Seems a gun is best but I don’t have one, I am broke and jobless and I’ve never even held one. Jumping off a bridge? Afraid of heights. Taking something? Like pills? I have no pills and it maybe wouldn’t work. I have no garage and my car is messed up as of today so no carbon dioxide, and I kind of think that is just something you see in movies. I live with people and I don’t want them to have to deal with it but even if I did get to the point where I said to hell with them, they are ALWAYS home. Plus, the ceilings in my room are so low, I can palm the ceiling flat foot (I am 5’9, female, middle aged), so no hanging myself. I did everything right in life. One job layoff and now middle aged I am out of hope. I suffer from depression in the first place. I just want it to be over but I want to be 100% positive whichever way works and that it isn’t scary so I can go through with it… which makes no sense. I am not afraid of death, I am afraid of not succeeding.
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I believe this to be the number one concern with the vast majority of people wishing to take the final exit from here. I have spent years ( on & off ) trying to find a guaranteed, painless departure, and you know what ? even if I found it, I’d still need the courage to take that final step, I guess because death is the great unknown, not to mention my family. The only pain free way I found happens to look rather complex and alot of hassle in getting the required equipment.
I am sorry you find yourself in this bleak and grim situation. It sounds to me like the job you had was the only thing keeping your head above water, which is why I think you should ( For now, at least ) throw yourself into creating a good CV and applying for lots of jobs, be it Supermarket work, Office, call centre, whatever. Thats what I did and its certainly improved my situation ( again, for now ) We need to be occupied, and we must have structure, routine and a purpose, or we sink into the abyss of no hope whatsoever, we fester and wilt away as depression sucks us under further still.
Keep sharing, Hope Would Be Nice. Its paramount you do, even if there are no replies, please keep putting your feelings out there!
I very much feel this. Scared of the transition, those last moments when I might change my mind…it would have to be something instantaneous, definite, irreversible. So scared too of messing it up and ending up in worse shape than now. We all want things to be better, and the thought of making them worse by trying to escape the suffering is a huge barrier.