if you could start your life again?

[lotus11]

If you could go back and start your life again, what would you tell your self? who would you be? what things specifically would you like to achieve?

 

[not_a_robot]

I would like to achieve killing myself sooner, before so many horrible experiences.
I would tell myself: never make the effort to try to connect or fit in with or seek comfort from others, because it is just a painful waste of time that will only create more problems.

 

[i_love_u]

Absolutely, I could prevent any mistakes ive made

 

[Empty Smile]

I would go back and tell myself to do it right this fucking time and succeed at ctb.

 

[SinisterKid]

Are you fucking kiddin me? You think I would really want to do this all again? Maybe the same question 30 yrs ago would have got a different answer, but not at my age.

 

[Kikoo Loool]

Don't waste time being a good pupil and student, don't marry and kill yourself sooner.

 

[Nihil]

Be born a biological girl. Don't know if life would be perfect as a result, but you'll save yourself a lot of mental torture by not being the wrong gender. Of course, you can't help how you're born, but still...dysphoria is one hell of a living nightmare I wouldn't wish on anyone.

 

[Icarus]

Follow your heart, dont be so defensive, have no fear.

 

[Laststop]

This has been a fantasy of mine for so long. I have day dreamed hours and hours about it. I have two scenarios. One is if I could go back and have a whole new life, like new family, new looks, and so on. A better life. But still retain my memory from when I left now to go back, so I could savor it. Or the other is just jumping back into my body back at a certain date I have in mind, knowing everything also. I wonder if I could do it differently, or if I would still be a miserable failure?

 

[Nem]

Actually, I would've just broken up with my ex at the first sign of red flags...I wouldn't really change anything else.
Hugs/Peace!

 

[Pistolero114]

Unfortunately I would not change anything with the exception of removing the pain I caused some wonderful people because of 32 years of active alcoholism. Interesting side note; I have today 2087 days clean and sober.

Changing anything would require removing some absolutely precious people from my otherwise f**ked up life. Babies are precious. Baby girls are a gift from my higher power.

In two words; I would not.
Unfortunately I would not change anything with the exception of removing the pain I caused some wonderful people because of 32 years of active alcoholism. Interesting side note; I have today 2087 days clean and sober.

Changing anything would require removing some absolutely precious people from my otherwise f**ked up life. Babies are precious. Baby girls are a gift from my higher power.

In three words; I would not.

 

[blanketyblk]

i would of spent more time caring about myself than caring about what other people think of me. i also wouldn't devote my life to helping other people at the expense of my own wellbeing.

 

[seekingoblivion]

I would tell myself to die asap. I'm not cut out for life. It's in my bones.

 

[Shamana]

Cut out all unhealthy habits. Be more daring in what oppourtunites I had. Get as much sex and romance as possible.

 

[a_strange_day]

what I'd try to do is not make the same endless mistakes again, even if I it's hard to believe given what I am
what I would do for sure is not hurt others

and finally I'd like to die young, that would be a blessing

 

[k75]

If I could just have a complete redo but keep my memories so I could just kind of edit a few key things, I'd probably take it.

As much as I might be tempted, I would not change much of the first half of my life. I wouldn't want to not know my best friend, for example. But certain things haunt me, and I think I could do them better.

The last eight years or so, though... I'd tear that shit to shreads.

 

[Painted Bird]

I have made so many bad decisions and mistakes in my life that sometimes I'm amazed that my life is not much, much more messed up as a result than it actually is. So I'd tell myself to avoid all those situations but I think I'd still end up depressed and suicidal as feeling like this now is more of a worldview/philosophical thing for me than a mental health condition.