What's keeping you alive?

  • Drugs (benzos, painkillers, etc.)

    Votes: 7 14.9%
  • Family

    Votes: 14 29.8%
  • Friends

    Votes: 4 8.5%
  • BF/GF

    Votes: 2 4.3%
  • SI

    Votes: 25 53.2%
  • Others

    Votes: 16 34.0%

  • Total voters
    47
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Gonnerr

Enlightened
Mar 12, 2023
1,322
Personnally , it's benzos and si, im going thru a lot and without that drug to calm myself and sleep enough , i would probably be gone.
 
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dangero

dangero

Member
May 1, 2023
49
IDK what is SI
What is keeping me alive?
Fear of physical pain, difficulty getting painkillers and finding a good method.
 
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Gonnerr

Enlightened
Mar 12, 2023
1,322
Survival Instinct

Without that , a lot of people here would be gone. Lol
 
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ropearoundatree

Experienced
Nov 9, 2023
208
My cat, my parents, my guitar(s)...
-but once one goes, that'll probably do!
 
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FuneralCry

FuneralCry

Just wanting some peace
Sep 24, 2020
37,259
It isn't like we can just choose to cease existing on our own terms, in fact it's so unnecessarily difficult to end our own existence. I hate how we exist in this anti-suicide society where suicide is cruelly made so inaccessible and where we cannot just have the option to easily die in peace.
 
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kunikuzushi

kunikuzushi

sause
Jan 24, 2023
257
Maybe silly but the thought that I'll never be able to listen to my favorite music again might be the only thing keeping me alive. I'm sure survival instinct will also be difficult to overcome when I get closer to dying.
 
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Gonnerr

Enlightened
Mar 12, 2023
1,322
Maybe silly but the thought that I'll never be able to listen to my favorite music again might be the only thing keeping me alive. I'm sure survival instinct will also be difficult to overcome when I get closer to dying.
No it's not , music helps a lot of people go through tough time. 🙂
 
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hermestrimegistus

hermestrimegistus

Specialist
Sep 16, 2023
341
I voted drugs but the answer is really vodka. I've spent the past year or so drinking almost everyday. This past week I've maybe been awake an hour or two before starting to binge drink myself to sleep and then wake up and do it it all again. I guess though the real answer is religious propaganda, and the delusional hope that maybe one day I will have something to live for. Even though it is completely unrealistic and I've passed the point in my life where I can actually achieve anything that I want to do. I'm alive solely because I'm too much of a coward to end it and I don't want to live with the consequences if I fail. Let alone permanently damage myself and have to live like that. I'm a walking embarrassment
 
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Neogoloid

Neogoloid

Crush me until there’s nothing left
Oct 28, 2023
200
The worry of being found too soon and becoming a vegetable or failing and surviving. But now I don't think that will be an issue since I can go deep in the woods and lessen my chances of being found. When someone finds me, I'll be a skeleton.
 
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Gonnerr

Enlightened
Mar 12, 2023
1,322
I voted drugs but the answer is really vodka. I've spent the past year or so drinking almost everyday. This past week I've maybe been awake an hour or two before starting to binge drink myself to sleep and then wake up and do it it all again. I guess though the real answer is religious propaganda, and the delusional hope that maybe one day I will have something to live for. Even though it is completely unrealistic and I've passed the point in my life where I can actually achieve anything that I want to do. I'm alive solely because I'm too much of a coward to end it and I don't want to live with the consequences if I fail. Let alone permanently damage myself and have to live like that. I'm a walking embarrassment
You are not a coward , suicide is the most difficult thing to do. If it was easy, this site would not exist.

Failing and pain is in everybody's mind when planning.

I wish i could do it like a lot of people that did it today.

I wish you the best 🙂
 
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Forever Sleep

Earned it we have...
May 4, 2022
8,894
Mostly obligation to not upset family, plus fear of the process.
 
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Leavesfromthevine

Leavesfromthevine

Untreated Trauma
Nov 23, 2023
339
I'm just trying to prepare everything which is unfortunately very time consuming. As of right now SI doesn't seem very strong but that could change when I have access to CTB.
 
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LaVieEnRose

LaVieEnRose

Angelic
Jul 23, 2022
4,181
Lack of resolve stemming from fear of the process/failure, the stress of figuring some tricky aspects of the logistics, reluctance to give up the things I do enjoy, and general emotional inertia.
 
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Kundalini Guy

Kundalini Guy

FULLY RECOVERED
Mar 27, 2023
516
Medication, SI, family and I will be punished in next lifetime if I suicide
 
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BWV478

BWV478

Member
Nov 19, 2023
7
Fear of death and absolutely nothing else.
 
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hermestrimegistus

hermestrimegistus

Specialist
Sep 16, 2023
341
You are not a coward , suicide is the most difficult thing to do. If it was easy, this site would not exist.

Failing and pain is in everybody's mind when planning.

I wish i could do it like a lot of people that did it today.

I wish you the best 🙂
Thank you so much
 
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Dangerdonkey333

Dangerdonkey333

Crann Bethadh
Nov 19, 2023
60
Helping people, no matter how small of a chance. Maybe something I say someday will help someone. And even trying to help others, even just something as small as a smile or laugh, also helps me. I want to at least be a distraction for someone. To be someone that people can come to for advice, or to spill their heart out to. I want to try to spread love and understanding in this cruel existence.

In a world of darkness, be a light.
 
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IsThisEverything

IsThisEverything

Member
Nov 1, 2023
88
Just my cat. I really, really want to die but I worry about my cat. My parents would take him in, but he wouldn't be looked after as well. He's so affectionate and has given me a lot of comfort over the years. I think I would CTB straight away if he died.
 
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WonderingSoul

WonderingSoul

Gamer
Dec 15, 2021
327
Gaming. And the fear of failed CTB attempt
 
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