I'm always thinking about wanting to leave this world, it's what makes sense for me as it would prevent so much future suffering, only it's not straightforward to actually leave which is what keeps me here. If only dying is as simple as just wishing to be gone. That would certainly be ideal.
I wish you the best.
"Wishing to be gone" - has anyone heard of psychogenic death?
It's not suicide — just to be clear.
I am so sorry for OP and all here suffering and I have same sense of urgency and 2 stupid failed OD attempts before finding SS.
Please forgive me for jumping in a complete unknown to you all as I'm new here and not introduced myself yet.
But as per my username — quote via years of research by Survival Expert Dr John Leach in UK.
Used to be called 'voodoo death' but now renamed as psychogenic death - it's not suicide. But people have willed themselves to cease existing — due to not just despair but demoralization — ie — zero hope for the future.
This causes People to reach a state of complete and fatal depletion of dopamine - which controls hope , motivation , locomotion of body , pain relief , calm — ie— "the will to live".
Due to my catastrophic condition I have tried really hard to grasp this concept and felt almost reached the later stages. I felt so close to just truly letting all hope go.
And I'm trying to taper off an horrific anxiety med which has been slowly and painfully physically paralyzingly and so toxic it's killing me and depleting everything especially dopamine for over 3 years now. And I just cannot make my own dopamine or replace faster than it's lost — not on my current med and my GP won't RX the only similar - but uniquely different mechanisms— med that could actually help.
So I am beyond desperate to free myself from this hellish iatrogenic prison.
But my dear spouse is an eternal optimist and despite knowing my chances of a full physical and psychological recovery are very poor — doesn't want me to go yet. And spouse understands Dr Leach as it goes back many decades to POWs etc - when it was called "giving up the will to live".
Sincere Apologies again to OP for jumping in and rambling too long— Just wanted to share. Also very sorry if this concept is old news on SS.

May we all find the peace we long for
