Would a endless amount of money solve your problems?

[Jolene40]

Money would not bring my health back as my body is virtually disintegrating. It would allow me to have a private carer though and relieve all money worries. I don't want a life like that so even with all that I don't think it could ever stop me wanting it to end this hell.

 

[Vidar33]

George is this part of your reason for being here? Tinnitus? It's one of my many ailments but mine is severe sensory nerve damage and a hundred other problems which make you want to escape yourself constantly. Did you ever get a reason for yours - other than imbeciles trying to blame everything on mental health.

There is a pretty good forum for this called tinnitustalk dot com (just in case you haven't found that one yet)

 

[marcusuk63]

Yes, money would solve most of my problems. I also want isolation. I want to get as far away from society as I can. Just thinking about it brings me joy and a sense of peace.

Ditto

 

[Jolene40]

There is a pretty good forum for this called tinnitustalk dot com (just in case you haven't found that one yet)

Ah thankyou for the info Vidar!

 

[TimeToDie]

I simply had to look up who was the wealthiest person to ever die by suicide. Apparently that award goes to Adolf Merckle who threw himself in front of a train. He was a 74-year-old German businessman worth $12.4 billion. Seems being a millionaire 12,000 times over just wasn't enough to make him happy. That ranked him as one of the 5 richest men in Germany.

 

[Crystal Labeija]

I'm curious how you could know that? For example, someone who's depressed could afford ketamine infusions if they had the money. Though that may or may not resolve their depression.

Depression isn't curable curable. It's manageable. Therapy can help you manage it. There will be events in the future that might trigger depression, and when that happens, you go back and get therapy again. It's like a nuclear reactor. It doesn't always act up, but when it does, you contain it.

 

[TimeToDie]

Depression isn't curable curable. It's manageable. Therapy can help you manage it. There will be events in the future that might trigger depression, and when that happens, you go back and get therapy again. It's like a nuclear reactor. It doesn't always act up, but when it does, you contain it.

In my case the issue is more anxiety than it is depression. I'd say my anxiety is the cause of my depression. I simply don't see how anyone could be disabled for a lifetime by anxiety (primarily social phobia, though also GAD and OCD) and not be depressed. When damn near every aspect of my life is ruled by overwhelming anxiety it's not at all likely that I'm going to be in a good mood. Now comes the problem with therapy & social phobia. Those with extreme social phobia are definitely not going to be in the mood to chat with a therapist, so therapy simply is not a viable option. There is a cruel irony in how social phobia works to prevent the treatment of social phobia.

There was a time, around 2010 when I was prescribed amphetamines for treatment-resistant depression and for a while that did work. When dextroamphetamine had me in an artificially good mood living yet another day seem perfectly reasonable. Now I'm not suggesting that an artificial good mood is a bad thing. If you feel OK then you're OK regardless of how you got there. Eventually tough amphetamines pooped out and I went back to being quite unhappy.

 

[slothturtlebro]

yeah for me

 

[dreamsofdestruction]

Actually I don't know, but it would certainly give me the opportunity to try a few things. In fact there's one thing that I could do with a large amount of money that I can't easily do right now and there would at least be somewhat of a chance that it would make me happy.

 

[Lady black]

No

 

[Weems]

yes.

This

You are absolutely not a piece of shit for thinking that. Money CAN buy you anything. It can buy you good therapy to work on your mental health problems. A steady source of income also ensures that you can pay the bills and feed yourself while you work on therapy. You also won't have to worry about the stress of working 60-70 hours a week while doing therapy.

I don't care what people say. Everything has a price tag, including happiness.

Peace and quiet in my own place. Therapy and drugs. Time and money for rewarding hobbies. Ability to date women. Yeah, I could get over it all with a big pile of cash.

 

[marcusuk63]

buying an island with a nice all year climate away from society and building a fully self sufficient house , only seeing people briefly once a month when going to the mainland for supplies i can't grow and having no social media so i don't have a clue what's going on in the outside world or care and no bills , i think i would be a lot happier , stress free and anxiety free so it would solve majority of my problems yes

 

[Kirkscoobz]

After the hysteria of having a huge amount of money I think it would leave yo feeling slightly worse than before, but it would be possible to afford a private doctor allowing for private prescription so an endless amount of pain killers that the NHS doctors don't seem to want to give anyone now days,
A nice little cabin deep in the middle of no place would be good also, a car that could take me once a month to do supply shopping,
Happy days,
A nice amount though would be say £500,000.

 

[Amber1974]

It would certainly help

 

[mutagen]

I'm in pain and my mind and physical body is a complete mess and my bones are continuing to fuse. I've also had a stroke. Once you have lost your health, you have lost everything. What I have built up with hard work and perseverance is slipping away. Even with the money I saved, there isn't a cure for my disease. Doctors can only slow down the progression, but it has progressed too much. Money means nothing when your body is so messed up you are just giving it back to the doctors and can't enjoy and live life.

 

[Orin]

This is a really interesting question. Having an endless supply of money would imply that i'm somehow connected to the true rulers of this planet, maybe even part of their cabal. Meaning i'd have to be involved in inciting wars, causing division and more human suffering. So no, an endless supply of money won't solve my problem.

 

[Dreamcollege]

No unless I had it six years ago when I could have bought my way into the school I was destined to attend but was wrongfully rejected from

 

[azucaramargo]

Some people would benefit more than others. If i won the lotto I would not be happy so its true in that sense.

However not needing to work would eliminate nearly all my stress and make life much more bearable. Plus I could spend a lot of time taking cruises and i would like that

That last sentence was so cute, O! You like cruises? :)

 

[Superfluous]

This is very similar to the recent multi billionaire thread.

I know this isn't an answer to your specific question, but if I did have an endless amount of money, one of the first things I would do is set up and fund an independent body to perform trials on off-patent drugs for non-FDA approved treatments with the purpose of getting them FDA approved for the treatment of other conditions.

My first priority would be trials aimed at proving ketamine is an effective treatment for depression. There's already compelling evidence that it can help, but as there's no profit in it for the pharmaceutical companies (off-patent means any company can produce generic versions and sell them at vastly reduced prices) , there's no incentive for them to spend the vast amounts of money needed to do the necessary trials to get it approved for such use.

 

[Onomotopoeia]

That last sentence was so cute, O! You like cruises? :)

Yes, it's a much better way to kill time than sitting at home bored. Just one a free cruise now if i only had friends to go with me

 

[Cloudy]

No, I would still be too stupid, immature and anxious to function

 

[Xaphous]

I would have many opportunities to not be isolated so yes it would help a lot and I probably wouldn't want to ctb. I could even have my first relationship and experience love for once in my life. Material wealth is nothing when it's time to die though.

If I was a billionaire I would do something almost unheard of and actually help many suffering starving homeless people around the world. Are you reading this oprah, joel olsteen.

 

[TheBlackSwordsman]

I think for many of us, it would allow us to do things that would distract ourselves from our pain, not necessarily remove it.

 

[been_there]

More and different treatments, unlimited diversions, gratitude of friends and family, security, ability to act on ideas, charitable satisfaction, a sudden interest from potential partners, sycophants. Hollow as fuck. It would delay ctb while ultimately encouraging it.

 

[vulturecyclop]

Yes.

 

[CTB-London]

Money may not buy happiness but it prevents the unhappiness caused by poverty.

Even if I had great wealth, it wouldn't make me not be gay which is the source of my misery.

 

[Crimsonskye]

I could buy all the N

 

[peacefully31425]

Most of my problems could be solved with money.

 

[ExitTheDay]

It would never be able to take what away what I feel everyday, but it would sure help out with the current situation I am trapped in although I don't think possessing all of the money in world would truly make me a happy person

 

[ScorpiusDragon]

I'd become a hermit and build my own private library filled with all the books I ever wanted to read but never had time for. But the loneliness will probably eventually drive me to suicide.