Discussion There's no shame in changing your mind

[myopybyproxy]

There is nothing wrong with deciding you don't want to die or delaying your death another few days/weeks/months/years. After all, we all will die someday, but once you kill yourself, you can't undo it. So it's important to be sure when you go that you're ready.

I see a lot of black and white statements being tossed about, both here and from pro-life/anti-choice people. What both sides fail to consider is the nuance. Whether you kill yourself or not, the choice doesn't make you a bad person, weak, cowardly, or selfish. Just wanted to share a friendly reminder. I'm partially talking to myself here, too.

 

[Darkover]

all i need is N and i'm gone forever can't wait good riddance terrible horrible lifetime

 

[myopybyproxy]

there is no shame in not changing your mind either

Never said there was.

 

[motel rooms]

Whether you kill yourself or not, the choice doesn't make you a bad person, weak, cowardly, or selfish.

Of course it doesn't.

 

[FuneralCry]

We all have the right to exit this world at a time of our own choosing, when to exit this world is a personal decision, it is up to us and nobody else has any say in it. We have no obligations to stay alive as we did not ask to exist. I agree that there is no shame in changing your mind.

 

[CommitSudoku]

There is nothing wrong with deciding you don't want to die or delaying your death another few days/weeks/months/years. After all, we all will die someday, but once you kill yourself, you can't undo it. So it's important to be sure when you go that you're ready.

Very well worded and a great reminder. We have enough going on and it can be one small kindness to ourselves to accept sometimes things won't go quite as planned. We put in an effort, and research, in any case. We've done something even if it's not what we necessarily wanted or we didn't end up how or where we wanted (yet). And for something that is irreversible, your words describe it perfectly "you can't undo it, so make sure you're ready."

 

[noname223]

There is nothing wrong with deciding you don't want to die or delaying your death another few days/weeks/months/years. After all, we all will die someday, but once you kill yourself, you can't undo it. So it's important to be sure when you go that you're ready.

I see a lot of black and white statements being tossed about, both here and from pro-life/anti-choice people. What both sides fail to consider is the nuance. Whether you kill yourself or not, the choice doesn't make you a bad person, weak, cowardly, or selfish. Just wanted to share a friendly reminder. I'm partially talking to myself here, too.

I can only emphasize how right you are. If people decide to live on they don't owe us any apology. No matter how often they wrote a goodbye thread. Commiting suicide is a huge step and cannot be undone. You should think it through whether this really is what you want before acting on it.

You can read so much bullshit about suicide. They pretend so much nonsense. You are not weak for committing suicide. And you are not weak when you don't do it. Other people claim that shit. Often exactly these people never had any existential crisis in their life.
Thank you for making this post!

 

[TheExpression]

Eh. I just feel i'm procrastinating to be honest.