who set her self afire in a car

An office colleague who hand himself. And my former partner in life who hanged herself long after we split up
It was a surprise but not unexpected. If that means anything

Oh wow set on fire… I can't imagine how much of a low you have to be in to take the route. It's so unfortunate that people live like this
I myself don't know too many. I remember a boy in my community shot himself but his friends theorized he was murdered so people got different stories. A girl at my old dance studio also CTB she was gorgeous

 

[ARW3N]

Yes, a work colleague hanged himself in the back of the factory. A female worker overdosed when her fiancé broke off the engagement. My plumber jumped in front of an underground train. There are a few others whose deaths are just too graphic and violent to be mentioned here. And, yes, their deaths did come as a surprise to me, their friends and family.

 

[ferrie]

My cousin CTBed when I was about 12. He was 21 and struggling with an addiction to various street drugs. He overdosed on heroin I believe. He had gotten into some trouble with his dealer & had issues at home which is what I think lead to him ctbing. It was a huge surprise to me, but I also wasn't told what actually happened at the time since I was a kid. I've pieced together the story since through family members & the general demeanor of his mother who is still completely devastated 11 years later.
I also had an online friend when I was 13 that I think ctbed. I knew her by the name Kitty & she was one of my first ever friends. She was a year or two younger than me, but we had some really interesting conversations on a fanfiction website. The last I ever heard of her was her brother saying she had gone missing & asking if I had any idea where she could have gone, but I know she was deeply depressed and had been self harming. It's been 10 years, but it's still sad to think about a kid choosing to ctb