If you had to...

[Ephirith]

Originally Posted by zelld52 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

The cancer took Mom. She was ready to go. Dana passed 7 years ago. She wasn't ready.

"Deep in the wild mountains is a strange marketplace, where you can trade the hassle and noise of everyday life, for eternal Light."

- Jetsun Milarepa

"This body is not me; I am not caught in this body, I am life without boundaries, I have never been born and I have never died. Over there the wide ocean and the sky with many galaxies All manifests from the basis of consciousness. Since beginningless time I have always been free. Birth and death are only a door through which we go in and out. Birth and death are only a game of hide-and-seek. So smile to me and take my hand and wave good-bye. Tomorrow we shall meet again or even before. We shall always be meeting again at the true source, Always meeting again on the myriad paths of life.”"

- Thich Nhat Hanh

<3

Originally Posted by zelld52 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

We shall always be meeting again.

Maybe. Or maybe we're just a bunch of molecular automatons, organized chemistry, that at some point found an evolutionary advantage in calming itself with catharsis and meaning, because it became intelligent enough to recognize the existential horror of waking up in what can often seem like a nightmarish meatgrinder.

Suicide often happens with people who are in a state of defeat and/or 'arrested flight', the perception that there is no viable course of action-- like a gazelle in jaws of a lion. Usually depression is involved, not always. Either way, when we are in that state, we are spectacularly unqualified to actually objectively consider all our options. Your state of mind acts like a prism that refracts thoughts, facts, judgment-- and makes it all lead to death when it otherwise wouldn't.

Get help. Believe it or not, modern medicine does have interventions that can pull you out of this, in a way that will surprise and amaze you when you look back on it.

[Cecily]

Originally Posted by shovelquest [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Scariest shit I've read on these forums since mace quest.

What? Don't give suicidal person protips on a forum that isnt 4chan? That's basic common sense. I can't fucking stand the guy, so I'm wishing him a long life. Rest of you are hurrr maybe try CO poisoning.

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by Cecily [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Rest of you are hurrr maybe try CO poisoning.

where do you see me doing that you self rightous retard.

[Cecily]

Sorry I thought you were literate enough with attention span to maybe read the first page. I don't think self righteous is the right word.

[shovelquest]

I said.

Where the fuck.

Do you see me doing that.

You self righteous.

RETARD.

[Cecily]

Lol we gonna get 2 for 1? Calm down precious. No one thinks you can't read good. Again I don't think self righteous is the right word.

[shovelquest]

Sir. Shutup.

[Cecily]

Ma'am calm down.

[shovelquest]

Originally Posted by zelld52 [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Let's, for the sake of this hypothetical keep it based in reality and what's actually possible.

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[Wakanda]

Originally Posted by Ekco [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

just going "missing" always seemed turbo fucked to me because without that closure their always gonna have some hope you walk through the front door or someshit.

better to rip the bandaid off for everyone involved if you don't want to wait for the movie to be over before getting up and leaving.

the letters and messages for loved ones to read after are an asshole thing to do also, it's all just narcissism and main character syndrome, i woke up once to 20 text messages from someone deciding to check out and i didn't even read em just deleted it and glad i did.

For starters its a hypothetical situation. I'm not actually suicidal and am scared of going to Hell if I did something like that.

Secondly, I'm not close with any of my family, most of my friends are people I play WoW with and don't know IRL. I don't think anyone would really be that devastated if I just went missing, but co workers and what not would probably be really confused. I'm also a fan of that kind of youtube video. I think mysteries like this are fun for the community honestly.

By this same metric you could argue that anyone who speeds on the interstate, any soldier who volunteers to go to war or police officer, fire fighter, construction worker etc. who serves in a dangerous job is also a narcissist because imagine how devastating it would be for their families if they died etc.

Seems a little hyperbolic.

Edit: I am close with a single relative, who again, would prob be more devastated if they found me dead than rather if I just went missing. In the past I've gone 5 years without contacting them and they never once thought anything bad happened to me and that I was just off doing my own thing etc.