Suicide Pact/Partners? WHY?

[BlueButterfly19]

I'm seeing discussion on this forum about getting partners to commit suicide with. I'm a very open minded person and I can understand why someone would want to commit suicide with a partner. Dying is very scary and it might feel less scary if you are doing it with someone you trust. But given the current laws around death, it is VERY risky to try to CTB with a partner. When one person tries to commit suicide and fails, they are essentially put on a psych ward hold (which can be argued is like jail for people struggling with mental illness but that's another discussion). If two people try to commit suicide together, and one of them fails while the other one succeeds, there is almost no doubt that the living person will in fact go to jail. I'm honestly surprised it's not discouraged here. Lesser suicide methods are often discouraged, like ceasing eating/drinking, or ODing, etc. But the likelihood that two or more suicides at the same time will both be successful? The math isn't favorable. I don't understand why someone would risk doing it with a partner if they risk living and going to jail after a failed attempt.

 

[scarletrat]

i used to have a suicide pact with a friend that wasn't nearly as suicidal as i was which kept me alive for about a year. now i would only die with a friend since i dont wanna die before them and leave them alone. but i agree committing with complete strangers doesn't sound like a good idea.

 

[nihilistic_dragon]

I'd also be worried about the partner just flaking out and calling 911 or something. As much as the idea of not dying alone sounds appealing, I would never trust anyone like this. Especially someone I've recently met on the internet.

 

[cicatrezESP]

i can see the appeal but i can see so so many ways for it to go wrong too. i think a lot of trust would have to be established between both parties for it to be feasible, along with them both being certain that they will both go through with it in the end.

 

[Twiceler]

The urge to find mutual relationships of any kind is stronger than the fear of law judgement, and is sometimes excusable. I suggest that.

But what I really don't understand in this manner, is why people do marriages (considering the number of divorces), when there's no crime to not to engage. Can't believe it's just for priveleges. Wondering.

 

[Marco77]

I don't know how it works in other states. But here in Italy when a person fails he or she is taken to hospital and then goes home. Nobody holds you back. You may receive an invitation from social workers a few weeks later, but you don't have to.

 

[Unspoken7612]

Yes, I can imagine for some people the idea of human connection is tempting, but there are so many risks:

1) Legal risk. It is very likely you will be convicted of assisting or encouraging a suicide if you survive and they do not.

2) Personal risk. There are undoubtedly predatory people on this forum who want to take advantage of the vulnerable. They may try to sexually assault you, they may murder you if you change your mind (there are multiple documented cases of this happening on the site), they may simply cause your death to be more painful than it needed to be.

I do not think it is worthwhile.

 

[Seered Doom]

I understand the appeal and comfort of it, not going at it alone, but there's so many ways it actually fails.