I mean, life is a fucking prison, right?
We are sentenced “to life” by our very own parents. It is already hard enough to get over this betrayal, that after we acknowledge this,, we are faced with another dilemma, what kind of inmate do we become…?
Remember the Shawshank Redemption? We can sit and wait for death like Morgan Freeman and the others did, or we can work and risk our necks trying to die better like the other guy did. “Get busy living or get busy dying” he said, more like “get busy if you want to die better”. In prison or out, he was eventually going to die, but we was sure as hell he wasn’t going to die waiting for death.
We have been giving a sentence, by our DNA or by our circumstances. But we can reduce that sentence, and serve 25 years instead of a lifetime. Young people feel sorry for themselves in this site, because they are 15 or 19 and they already think about suicide. Lucky YOU! At least you have an alternative to choose from, a lot of people like you suffer and can’t consider suicide as freely as you do, due to some religious or cultural bullshit they have been infected with. These people can only choose to live, cause they have no other alternative in their minds/bodies. You DO. There’s no freedom without alternatives. From the moment you consider suicide -escaping from prison- YOU ARE FREE.
Life sucks, no one is arguing that, but at least “as humans” we can choose to exit it, in our own terms and conditions. That doesn’t make it up, but at least, it is a plus.
I’m already digging the tunnel…
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“a lot of people like you suffer and can’t consider suicide as freely as you do, due to some religious or cultural bullshit they have been infected with.”
False. No one is forced into a religious or cultural mindset. They may be influenced strongly by it, but no one controls their brain except themselves. In the end, they convince themselves of what they believe. They have the freedom to think about suicide, no one is and can stop them. I wouldn’t make excuses like that in attempt to guilt other people by saying we have a privilege that others do not, that’s not true.
Call it what you will, a rat race, a hamster wheel, but life is not a prison for those who choose to live it. You are correct, however, that everyone is free to make that decision and exit this world @ any time. Posting about a genetically inherited prison is a waste of fucking time. Andy was right, “get busy living or get busy dying” When it comes to
suicide, you’re either determined to do it or not! People who are serious about “exiting”
are not sitting around trying to figure out why it is or isn’t a prison. They fucking go out there and do what they feel needs to be done. Nuff Said!
There’s no freedom in suicidal ideation. I have had intense episodes of genuine desires to die and fantasies of killing myself, they’re not pleasant day dreams as you describe them. They’re hell holes of mental and emotional torment that are inescapable in the moment. Tell me how those are “freeing”?
I’m sorry, of course those are not “freeing”. I believe no emotion can be “freeing”. Only thought and insight can, otherwise you are a victim of love, hate or depression. Is when you separate yourself from the emotions than you can start considering the potential of freedom suicide provides. It takes a lot of effort to do that, I’ll give you that, but it comes with effort, as I said. I’ve been in your same position, and I’ve worked/thought/read a lot to get here. That’s why Die Smart is my motto.
Wondering about what it would be like if you died or thinking about dying is not suicidal ideation. Suicidal ideation is when you have the inclination and intention of killing yourself and are planning to do so. Suicide literally means “the act of killing oneself”. It’s not suicidal ideation if you have no intention to kill yourself. Thinking about death and wanting to die (without the aim or intention to actually commit the act) is a normal symptom of depression.
Digging tunnel to other side of the world, I hope? To China? Never been to Asia, so I could join you.
Anyways, I liked the thought of what you wrote. In some ways, it is a prison, most of people who try, fail the first time(s) and it’s no fun to fail anything. And then I guess there are many kinds of prisons. But of course anything in life, just takes the motivation and courage to do it.
Tunnel was metaphorical, I’m actually building a cabin in the middle of the woods, that’s my escape route. Most people fail, because they don’t plan enough, they want to live or die impulsively, that’s never a good plan when you are a human being.
Tsch, and here I thought someone was actually going to build tunnel…oh well…Cabin is great! Don’t freeze in the winter though.
All the plans will crumbe down to small pieces anyways, so better not to plan. Better yet not to think at all.
lol I’ve heard before “life is a gift” and now “life is a prison” but the only one that seems to fit both is “life is what you make it”
I meant life is a prison, cause it doesn’t offer any other choice than to live, you cannot “not live”, you can only kill yourself, but still, you can kill only while living, there’s no real alternative, that’s the point I was trying to make.