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soonasleep

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Feb 20, 2026
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Tl;Dr: I want to experience the flash of memories I've always heard abt when you die, but will shooting myself with a shotgun destroy my brain too quickly and thereby I don't see the memories flash?

Quick disclaimer I've never used a forum style website before so forgive me for any formatting or tagging issues.
Anyways, I have kind of a specific question that I can't rlly find an answer to. I'll give some backstory just in case anyone is curious as to how I got to this question.
I met the most amazing most perfect girl you could ever imagine. I know everyone says that but I truly believe(d) that nothing will ever make me feel as happy as she did. Not drugs, or s/h, or anything else. I was with her for a long time and even best friends before we dated.
But eventually towards the end of our relationship I did some things that made me go to the hospital and get diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I (due to my own constant mistakes) lost my car, my cat, my house, my job, and my gf all in a 9 month span. It's not a question of if I want to make the decision I'm going to make; it's more I want to know the consequences. I want to spend more time with my girlfriend and the only way I can do that is through memories. If I shoot myself with a shotgun will I get to see a flashback of all the happy memories I made with her?
And a second more moral question if I pinky promised her I'd never hurt myself do you think it's morally wrong to ignore that pinky promise since she doesn't want me now anyway? I know pinky promises sound childish, but they were a big part of our relationship and I always honored them previously. Super nervous about posting this and if anyone did read I appreciate it and again sorry if made the post incorrectly.
 
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violetforever

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i read it but i dont have advice. i hope someone better can reply. ur story just made me really sad im sorry. i hope u find whatever ur looking for here though.
 
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vascomorrow

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Feb 11, 2026
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Tl;Dr: I want to experience the flash of memories I've always heard abt when you die, but will shooting myself with a shotgun destroy my brain too quickly and thereby I don't see the memories flash?

Quick disclaimer I've never used a forum style website before so forgive me for any formatting or tagging issues.
Anyways, I have kind of a specific question that I can't rlly find an answer to. I'll give some backstory just in case anyone is curious as to how I got to this question.
I met the most amazing most perfect girl you could ever imagine. I know everyone says that but I truly believe(d) that nothing will ever make me feel as happy as she did. Not drugs, or s/h, or anything else. I was with her for a long time and even best friends before we dated.
But eventually towards the end of our relationship I did some things that made me go to the hospital and get diagnosed with bipolar disorder. I (due to my own constant mistakes) lost my car, my cat, my house, my job, and my gf all in a 9 month span. It's not a question of if I want to make the decision I'm going to make; it's more I want to know the consequences. I want to spend more time with my girlfriend and the only way I can do that is through memories. If I shoot myself with a shotgun will I get to see a flashback of all the happy memories I made with her?
And a second more moral question if I pinky promised her I'd never hurt myself do you think it's morally wrong to ignore that pinky promise since she doesn't want me now anyway? I know pinky promises sound childish, but they were a big part of our relationship and I always honored them previously. Super nervous about posting this and if anyone did read I appreciate it and again sorry if made the post incorrectly.
I died before and there was no flashbacks just darkness..
 
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Heraskov

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Dec 25, 2025
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You have my sympathy, friend. To give my thoughts on your question about these "memory flashes," even if it is true that the brain shows some sort of rapid, mental montage of "life highlights" in the milliseconds before a person physically dies (I don't think this "life flashing before your eyes" concept itself has ever been proven to occur in that specific "montage" manner, though it is a trope in fictional media), I'm not confident that the human mind would be able to initiate this flash of memory faster than the explosion of shot that would tearing through it from a shotgun blast. It wouldn't have time to process that death is imminent because the processor for that to happen (the mind) would be destroyed the moment the trigger is pulled.
 
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