Venting Wish I never existed

[Quiet_Cricket]

I fantasize about having a button which would alter the universe so that I never existed often. Nobody would know of me, whatever little impact I had would be reversed. I would be nothing, simply nothing. It would remove so much stress.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

Yeah, it feels so kafkaesque suddenly just popping into existence and is eternally frustrating not having had any say in that.

 

[𝗟𝗼𝗻𝗲𝗹𝘆]

That is probably what most people on this forum, if not all, would want if it was an option. No struggles in life and no struggles with ending it. No guilt trip for "hurting others" with your exit. Just nothing.

 

[Quiet_Cricket]

Yeah, it feels so kafkaesque suddenly just popping into existence and is eternally frustrating not having had any say in that.

Most of life could be described as kafkaesque.

 

[アホペンギン]

If it wasn't for the people arbitrarily having children i'm sure many of us wouldn't be here right now, it would prevent so much suffering and it would be by far the best fate available to anyone as those who never came into existence in the first place have had such wonderful luck and such a desirable fate, that it is beyond comprehension.

kafkaesque

kafkaesque.

I like that word. It sounds nice.

 

[thewalkingdread]

it feels so kafkaesque suddenly just popping into existence

Most of life could be described as kafkaesque.

It could also be described as grotesque...

 

[Klophy]

Right? How much crap would've been avoided if I wasn't here? All of it.

 

[Blurry_Buildings]

If it is any comfort, in 100 years only the most famous people of our era will be remembered. Everyone else will be just a name in a database or record book somewhere. Perhaps someone will know some vague anecdotal details about "you" from a long deceased family member, but soon enough no one will know anything about who you were.

 

[justcallmeJ]

My mom had so many miscarriages before I finally got born. Why couldn't I be one more :(

 

[FuneralCry]

I wish for the same thing of course, to me the most ideal outcome would be for my existence to be erased like I never existed at all, I just wish to eternally disappear, in my case only nothingness is desirable.

 

[Quiet_Cricket]

If it is any comfort, in 100 years only the most famous people of our era will be remembered. Everyone else will be just a name in a database or record book somewhere. Perhaps someone will know some vague anecdotal details about "you" from a long deceased family member, but soon enough no one will know anything about who you were.

I don't care if I'm remembered or forgotten in 100 years time. I just wish I was never brought into the world.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

I like that word. It sounds nice.

It comes from the Austrian author Franz Kafka who wrote existentially disturbing books.

 

[R_N]

It seems like the best option. It is also realistic for my parents to never had met and made me.

I was not that lucky but one day this all ends at least. Good luck to those that don't exist yet.