Suicide by memories (funny thought I had)

[Knockout]

I mean, if you lost your memory wouldn't you be a different person?? memories are what makes people so maybe a suicide by losing your memories would be interesting, not like it would ever happen though

 

[DeathSweetDeath]

Not everyone is suicidal because of memories or because of who they are as a person.

If you're suicidal because of those reasons, get therapy, try meds, focus on the present and the future, and do everything possible to let go of the past (because it's gone anyway).

And yes, it may happen if you live long enough to get dementia, it's incredibly common.

 

[JeyJeyOfJeypore]

I mean, if you lost your memory wouldn't you be a different person?? memories are what makes people so maybe a suicide by losing your memories would be interesting, not like it would ever happen though

it wont change the circumstances that made you suicidal in the first place though.

So youll end up suffering until you get back to the suicidal state you were before, before killing yourself

 

[Knockout]

it wont change the circumstances that made you suicidal in the first place though.

So youll end up suffering until you get back to the suicidal state you were before, before killing yourself

I mean yeah but I meant that technically someone else has to take care, I don't feel like me without my memories would be me at all

 

[softfur]

dissociative fugue can be like that

 

[JeyJeyOfJeypore]

I mean yeah but I meant that technically someone else has to take care, I don't feel like me without my memories would be me at all

dont think its how it works. Youll still be within your body, just without memories

To erase yourself youd need a brain transplant

 

[telekon]

I think this was the quack doctor's idea when they invented ECT

 

[Knockout]

dont think its how it works. Youll still be within your body, just without memories

To erase yourself youd need a brain transplant

Your thinking would be completely different depending on the circumstances

Not everyone is suicidal because of memories or because of who they are as a person.

If you're suicidal because of those reasons, get therapy, try meds, focus on the present and the future, and do everything possible to let go of the past (because it's gone anyway).

And yes, it may happen if you live long enough to get dementia, it's incredibly common.

I know there are people who would hate existence no matter what they were given, but I don't get them, and I also didn't mean it like getting rid of memories to get rid of being suicidal, I didn't mean it like that, I meant that "someone" else had to take care of your life, a lot of people have things they cannot change and that's why they're suicidal (though obviously suicide by memory can't exist because there isn't a guaranteed 100% loss of memory without coming back)

 

[kittypsst]

It's not a bad train of thought, but not likely, or else dissociation would be a good temporary fix.

By the time some people start feeling suicidal, their head is already fried from an unhealthy childhood. E.g. no amount of surgery and psychological conditioning can fix faulty development. If the hardware is fried, no hard resetting works.

It sucks big time, but here we are.