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Which would you pick as the reason that most makes you want to exit this existence?

  • Financial issues (e.g. debts, unemployment, poverty, ...)

  • Loss (by death) of someone you loved

  • Loss (by departure) of someone you loved

  • Childhood traumas (e.g. abuse, neglection, ...)

  • Physical illness or disability (e.g. cancer, lack of motion ...)

  • Philosophical issues (e.g. meaninglessness of life, inherent pain of living, nihilism, ...)

  • Some mistakes you have made (e.g. choosing wrong career, moving out, doing something illegal, ...)

  • Demotivation, tiredness, boredom caused by the way life is

  • Depression with no apparent cause

  • Other reason...


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αmber

αmber

Earth is not my home
Oct 25, 2021
84
Hello. I hope we all can be at peace one day. 🖤

The purpose of making this poll is to get a view on what are the reasons that make us want to end our existence.

Feel free to vote and post a comment if you wish!
 
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T90-Alpha

T90-Alpha

Hopeless
Apr 21, 2022
139
i wish i could click more than one button on here
 
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MicropBaldCurrycel

Specialist
Dec 29, 2021
314
wow its 50 50 physical illness/disability and loss of a loved one.

both actually apply to me
 
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BeansOfRequirement

BeansOfRequirement

Man-child, loser, autistic, etc.
Jan 26, 2021
5,789
I've got six of them, lol.
 
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MatthewV3

MatthewV3

Student
Dec 15, 2021
107
For me it's depression that seems to be treatment resistant, childhood trauma, loneliness and no perspective for the future.
 
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FuneralCry

FuneralCry

Just wanting some peace
Sep 24, 2020
42,604
For me, life itself is enough of a reason to want to die. I simply prefer the sound of non existence. The fact that life is a thing in the first place is absolutely horrifying to me. I want nothing to do with living and I have no interest in being alive. I see no point to suffering until old age just for the sake of it. Life is very depressing and painful.

I have never wanted to live and I do not belong in this world, dying is what feels right for me. There is absolutely nothing here for me in this world. If I do not exist, I am incapable of suffering and there is no limit as to how bad things can get in this life. By dying I am escaping the possibility that things could get much worse.

Suicide does not even need a reason, it is a human right and living is not an obligation, it is a personal choice and I would choose death over absolutely everything. I do not want to be me anymore, I do not want to be anything at all.
 
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VapeAway

Member
May 9, 2022
28
I checked most of these boxes. My life is really a miserable piece of shit...
 
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western_heart

western_heart

trying to save ourself
May 23, 2021
622
I checked almost half of these, have already overcome a few...
 
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αmber

αmber

Earth is not my home
Oct 25, 2021
84
For me it's depression that seems to be treatment resistant, childhood trauma, loneliness and no perspective for the future.
Have you tried some medicines to treat depression? I started taking some in February and have felt a little better at times. I have also taken medicines for depression when I was younger, but those had no effects on me.

On childhood trauma, loneliness and no perspective for the future, I also suffer from these. Unfortunately, childhood is a phase in our lives upon which we have almost no control, a phase in which our future (mental, psychological, financial, ...) is fully dependent on other people. The traumas I had when I was a kid play an enormous role on the problems I face today in life.
 
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Funeralprincess

Death never turned on me
May 8, 2022
433
Pretty much depression, trauma, and losing my soulmate which happens to be the biggest reason. I'm just anxiously trying to get all the tools I need for a peaceful departure
 
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αmber

αmber

Earth is not my home
Oct 25, 2021
84
For me, life itself is enough of a reason to want to die. I simply prefer the sound of non existence. The fact that life is a thing in the first place is absolutely horrifying to me. I want nothing to do with living and I have no interest in being alive. I see no point to suffering until old age just for the sake of it. Life is very depressing and painful.

I have never wanted to live and I do not belong in this world, dying is what feels right for me. There is absolutely nothing here for me in this world. If I do not exist, I am incapable of suffering and there is no limit as to how bad things can get in this life. By dying I am escaping the possibility that things could get much worse.

Suicide does not even need a reason, it is a human right and living is not an obligation, it is a personal choice and I would choose death over absolutely everything. I do not want to be me anymore, I do not want to be anything at all.
I agree with you on each word you wrote. Non existence seems a lot more beneficial than existence. By not existing, we're freeing ourselves of all upcoming sufferings. I would rather feel nothing, neither pleasure nor pain, than feel bad much of the time and feel good at very rare times.

I wish we could just go as easy as we go to the hospital for a sickness we have and say to the doctor we are sick of living and want a thoroughly functional medicine for that. We would take an injection and just fade into the blackness of non existence. That would be a dream world.
 
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archipelago

Student
Jun 27, 2021
148
If you had asked a few years ago, I would have included depression and childhood trauma in my vote. By and large, my main reasons are physical illness that results in being unable to work, therefore not having independence. These two things did not change for me even though I don't feel depressed anymore, so I would say those are my reasons.
 
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αmber

αmber

Earth is not my home
Oct 25, 2021
84
Pretty much depression, trauma, and losing my soulmate which happens to be the biggest reason. I'm just anxiously trying to get all the tools I need for a peaceful departure
Is the loss of your soulmate something recent? When I lost mine a long time ago, I felt like being in hell, but luckily that has ended. On the other hand, trauma and depression, which I also suffer from, seem to last longer if not forever. These are the main reasons I want to exit life.
 
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MementoMori81

Member
May 1, 2022
87
A combination of factors for me.
 
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WorthlessTrash

WorthlessTrash

Worthless
Apr 19, 2022
2,429
Main reason: wrong assigned sex at birth, dont want to go through life seeing people have the appearance I wish i could have. This also leads to my lack of motivation.

I am better off dead.
 
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Circles

Visionary
Sep 3, 2018
2,297
Besides disability, boredom, philosophical reasons, etc. the major one for me that's not on there is loneliness.
 
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nightnightnitrite

nightnightnitrite

baby blues
Apr 17, 2021
483
One of the main reasons is my financial situation but even if I had enough money to never worry again in my life, I have a feeling I would still be unhappy:,)
 
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onlyanimalsaregood

onlyanimalsaregood

Unlovable 💔 Rest in peace CommitSudoku 🤍
Mar 11, 2022
1,329
Unfortunately, childhood is a phase in our lives upon which we have almost no control, a phase in which our future (mental, psychological, financial, ...) is fully dependent on other people. The traumas I had when I was a kid play an enormous role on the problems I face today in life.
Unfortunately it's true.
 
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Idontmatter

Just want it all to be over
Oct 25, 2021
647
Depression that is treatment resistant, fatigue, anxiety, no motivation. Looking forward to permanent relief.
 
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Journeytoletgo

Broken and hated 7-14 years long overdue
May 14, 2018
1,608
I checked all of these I am fucked
Student debts
Childhood neglect (no hobbies, not well socialized)
Physical illness (acne)
Career mistakes (choose wrong major)
Lookism
Depression

I have way too many issues
 
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lofticries

lofticries

obedear
Feb 27, 2021
1,470
Straight up depression since I can't remember a time in which I didn't feel empty or anxious.

Also feeling like I'm in a race carrying heavy weights. While everyone is half way down the track it feels like I never left the starting line. Tired of feeling like I've being left behind and can't seem to catch up with everyone else.

So yeah a strong feeling of inadequacy also makes me wanna die.
 
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Hate you

Member
Apr 14, 2022
44
life is pointless and repetitive suffering
 
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VikingHagstrom

VikingHagstrom

Member
Sep 8, 2021
38
Imma ctb in a hotel in the next few days, i m sad
 
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outrider567

Visionary
Apr 5, 2022
2,826
Is the loss of your soulmate something recent? When I lost mine a long time ago, I felt like being in hell, but luckily that has ended. On the other hand, trauma and depression, which I also suffer from, seem to last longer if not forever. These are the main reasons I want to exit life.
lost my soulmate when she died in January, yes it is hell, each day still...shock and grief no end to it
 
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Well-Edited Chaos

Well-Edited Chaos

Member
May 8, 2022
178
I ticked most of the boxes, but a lot of my reasons have a common root cause - my (very) late ADHD diagnosis (very late, as in the summer before I turned 50). Undiagnosed and untreated, so I job-hopped a lot, moved a lot, bounced from this hobby to that passion to some other interest, then lost interest in just weeks (or days!), wasted a lot of money on these passions, made a lot of other stupid mistakes, etc, etc. My family doesn't have much patience for me, and all of my friends have ditched me, so I'm pretty isolated. I may also be on the spectrum, menopause made my brain worse, and covid kicked my ass.

And even though ADHD is behind many of my issues, they are not easily fixable (if at all) - my ADHD specialist closed her practice earlier this month, there aren't many others around here, my family doctor doesn't want to prescribe my meds b/c they're serious shit, I don't want to take my meds (even tho they work) b/c I"m terrified of becoming addicted, and on, and on, AND ON.

I'm on track to CTB soon b/c I'm running out of money and can't deal with the prospect of being homeless on top of everything else. I just hurt so much. I'm so glad I was able to get my hands on some SN.
 
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Slimetae

Slimeent🎲
Apr 23, 2022
203
Half of these boxes I checked toxic family environment leading to childhood mistakes leading to being in and out of the court system now I just struggle depending on someone else for my survival.
 
Fadeawaaaay

Fadeawaaaay

Visionary
Nov 12, 2021
2,160
Every aspect of my life has been a failure and now I'm overcome with so much anxiety… It's too late to reinvent myself…
 
Oblivion Access

Oblivion Access

I don't know anything
Jul 5, 2019
333
Checked every box but loss by death and depression with no apparent cause, I got causes out the wazoo. Man, I need to get on with CTB...
 

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