So I’m seriously considering dying in a few months. Why in a few months ? Because I have amazing friends and I want to thank them for being so great by spending quality time together. The problem? They know about my depression and how suicidal I can get so they worry about me. I don’t want them to feel guilty if I die. So I want it to be unpredictable,this will mean lying about my mental state lying about wanting to stay alive. I don’t know if it is going to be easier for them, nor if lying is the morally okay way to leave them.
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If you go around thanking your friends they’ll suspect that you’re probably going to end your life and tell your family or the authorities and they could prevent you from following through.
Decide what you think is best for you, the choice is yours ultimately. In my case, there were 2 occasions where I felt I had no choice but to end my life. Now for me, it wouldn’t have been wrong if I followed through and my suffering would’ve been over.
However, there were a couple of family members who would’ve ended up homeless if I wasn’t around. Of course, I didn’t know it at the time but thank god I stayed around to help them and they’re good now.
I see friends very differently though-I have much less of a connection to them than I do my family so I’d never really care what they thought. I know they’d miss me for a while but they’d get over it. It’d be like someone leaving our group and it has happened before.
I’m planning to just create a video saying my goodbyes and only sending it to them the day I commit to doing the deed. Don’t worry too much about your friends, focus on yourself and what you want. In my case, if my life gets a lot worse then I personally won’t be sticking around and I really don’t care who will be upset by it.
My only concern is that the people I care about will be fine without me and I know most of them will be ok. We’re all going to die anyway, some of us will go sooner rather than later.
You have friends, they care for you. Most people would LOVE that, especially people who are alone and friendless.
Yeah I know I m lucky enough to have them. However my father died, an ex of my mom raped me and I currently have a narcissist and abusive step father. Plus my mom clearly said to me that I had no right to feel bad and to be different from the successful and hetero perfect mold she shaped for me so I guess my friends are more of a family to me. I am loved but this doesn’t mean that I have what people would love to have. Most people have kind of a supportive family. And I don’t have that like at all. I know I m not one on this earth to have it really hard but still I don’t think I am someone you can envy