Discussion Would anyone become less suicidal/not suicidal if they had more money?

[Mirelight]

yes

 

[pechaberry]

Money would fix almost 100% of my problems.

 

[shaggy_dooo]

Well money would always fulfill your every needs like a roof over u food on the table medical attention and being comfortable and also boost your mood by doing what u want and eating and buying what u want so yes it would boost most people happines mine as well

 

[LetMeOut67]

I spend about £100 a month trying to win the lottery , houses, etc
I've convinced myself that if I had financial security for life it'd give me something to live for.
Never won more than £100 of course.
I did inherit £50,000 a few years ago and it brought me no happiness whatsoever in fact it made me more depressed cos I realised that if you've got no life and no friends money is not going to fill the hole. If I did win a large amount of money I'd be able to spend lots of time somewhere with better weather than grey wet Northern England and I'm sure this would reduce my misery.

 

[ConstantPain]

Money would definitely help me. If I had enough to leave my abusive, alcoholic husband and live comfortably with my cats, that would help a lot. If I didn't have to work that's even better and I really think I would become a bit of a hermit and live quite peacefully.

 

[tomame]

yes i'd still be suicidal. but it would be more manageable

 

[eladeselasol99]

with money i can pay someone to kill me, or at least i like to pay someone just to accompany me. but yeah, i dont have the extra

 

[Bybye]

Definitely, I could do so many things without worry, I wouldn't need to care if the rest of the human race likes what I do and wants to buy it.
My need to die isn't born out of depression, but out of bad life circumstances.

 

[RoachClassified]

having money would fix the majority of my problems so yeah that would make me less suicidal

 

[underairpressure]

It wouldn't fix everything, not even close, but it would definitely make me less suicidal. Because I wouldn't be so scared of becoming homeless, or deal with the guilt of having to rely on loved ones to survive

 

[PainThreshold]

No, or atleast not yet. I have enough money to buy what i want and my parents still give me money.

Honestly, I don't think I have any interest in money in a meaningful way. But it honestly feel like not having any sense of self-preservation of not having any money. (My familly was quite rich actually)

During my childhood, I can easily gift my friend something. But at one point, my parents told me that I should've gotten paid for the help that I gave to my friends.

This changes how I think about money, it's more like "I deserve to be compensated for my work!" Rather than needing it to survive or to buy what I want.

 

[AnxiousLife]

For me it's no, even when I have more money, it only may help me to get some dopamine in the moment, but I'm just addicted to buying different things (online subscriptions, clothes…) or gambling and after a short time (and speneing/losing the money) I feel the same as before or even worse. I'm depressed and money just can't cure my mental issues

 

[itsgone2]

Yes. I'm willing to work. Three times now I've lost jobs to mergers/acquisitions. I'm older and the job market is a nightmare. I've made mistakes in life but I should still be at my first job. Greed will kill me. If one of those places never got wiped out I wouldn't even be on this site, let alone going to do it.

 

[ginadu]

I would definitely be a better kind of depressed if I had lots of money Things would definitely improve because I could leave my job. I hate the department I am in now. Every day is miserable. The benefits are too good to leave though. I have been depressed before but not actively making suicide plans. To be fair any major disaster in my life could not have been solved by having money. It's just in my current headspace not having to worry about work and money would be amazing.

 

[thousandislandstare]

Yes, definitely. But it's more about the freedom and stability that come with it. I don't need diamonds and lambos

 

[peacebenow]

Yes. I would become less. I would have needed it sooner though before so much damage had become permanent. I think it's too late now. But overall yes so much so.

 

[CuriousAboutThis]

I know money isn't the solution to every problem but I feel I would become 90% less suicidal if I had a decent some of money in my account. Being on social welfare sucks (even though the rate in European countries is much better than in America).

I mean for me living off of SSDI, Social Security Disability Income, I kind of have it good well good enough for me I am content with my situation in most cases I imagine I have it easy compared to other people here, but money isn't everything sure it pays for everything but it depends on the person I just try to remember that I have a place to live, a loving family in most cases; even though, I live alone in an apartment, but I don't have any suicidal thoughts as of now and I prefer to keep it that way.

I think money does help some people while it potentially corrupts others I guess it would depend on the person and their personality.

I could be wrong though, so don't take my word for it I hope that helps.

Edit: I agree with what someone said above it is mostly about having the freedom and stability and something similar.

 

[The Eternal One]

Yes and no. I'd never give up on leaving this plane by CTB: it has to do with exiting on my own terms, not watching myself deteriorate, especially mentally, and being independent from inhumane medical workers in my country. Throughout my life I always have and always will have to rely on myself, and once my body starts to wither, it's game over - I won't have anybody to help me.
However, if I had money, it'd prolong my existence a little and I'd get to experience very happy years full of creativity and wonder before dying. Not to mention even the suicide itself would be made as painless and comfortable as possible, since I'd be able to fund it properly.
The end for me will always be the same no matter what, the only difference is the road that takes me there. Without money, it's an excrutiating and miserable one, and the suicide itself will also likely to be very painful, commited as soon as my mother and cats pass away.

 

[Tesha]

It depends on where your starting point is - if you already have money and then start to consider suicide, then no it won't help (my situation). I suspect if you don't have access to money initially and then come by some then it may - but I suspect it won't last for long. Suicidal ideation is about how you feel in life, not about what you can afford imo.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Initially, it would help I think. It would free me of my wage slave mentality. I'd feel free and secure to enjoy my leisure time. I'd just feel free in general I suppose. So much of how I act comes down to needing to earn money and support myself and I'm tired of all of it. It's the main reason I want out of this rat race.

There again- maybe it would just make me even more complacent. I'd no doubt- enjoy the initial phase of being NEET and just playing video games all day. But then, I'd probably get bored soon enough.

I also have a weird relationship with money. Seeing as I inherited it now and then, I tend to associate it with bereavement and being made to feel guilty by other family members. So- it would have to be money I'd either won or earnt. If it was money given to me by another- it would incur that same sense of guilt and owing them I think. And, I'd rather not have it than experience that again.

Plus- it won't ward off old age or illness. The likelihood is- soon enough, those things will take even more affect and money won't do enough to compensate. So- it would be more of a short and more comfortable delay before I eventually (hopefully still) suicide, rather than something that would prevent it.