
starsofevernight
doot doot!
- Oct 13, 2025
- 12
I like it. My friend and I, both suicidal, liked the agency it gives you. How it doesn't say you have to be mentally ill or insane to want to die.
Instead of a book saying to call a hotline or push through or whatever, it simply asks you to stop, and think things through. Explains how sometimes the benefit you think dying would bring won't actually happen in some cases. The risks of failing. The consequences on the ones that love you. And it doesn't guilt trip you into living, it simply states the axioms and provokes you to think about it for yourself.
Yes, it's a book trying to logic you out of dying, but it is actually…logical, if you know what I mean. It's not just platitudes—"it gets better" or "suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem"—it actually explains with decent reasoning. And at the end of the day it is still your choice.
You don't have to read it and have your mind changed. But I think it does help, at least me, to think about it with a more clear head. I recommend going in with an open mind if you can.
Funnily enough, I found the book from someone linking to it here, on SS. I'm thankful to that person.