There are several categories of us in here i've noticed...

[Retroguy]

(By the way I am leaving this website I just wanted to post 2 more threads.)

1st Category - those with chronic pain/ilnesses.

2nd category - those with mental issues - I belong in this one.
I have social anxiey and general anxiety.

3rd catgeory - work/poverty - people who hate their jobs and or have financial issues.

4th category - lonleyness/can't get romantic love - I belong to this one as well as I can't get a gf.

5th category -
And the most perplexing one, and I am not judging anyone but people in this category seem to have it all - gf/wife, a good job and still want to ctb.

 

[Darkover]

you forgot heartbreak losing a gf or bf
loss of loved one grief

 

[Retroguy]

you forgot heartbreak losing a gf or bf
loss of loved one grief

That belongs to the lonelyness.

 

[nicotine_goblin]

The 5th and 1st, 2nd one can easily overlap. Someone can have a life that would be considered good from the outside but experience hell on the inside due to mental or other struggles

 

[sserafim]

(By the way I am leaving this website I just wanted to post 2 more threads.)

1st Category - those with chronic pain/ilnesses.

2nd category - those with mental issues - I belong in this one.
I have social anxiey and general anxiety.

3rd catgeory - work/poverty - people who hate their jobs and or have financial issues.

4th category - lonleyness/can't get romantic love - I belong to this one as well as I can't get a gf.

4th category -
And the most perplexing one, and I am not judging anyone but people in this category seem to have it all - gf/wife, a good job and still want to ctb.

Personally I'm the 2nd one (and I hate it). I never asked to be neurodivergent, but I am, and sadly nothing can be done about it.

I guess for the 5th one, appearances can be deceiving. Maybe those people just understand the meaninglessness of life. Maybe they still feel empty inside even though they're doing everything that society deems as "successful"

 

[Immensevoid]

I belong to all the first 4 categories except the last one but in my case there are also other reasons

 

[FuneralCry]

Not all people only wish to die because of one single factor, I don't think that suicidal people can be split into categories like this, it's too over simplistic, for example many with chronic pain also suffer from anxiety and loneliness.

But overall people want to die because of their own personal experience of existence and it's not something that other people who cannot experience existence in the same way can ever truly understand. I wish to die as I don't see existence as being desirable overall, I view it as being preferable to die under every circumstance and those are my personal feelings rather than something to fit under a category.

 

[LeBroom]

Honestly these overlap so much someone could probably draw up a Venn diagram with pretty coherent labels, assuming one has the dedication;

 

[suicidepanda]

(By the way I am leaving this website I just wanted to post 2 more threads.)

1st Category - those with chronic pain/ilnesses.

2nd category - those with mental issues - I belong in this one.
I have social anxiey and general anxiety.

3rd catgeory - work/poverty - people who hate their jobs and or have financial issues.

4th category - lonleyness/can't get romantic love - I belong to this one as well as I can't get a gf.

5th category -
And the most perplexing one, and I am not judging anyone but people in this category seem to have it all - gf/wife, a good job and still want to ctb.

it's funny to me that I could apply to all of these. I have chronic illness, mental illness, am from a very poor family, and suffer from extreme loneliness, but I also may seem to have a perfect life to other people because I live a seemingly normal life and act totally normal and okay to most people.

underneath this facade, I am hurting just as much as anyone else, regardless of how perfect my life may seem. Regardless of how smart. talented, and pretty I may seem to other people, I still look towards suicide as my solution.

Not to mention, the longer people dwell on the idea of suicide, the longer they sit there twisting the knife, they get deeper and deeper into the dark hole of depression. It can start at really early ages, and the feeling just doesn't go away.

 

[Ashe]

(By the way I am leaving this website I just wanted to post 2 more threads.)

1st Category - those with chronic pain/ilnesses.

2nd category - those with mental issues - I belong in this one.
I have social anxiey and general anxiety.

3rd catgeory - work/poverty - people who hate their jobs and or have financial issues.

4th category - lonleyness/can't get romantic love - I belong to this one as well as I can't get a gf.

5th category -
And the most perplexing one, and I am not judging anyone but people in this category seem to have it all - gf/wife, a good job and still want to ctb.

The 5th is pretty arbitrary, it doesn't matter if you're successful and have everything going right for oneself. Mental illness/drepression/issues doesn't give a fuck and will bring down even the brightest stars. There've been plenty of stories of people who appeared happy, cheerful even, with so much going right with them that still ended up CTBing.

But that aside I definitely fit into the 1st and 2nd categories for the most part even though all of them could apply towards my current self.

 

[tfnb]

Definitely in the 5th category but I'm also in the second and third categories. I'm bipolar 2, which I take medication for and if I'm good with taking it it generally keeps away the whispers and the visual hallucinations, and it keeps me from cycling for the most part. I have what most people would consider to be a good, well paying job, as does my SO. I have a family. We struggle to pay the bills every month. A never ending struggle.

And that's not even why I have suicidal ideation. I can deal with the struggle. I can't remember when it wasn't a struggle. I'm a social chameleon, nobody who knows me except for my SO would ever guess that I struggle with the dark mistress. I might be a little lonely sometimes but I've always preferred to be socially distant even if I'm comfortable in group settings. My field of work has different tasks as we complete different parts of our projects so I enjoy both the difference and the girls of work I'm in so that's not it.

Tbh I couldn't tell you why I feel this way. I've felt this way since I was a teenager, probably before. My mother was always told by people how they felt judged by me as a small kid. Incredibly smart, but never able to enjoy life.

 

[somenone]

Oh shit, I got into all of this.

 

[Foreverix]

The 5th category is a little misleading to me. Just because one has a romantic partner or companion and a job doesn't mean one is fulfilled or in any sense happy. Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, and many other famous suicides had these things in spades, but still CTB for a variety of reasons.

You may see all that another person has and assume they are flourishing and happy (and they may act that way). What we can't see is what's going on in their mind when they are alone.

I know we tend to think categorically, but often times rigidly categorizing people is a mistake. People are much more complex than that.

 

[Pyxel]

I'm in the second category. Use to be a normal & even slightly above average until an incident has left me with agoraphobia.

 

[wait.what]

Chronic physical illness. Chronic mental illness. Shit-ton of childhood trauma issues. Gay and trans, which doesn't bother me, but which sure bothers a lot of random whack-jobs out there.

Other than that, life is A-OK perrrrfect.

 

[Suspect_Device]

Chronic pain also equals financial poverty if you live in the US under our evil medical system.

 

[Meditation guide]

4th category - lonleyness/can't get romantic love - I belong to this one as well as I can't get a gf.

It's not a dating site. Are you still planning to leave the site?

 

[outlook56]

Not all people only wish to die because of one single factor, I don't think that suicidal people can be split into categories like this, it's too over simplistic, for example many with chronic pain also suffer from anxiety and loneliness.

But overall people want to die because of their own personal experience of existence and it's not something that other people who cannot experience existence in the same way can ever truly understand. I wish to die as I don't see existence as being desirable overall, I view it as being preferable to die under every circumstance and those are my personal feelings rather than something to fit under a category.

I love your comments

 

[Jezzibell]

(By the way I am leaving this website I just wanted to post 2 more threads.)

1st Category - those with chronic pain/ilnesses.

2nd category - those with mental issues - I belong in this one.
I have social anxiey and general anxiety.

3rd catgeory - work/poverty - people who hate their jobs and or have financial issues.

4th category - lonleyness/can't get romantic love - I belong to this one as well as I can't get a gf.

5th category -
And the most perplexing one, and I am not judging anyone but people in this category seem to have it all - gf/wife, a good job and still want to ctb.

There is another one - those who have done something wrong and there is no other way

 

[Boudika]

You forgot another category - teenagers and young adults stuck in abusive households, bc it's also pretty common here

 

[Blue Elephant]

And another one: people who are saddened by the general consensus, by what society is.

So you can suffer from one ore more reasons, you can have it all but still be depressed by what is going on, by what the system is doing (by how they manipulate the simple minds with their propaganda and their fictional world crises) and by how nature suffers. Some of these we experience every day, some we don't but we know they are happening anyway. It's hard for some of us to turn a blind eye to all of this. And yet how should we keep our mental sanity!?

I think the only way to balance so much evil out is to have at least one positive factor in your life.

 

[outlook56]

Actually,There are 100 reasons (literally) why a person commits suicide

I think it is a complex topic, and simplifying it is an indirect insult to the people present,

 

[Secrets1]

A: these categories aren't categories

B: What's the motivation behind saying or doing this? If someone doesn't like it why is there a need for a parting shot? This perplexes me

Actually,There are 100 reasons (literally) why a person commits suicide

I think it is a complex topic, and simplifying it is an indirect insult to the people present,

Agreed

 

[b1264]

i think there is a much larger spectrum, but i do agree a large majority probably do fit into atleast one of the categories,
i for one am the 4th, 2nd, and 1st.

 

[Pagliacci]

I am the one in the 5th category because of the 3rd category. I do have a good life with many people who love me, but my bipolar and bpd tells me they are all lying to my face. I work professionally as an opera singer and yet I find myself filled with self-loathing. I wish I could rid myself of myself and leave happily. I fill my life with schedules and obligations to keep me from having a free opportunity to ctb. Just because you have talent and a good job doesn't mean you don't desire to die.

 

[Manfrotto99]

There's alot of overlap in these categories. My reason for suicide is no 3, ongoing financial struggles and stress and facing homelessness. It was basically a downhill descent for me since I lost a good Job over 15 yrs ago. The ongoing financial worry and stress has resultant in poor health and mental issues. While I was always prone to these, particularly depression, they have got much worse under constant pressures of financial stress and worry. Then there is the isolation, loss of belonging and friendships because of no longer being able to share in and do the things others can afford to do and often take for granted. The social stigma of being a failure, lack of self esteem and being judged lazy and not good enough can be overwhelming and further emphasises the depression, isolation and sickness. I have not turned to drinking or drugs but I can see why many poor people do.

 

[Unsure and Useless]

I belong in the second category, but what I have is a mystery since I haven't been officially diagnosed with anything.

Pursuing a diagnosis for a mental illness is a risky thing when so many people seem to have opinions on having a mental illness as well as spending money on getting tested for one—which are insanely expensive, might I add—that they feel compelled to shove in your face.

Regardless, I don't need a MD to know that there's something mentally wrong with me.

 

[J&L383]

Not all people only wish to die because of one single factor, I don't think that suicidal people can be split into categories like this, it's too over simplistic, for example many with chronic pain also suffer from anxiety and loneliness.

But overall people want to die because of their own personal experience of existence and it's not something that other people who cannot experience existence in the same way can ever truly understand. I wish to die as I don't see existence as being desirable overall, I view it as being preferable to die under every circumstance and those are my personal feelings rather than something to fit under a category.

Each person has their unique reasons. One no more justifiable or better than the next. I respect everyone's rationale.

 

[Yuna is My Waifu]

1,2 and 4.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I mean, the only similarity that we all have here is that we're suicidal; that's why we're on this forum after all. We're then different from each other in a variety of ways. The intensity of pain that people experience here would vary, the intensity of suicidal ideation people experience here would vary, the reasons that people have for being suicidal would vary, the type of pain that people go through would vary (and they could even overlap in the different categories posted in the op) and so on