Discussion Do you think CTB becomes more difficult with age?

[chyme]

I've heard some people say it's easier to tune out SI the younger you are. I've also heard accounts of people who wish they would have CTB sooner, instead of putting it off until they get older. Do you agree, if so to what extent? I was thinking about this earlier and wondered what everyone on SS might think.

My long term plan to CTB will likely take a few years to complete, but sometimes I worry that once the time comes, it will be more difficult than it is for me now.

 

[hamvil]

No idea, maybe if you are young you tend to be more impulsive. For me it is very hard. I used to live in a tall building and often in the night I would go to the top terrance to look down. I never manage to jump. Once I manage to sit on the border but that was the maximum. That was more than a year ago. I really wish I had the courage because this last year has been horrible.

 

[wljourney]

Impulsivity is a factor. Yes.

Alao: family ties (it's harder to CTB if you have dependent children or ageing parents)

Apparently some mental illnesses get easier to manage with age, especially in women over 45. Though it might also just be a combination of the two points above that just make it SEEM easier.

 

[indigomoon]

I can only speak for myself. But as I've gotten older (I'm 50ish), I find myself more at ease with Ctb. I don't particularly want to die but I feel that since my kids are grown and have their own lives, that they don't need me as much. I also feel that I tend to be in the way in regards to what others are doing in their lives. Like I'm a 'third wheel' or an afterthought. I have no purpose. So maybe as I age even more, I will take more proactive steps to ctb and just be done with it. I don't know.

 

[FuneralCry]

I don't know, maybe it depends on the individual. I feel like it's hard to answer this question as we cannot read minds and we all experience life differently after all. I think that method availability is one of the main factors as to why ctb is more difficult for some than others. I think that ctb is easier for those who have SN and especially N in comparison to many other methods. I think that many overcome SI either when they have a method plan that they feel confident that will succeed or they feel very desperate.

 

[bed]

Most people are more impulsive when they are younger so I think given the right method at the time I wouldn't be here right now. counter argument though is the longer you are alive the more time you have to make peace with death. I believe it should be looked at on a case-by-case basis, i don't think it really gets easier per say.

However, if you look at just statistics in the US:

• The rate of suicide is highest in middle-aged white men.

source: https://afsp.org/suicide-statistics/

 

[BGooG]

I think it's probably harder as you get older. Impulsivity is one aspect. A longer term perspective is another. For instance, I've had my heart broken multiple times; I don't know if that would push me over.

On the other hand, I'm 60 and feel significantly more helpless than I did when I was younger. It's not like I could seriously change my life now. My career is locked in, my family situation is set. I don't see how I could possible change things for the better. And with that helplessness comes the desire for alternatives.

 

[theboy]

Of course. In fact, there was a thread recently about young children committing CTB more easily than adults. Perhaps it is easier for them to overcome the survival instinct or they do not think about it too much.

 

[jodes2]

With age comes the maturity to carefully research CTB and take an effective method

 

[Sammie]

I've heard some people say it's easier to tune out SI the younger you are. I've also heard accounts of people who wish they would have CTB sooner, instead of putting it off until they get older. Do you agree, if so to what extent? I was thinking about this earlier and wondered what everyone on SS might think.

My long term plan to CTB will likely take a few years to complete, but sometimes I worry that once the time comes, it will be more difficult than it is for me now.

I feel like you kinda answered your own question...mine is also a long term plan to take a while to complete, and this is because I am older and have many people and things to attend to first. Had I ctb 20-30 years ago when I didn't have obligations, was a lot more carefree + impulsive it would have been easier. However, as in a few years from now, following a plan/goal, no it would not be harder but instead easier because we are taking steps to "get ready" while we put everything in order. And when it comes to being a lot older, as in being geriatric and in ill health I do believe ctb gets easier, because you've lived your life and feel there is nothing left but death. Unless, of course, we lose our minds in dementia (which is my biggest fear) we may not have the capacity to ctb.

 

[Himalayan]

I've heard some people say it's easier to tune out SI the younger you are. I've also heard accounts of people who wish they would have CTB sooner, instead of putting it off until they get older. Do you agree, if so to what extent? I was thinking about this earlier and wondered what everyone on SS might think.

My long term plan to CTB will likely take a few years to complete, but sometimes I worry that once the time comes, it will be more difficult than it is for me now.

I think it's easier when you are young, it's harder when you're 20 and then it starts to easily get easier.
If you're 80, almost any method will kill you

 

[thedaywillcome]

Thats wrong.

 

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