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Does anyone else feel guilty when thinking about how their mom and other relatives feel after they find out you're gone? I think it's what's stopping me right now and I don't know how to get past it
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The way that I see it, how people would react if I was to die could never be my concern as I simply won't be there at that point. The non existent are incapable of caring about anything as one needs a consciousness to have thoughts and feelings. Eventually we will all die and be forgotten about anyway, it's our inevitable fate as humans.
That is also a reason for me. Even though my parents played a big part in my trauma, I still feel bad to think about the terrible pain they would feel. I know they would forever blame themselves and probably hurt for many years.
I guess one way to get past it is to decide if you want to live in pain, just to spare them...
Does anyone else feel guilty when thinking about how their mom and other relatives feel after they find out you're gone? I think it's what's stopping me right now and I don't know how to get past it
Same, I feel for my parents when they'll discover my decrepit corpse, I hope they find the strength to carry on through my younger brother, but "living" this life doesn't feel like living anyway.
That is also a reason for me. Even though my parents played a big part in my trauma, I still feel bad to think about the terrible pain they would feel. I know they would forever blame themselves and probably hurt for many years.
I guess one way to get past it is to decide if you want to live in pain, just to spare them...
Same, I feel for my parents when they'll discover my decrepit corpse, I hope they find the strength to carry on through my younger brother, but "living" this life doesn't feel like living anyway.
I've had a chronic illness for 25 yrs. I finally had "the talk" with one of my family members to let them know when I've had enough, I will be leaving this earth by my own volition. It took a lot to have this conversation and it was hard but one I thought was necessary. I feel sad sometimes thinking about how they will feel when/if this happens.................but do I feel guilty? Absolutely not. They havn't been in my shoes.
The only reason I haven't done it still is because of my mom too so I don't know what to tell you. Despite playing a huge role in how I turned out (and find myself unable to change) it wasn't all her fault and now she'd be the only one to go through the mourning alone because there's no one else that really cares about me. She's pretty religious and does have people around her and my brother and her part of the family too so I suppose she could theoretically endure it, I just don't want to put her through the pain. But like this person said -
I've had a chronic illness for 25 yrs. I finally had "the talk" with one of my family members to let them know when I've had enough, I will be leaving this earth by my own volition. It took a lot to have this conversation and it was hard but one I thought was necessary. I feel sad sometimes thinking about how they will feel when/if this happens.................but do I feel guilty? Absolutely not. They havn't been in my shoes.
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