Discussion If suicide wasn’t a option

[SpiderLink]

I'm curious, if suicide wasn't an option… what other options would there be? Wether it's realistic or not

 

[Seven Threads]

While I do like the idea behind this question, I must advise you that it could be somewhat problematic to propose it as a rhetorical. For a lot of people, this isn't a rhetorical issue, but a reality that they live with. There are so many people for whom ctb really isn't an option for a number of reasons (issues of legality, physical impairments that make it impossible to act independently, among others). Consequently, I'm not sure that phrasing this question in this manner is particularly wise.

If it were my thread, I might ask something along the lines of "If suicide isn't an option for you, what do you do then?" Basically the same question, but it acknowledges it as a real situation people face and not as a rhetorical.

 

[ianista]

If suicide wasn't an option ... i would've killed myself years ago.

 

[Praestat_Mori]

If it is not an option, it will cause only more agony and suffering for the ones who desperately want to exit this world to be released from their sufferings and pain they have to endure. This world out there is so cruel and hostile to people who just want to leave.

 

[FuneralCry]

The only other option is suffering so unnecessarily and just waiting to cease existing from some other cause. If one doesn't find a way to free themselves they have no choice but to endure this futile process of slowly dying and as a result be tormented by existence. Suicide barely even feels like an option in this world with all of the risks and complications involved in trying to leave, it's really tragic how humans are denied an guaranteed way to just free themselves from this burden in peace, it's such a repulsive world where suicide isn't viewed as an valid option and it's certainly so tiring feeling trapped here.

 

[absolomonisgone]

if suicide was not an option, the other option is get a job, buy a home at the suburbs, have 2-3 kids, go to church on sunday, have petty backbiting similar neighbours,.., then you become stupid and think that flaunting your kid because he's good at adding 1+1 is 2 better than other kids......, that is the best option possible. or be some leader of sorts.. president, senator, governor, etc... doing same stuff on a different level. but still same stuff.
the other option, is be a loser. no job, no kids to showcase, no suburb home, or
repeat same script somewhere in a small city/town, rural community in the backwaters of nowhere.
that's all the scripts in life.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Either try to 'recover' and struggle the rest of your life. Or- don't try to 'recover' and struggle the rest of your life.

 

[Seven Threads]

Alright, time to attempt to answer this question seriously.

This is actually something that I've thought about seriously on a number of occasions. I consider myself something of a storyteller on the side, even if I'm terrible at actually putting pen to paper. And on more than one occasion, I've ruminated on story concepts where characters end up trapped in horrific circumstances that they cannot escape, not even by death, usually as a result of some form of immortality. That or already being dead and enduring some form of torment in the afterlife.

As to what other 'options' there are, realistically speaking, there's only two. The first is to just shut down. Stop speaking, stop interacting. Go comatose, if you can. You see this with victims of torture out in the real world; at some point, they just stop reacting, except perhaps to scream if their body forces them to. For a lot of people, this would ultimately become the default response.

The other option is to cope. To find some way to pass the time, make living and breathing and engaging with the world somehow meaningful. This, too, you see in the real world when people are confronted with horrific circumstances. Some people turn to connection, a sense of shared community with those who have experienced similar suffering. And, in truth, it exists right here on this site. A lot of people realistically don't have the option to ctb, and for some of them, commiserating with others here is their only real meaningful consolation.

That's basically your options. Shut down and wait, or keep moving and wait. There really isn't anything else.

 

[SpiderLink]

While I do like the idea behind this question, I must advise you that it could be somewhat problematic to propose it as a rhetorical. For a lot of people, this isn't a rhetorical issue, but a reality that they live with. There are so many people for whom ctb really isn't an option for a number of reasons (issues of legality, physical impairments that make it impossible to act independently, among others). Consequently, I'm not sure that phrasing this question in this manner is particularly wise.

If it were my thread, I might ask something along the lines of "If suicide isn't an option for you, what do you do then?" Basically the same question, but it acknowledges it as a real situation people face and not as a rhetorical.

Yeah that's what I meant, sorry I'm not good with wording

 

[thgilrats]

It's funny how I considered myself being not that suicidal, comparing to my 13-15 years old self, but at the same time, after reading this post I literally felt the cold going down my spine. Not having a choice to die is actually as terrifying as any other restriction of will and this is fucking terrible.
I can't imagine myself not having opportunity to die tbh. But that's a really interesting question, not going to lie!

 

[Little_Suzy]

Marry a wealthy man to take care of you.

Hire a nurse to come to your home and assist you with your everyday activities.

Get on the "happy pills" that make you feel good all the time.