I hope it doesn't cause too many problems.
I personally never understood why people's want to tell others. It's risks intervention, people alienating us and is just generally an exceptionally bad idea.
I know first-hand what it feels like to get blindsided by the end of a loved one with no warning up front. My former friend ended himself. He hung himself actually. Being blindsided hurts like hell. Not having a letter hurts like hell. Calling his phone countless times to just hear his voice one last time telling his name before that beep until they disconnected his number hurts like hell. If i could have turned back time and would have known or seen the warnings then it would have made a difference for me.
Except for him giving his dog to a woman due to his bad "working hours" there were no warning signs. I know its foolish today to think nothing of it. But some people simply dont keep their animals until they die.
Anyhow. With me I told my family and friends. Not in direct words like when or how precisely. But I told my husband and everyone else who i feel might be hurt one day from it.
They know about my struggles and pain.
They know about my wish to end it and that i am fighting on getting better to stay a bit longer.
I talk to them also openly about end of life care in Switzerland and other european countries and that i hope they will legalise it in germany as well one day. Also I tell them about a friend I made here who went with pegasos. How her transition ended and why she left with her family knowing and surrounded by loved ones and friends even tho she was only in her early 30s.
I am trying to open their eyes and make them see that they are not at fault.
It is a decision out of love and self love that I made for myself. Depending on how my health develops and how much I am willing to take maybe I can manage to stay a little longer. Every day counts in my book as a success.
Just need to find one nice thing a day to keep me going.
Until then I prepare letters, some voice messages. Hell I am even still writing on another book that begins with the warning that this author has killed herself. And its a self help book. The irony.
But hey such is life.
I hope you will find what works best for you. But maybe to leave them with some love foe when you are gone. It makes a big difference.
Plus you won't be gone. You will no longer have your body. You will no longer have your life. But you are still there. Right here. Just a different format. So its a decision that truly needs to be thought well off beforehand.
Not having pain tho is a bliss i am so looking forward to. No more fear. No more pain. No more nausea. Just bliss and love and experiencing everything you ever wanted to.
Sorry if I overshared. I just wanted to share my experience with cbt and how to make it a bit more pleasant for the ones we leave behind.