When do you wish you had (successfully) CTB?

  • I have no wish to CTB

    Votes: 1 1.9%
  • Child

    Votes: 8 15.4%
  • Preteen

    Votes: 8 15.4%
  • Young teen

    Votes: 7 13.5%
  • Mid teens

    Votes: 8 15.4%
  • Late teens

    Votes: 11 21.2%
  • Early adulthood

    Votes: 7 13.5%
  • Adulthood

    Votes: 5 9.6%
  • Older

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • I wish I had never been born

    Votes: 27 51.9%

  • Total voters
    52
CTBookOfLife

CTBookOfLife

ᴶᵘˢᵗ ᵃ ˢʰᵉˡˡ ᵒᶠ ᵃ ᵇᵒᵈʸ ʷⁱᵗʰ ᵐᵃⁿʸ ᵐⁱⁿᵈˢ
Aug 5, 2023
150
Inspired by this thread

Thought I'd make it a poll, so...

What age do you wish you would have CTB? Do you wish to at all? Or do you simply wish you were never born?

Feel free to reply to this thread with the exact number!
 
ipmanwc0

ipmanwc0

I'll wait for you ❤️
Sep 15, 2023
456
I would have liked to ctb as a newborn or infant exactly but that's not an option lol
 
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Peaceful Departure

Member
Aug 14, 2023
96
As horrific as my life has been, I can still appreciate small things amongst the horror. However, the last 10 years have been beyond inhumane, and I know I'll never be close to the same person again. But my breaking point should have been at 24.
 
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Darkover

Darkover

Angelic
Jul 29, 2021
4,459
at 18 years old i wish i'd ctb
 
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Agon321

Agon321

I use google translate
Aug 21, 2023
1,435
I'm currently 20 years old and that's probably where my counter will end :). My birthday is in the middle of the year, so it is extremely unlikely that I will survive until then. However, if my situation were different, 35 years would be perfect. This is my personal maximum in terms of the age I would like to live to.
 
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protector_iorek

protector_iorek

Member
Sep 26, 2023
19
I wish I'd succeeded at my first attempt at age 22, but I'd been suicidal as early as my teens, so I put teens/early adulthood.

I'm now 32 and life is even more difficult and cruel thanks to the added burden of finances, job responsibilities, and trying to function as an adult.

I truly believe functioning as an adult is a privilege for healthy, non-abused people. Society is set up for the non-mentally-ill to thrive and the rest of us are struggling and suffering.
 
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Seered Doom

Seered Doom

A nihilist going through an unrelinquished Hell
Sep 9, 2023
888
Am 23 now, wish I had it when I was 12-16
 
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SpiritualDeath

SpiritualDeath

I return to the raiding shadows of death.
Sep 9, 2023
211
The most ideal case is strangling myself when I was still inside the womb lol.
Or that time when I was 12, naive (with no fear of failure and consequences) and suicidal and decided to jump, but hesitated for literally a few seconds and lost my chance (got caught). I'm still thinking if it would be better if I jumped straight away...
 
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LaVieEnRose

LaVieEnRose

Angelic
Jul 23, 2022
4,189
Wrapped the umbilical cord around my neck.

Failing that 10.

Failing that 20.

Failing that a millisecond prior to any given moment.
 
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Is0lated

Is0lated

2024/2025 Livestream
May 29, 2023
106
Inspired by this thread

Thought I'd make it a poll, so...

What age do you wish you would have CTB? Do you wish to at all? Or do you simply wish you were never born?

Feel free to reply to this thread with the exact number!
14
 
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Nefer

Nefer

2025 Nov 19🤞
Mar 22, 2023
33
12-16 a young death
 
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FuneralCry

FuneralCry

Just wanting some peace
Sep 24, 2020
37,436
I wish I never existed in the first place, of course never existing will always be the best possibility, it's perfection not to be burdened with the ability to suffer so extremely in this cruel and meaningless existence, existence wasn't something desirable in the first place, only the peace of nothingness is. I believe the less time spent trapped in this existence the better.
 
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iamsofkntired

iamsofkntired

Neither death can do us apart
Sep 28, 2023
115
I tried to ctb at 9 nine and I wish it worked because my younger siblings would have been too young to realize what happened and my older siblings would have moved on from it by now but im glad I stayed alive for I have found my boyfriend but also I wish I died cuz he took his own life too
I tried to ctb at 9 nine and I wish it worked because my younger siblings would have been too young to realize what happened and my older siblings would have moved on from it by now but im glad I stayed alive for I have found my boyfriend but also I wish I died cuz he took his own life too
 
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EternalShore

EternalShore

Hardworking Lass who Dreams of Love~ 💕✨
Jun 9, 2023
928
I wish I did it at 15! >_< People would still care yet it was the beginning of the end for me! :((( ofc, I wouldn't have actually known to do it until 16 or 17, in which case, I'm they'd just count it as a casualty of Covid more than anything else! :/
 
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darkenmydoorstep

darkenmydoorstep

Not Waving But Browned Off….
Sep 27, 2023
520
24/5. All my joy seems to have been over since then. Am 49 now. Half my life has been shit.
 
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voyager

voyager

Don't you dare go hollow...
Nov 25, 2019
965
Well, I'm 46 now and 30 years into a life sentence (metaphorical ofc), and ticked adulthood, because I certainly don't want to get any older. The first seven of this sentence were the worst, was ill, innocent and unprepared. The following seven bearable despite some horrible things (how the standards have changed). Ever since 2008 Anhedonia has been encroaching more and more, which seems to be a bottomless pit, tbh, and in 2018 an event led to the ultimate demise.

I could always enjoy the little things, and finding this forum in 2019 was certainly something I'm glad I didn't miss, as was playing RW/F/RDR2 (pathetic, really, but great advertising lol), but yeah, feel asthough I've pulled back the slingshot as far as it goes and should really let go.
 
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saddavyd

Member
Sep 18, 2023
47
11 years ago, when I was 48, 5 years before my son hanged himself, 4 years before my mum became lost to alzheimers, my dad died and my mother in law died of a brain tumour. Also when my mental health problems started.
 
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nozomu

nozomu

Global Mod // will i wiN my recovery arc
Nov 28, 2022
1,082
I wish I was never born!
 
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Old Friend

Old Friend

Sleep well, Airstrip One.
Sep 24, 2023
478
I don't regret not ctb up until now. Now/soon is the right time.
 
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sserafim

sserafim

brighter than the sun, that’s just me
Sep 13, 2023
9,012
Inspired by this thread

Thought I'd make it a poll, so...

What age do you wish you would have CTB? Do you wish to at all? Or do you simply wish you were never born?

Feel free to reply to this thread with the exact number!
I wish I had not been born. I wish I had ctb at 17 or 18, maybe even younger. I'm planning on doing so before 25 though
I wish I either had been aborted or never conceived in the first place.
Same!
 
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