The Sad Thing is MONEY Could Fix Me

[LittleNelson]

I know that money that doesn't buy happiness but the truth is NOT having money can make you suicidal. Being broke is what's pushed me from being just depressed to being suicidal. I am so sick of worrying constantly about paying the bills and this overwhelming fear that I'm going to be homeless soon. If I won the lottery or if someone gave me $100,000 most of my problems would disappear.

 

[sanction]

I know that money that doesn't buy happiness but the truth is NOT having money can make you suicidal. Being broke is what's pushed me from being just depressed to being suicidal. I am so sick of worrying constantly about paying the bills and this overwhelming fear that I'm going to be homeless soon. If I won the lottery or if someone gave me $100,000 most of my problems would disappear.

I'm sure many people on this planet could relate

Probably 90% people in this world are either broke, or somewhere along those lines

If during their most depressed moments, someone even just gave them enough money so they don't have to work for the next few years (even 3 to 5 years) is already enough to make them not suicide at that moment

Instead, they can slow down, go on a vacation, relax, and clear their mind. Unfortunately, majority of depressed people still need to worry about bills, forced to work full time, pretending they're happy. And that is exactly why we're all on edge and can't take it anymore

 

[Praestat_Mori]

Big failure in life => money problems => and ultimately I ended up here.

That's how it is and @sanction worded it very well!

 

[hhtroc]

If someone rich reading this and yall got 50k laying around so i can make surgeries to myself, thatd be appreciated. Ive tried therapy for 12 years and it doesnt get better. But i appreciate it if u need the money urself and i cant guarantee im not gonna ctb either way but if any billionaires in this forum read this, hmu.

 

[xoxo24]

This hit too close to home really, money doesnt buy you happiness but it does buy you security

 

[notreallybored]

ב''ה,
Money buys, at minimum, freedom from having to talk to people. There is no freedom without money in a capitalist society.

 

[SMmetalhead36]

I can definitely relate to this post.

 

[ForestGhost]

I used to be suicidal and broke, now I'm somewhat stable but equally suicidal.

Not trying to deny your point in any way, but in my case, solving the money problem just gave my brain more bandwidth to hyperfixate on the other problems.

 

[bubblecat]

I wouldn't blame anyone who wanted to exit Earth if they had my mental functioning and energetic disabilities, but myself, if I had financial stability and security, plus healthcare, I'd put up with them. But it's not looking promising with how much more cruel and selfish society has gotten and continues to get.

 

[DarknessAtNoon]

I used to be suicidal and broke, now I'm somewhat stable but equally suicidal.

Not trying to deny your point in any way, but in my case, solving the money problem just gave my brain more bandwidth to hyperfixate on the other problems.

Well said. When I have money problems I fixate on them and they make me suicidal. When I am more financially secure I focus on other problems and am equally suicidal.

 

[SoulCage]

100% the same issue in my case. most jobs I tried were either too overwhelming or too underwhelming (mind numbing activity that makes me sleepy and therefore hard to endure). I struggle with complex concepts, so most jobs are not possible in my case. I hate that I have to suffer to make a living - to work until I die (because I can't have jobs that pay enough to save enough for a retirement) and even if I manage to retire, I am just plagued by ailments that are directly linked to my past jobs, so I also have to suffer when I don't have to work anymore.
Like everyone says: money doesn't buy happiness, but securities. I would be happy if I can be sure that I don't have to worry for basic human necessities for the rest of my life. I could just focus on enjoying the pleasures of curiosity and nature.

 

[MathConspiracy]

While I can't relate (I stopped caring about £$€ months ago), it breaks my heart to hear about your situation. It's so unfair how our right to a comfortable life is determined by how much we make.

Hugs <3

 

[derekWest]

i'm agree that money can make you suicidal. i have no big money problem (maybe i will just lose 10k, but i'm lucky to cope with!). if i would get money problem, i think i will be dead for some times !

 

[Thomas599]

This hit too close to home really, money doesnt buy you happiness but it does buy you security

Agreed. I don't think I will ever find "happiness" (what ever THAT means), but I crave security.

 

[ForeverLonely82]

Same. Money could help me cope better. I could buy a Robo Ai waifu that can play retro games with me and enjoy some intimacy after wards. I could buy chinese food and watch anime. could buy booze and get numb while playing retro games or listening to music. Money could get me the things that make me smile. But alas, like most, I am flat broke.

 

[ididnotconsent]

You could give me 5 million and it wouldn't help. In fact i probably need to get a job to have structure.

Money means absolutely nothing to me. It won't erase the harm that was done.

If money could buy happiness Anthony Bourdain and other wealthy celebrities wouldn't have CTB.

Now of course if you don't have enough money to take care of your basic needs that will make you fuckin depressed.

 

[spenshart]

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy time. Time is a luxury many of us don't realise we're lacking. With enough money, we can free ourselves from the grind of day-to-day survival, the stress of constant work, and the weight of financial worries. This gives us the time to focus on what really matters: personal growth, relationships, or even just taking a breath. While money can't fill the emptiness we sometimes feel, it can give us the space to find what does. Time, once gained, offers the chance to pursue meaning and satisfaction, which, in the end, are the true sources of happiness.

For example, if i had lots of money, yes i would buy a huge house, buy anything i wanted, then id either get bored because i have everything i wanted, or run out of money and be in the same boat i started.

Like not to brag but i have money and i have everything i want. but im still incredibly set on ctb.

 

[notreallybored]

But it's not looking promising with how much more cruel and selfish society has gotten and continues to get.

ב''ה,
This part is honestly fucking weird. Like, I'm already in this thread with peak cynicism, G-d has certainly pranked me on this and with the whole US narrative of how you have to become a Carnegie or whatever first before you can bother caring about people (though in that example it was half 'industriousness' replicating itself into the clever suffering we're all in) but there's so much weird shit at play keeping everything shitty.

I won't go into the weirder stuff, but it used to be that, e.g., giving your 'friends' a hard time jokingly but then taking them out to dinner or remembering their birthdays was a thing.

Then when it turned out that lacking social skills to comprehend 'common human decency' was a way to get ahead.. well, that's just one common trope.

Who wants to live in a world where people are like this? But the flip side is that moment you have any resources there's a flock of sociopaths who learned to spiel a lecture on 'be kind' if they smell any but never return the favor.

Constructive discussions on solving society's problems are now AI or political honeypots at best, unless you actually end up on some town committee or something, and then G-d help you if you do.

Not going to go into how 'well, maybe at least trying to recognize G-d somehow will at least get people to share bread' worked out, though.

 

[Zyntkalla]

Money isn't really the issue for me. It's more science, isn't progressed enough to fix my problems. Like they haven't been able to figure out how to grow new brain cells.
Once they have been removed from the brain from surgery. And they haven't been able to figure out how fix bad scars. And I don't think they will be able to figure it out in my lifetime.

 

[~GeminiVII~]

the thing is money would fix my problems for a while, but they'd just come back. my heads too far gone. it's more like money would just stick a plaster/band-aid on the issues. think its the same for a lot of people. we all think money can help but sometimes the scars in our life just cut too deep. like @spenshart said, money really just buys time.

 

[Douggy82]

I wasn't suicidal until I got conned out of all money money in the stock market. Satan's minions are alive and well.

 

[사람이 없어]

I wasn't suicidal until I got conned out of all money money in the stock market. Satan's minions are alive and well.

Did you do stocks or options?

 

[Douggy82]

Did you do stocks or options?

None any more. None before the con. Brutal setup.

 

[Crystal]

True, the saying money doesn't buy happiness is bs especially coming from an unemployed loser like me, lot of problems in life could be solved with that or more opportunities to get out there and do more things/experiences in life

 

[TornReality]

I could use money.
Wouldn't pay for my way of thinking to go away. But it could still pay for all the beer I'd like to drink.
Everything in this world I believe costs some sort of money. Without it, you can't have anything.
You can live off the grid, but still, you would need money at least to buy stuff in order to live off the grid.
Even if you went full "Chris McCandless", aka Alexander Supertramp ... even he didn't make it without money. But at least he lived his last days the way he wanted.

 

[LifeIsASadist]

I know that money that doesn't buy happiness but the truth is NOT having money can make you suicidal. Being broke is what's pushed me from being just depressed to being suicidal. I am so sick of worrying constantly about paying the bills and this overwhelming fear that I'm going to be homeless soon. If I won the lottery or if someone gave me $100,000 most of my problems would disappear.

If I made enough to drive cool 4x4 trucks and travel the world I would at least be able to cope

 

[UglyLife82]

I agree so much OP. 9/10 of my problems would disappear in a heartbeat if I had a bunch of money just dumped on my lap from somewhere. Been homeless the majority of the past two years. Can still barely afford food, water, and other things most days. I wouldn't even be suicidal if I were well off

Money does buy happiness.

 

[Csmith8827]

I know that money that doesn't buy happiness but the truth is NOT having money can make you suicidal. Being broke is what's pushed me from being just depressed to being suicidal. I am so sick of worrying constantly about paying the bills and this overwhelming fear that I'm going to be homeless soon. If I won the lottery or if someone gave me $100,000 most of my problems would disappear.

Dude thats everybody mostly...

 

[Hymn223]

"money doesnt buy happiness" is just a straight up lie. it absolutely does.

 

[nihilistic_dragon]

I agree. There was a time in my life when money would have solved about 90% of my problems...
I don't think it would do much now though...