You don’t have to live forever

[PsychosisGirls]

I know, please bear with me. A few days ago I realized that my suicidality went way down once I realized I could limit my pain to, say, 2030. Ten years.

I don't really know the source of this effect, but it seems like a part of me was deathly terrified of living in my condition for another 60 years. And I realized, I don't have to end myself right now, but I can set a fixed time in the reasonably distant future. Sort of like an anchor. A message from my past self to my future self, that I don't have to be in pain forever.

It hasn't been perfect, nothing is, but it's helped so I figured I'd share.

 

[timf]

In the Army if you have to run through sand for five miles carrying a full pack, it can seem like forever. However, if you think that you only have to get over the next hill, it becomes more manageable.

It may be that anxiety and worry loom larger when there is uncertainty. A focus on the next "hill" may contain anxiety to more manageable levels.

 

[WornOutLife]

Having a deadline, somehow, gives us some kind of comfort.

I dunno when I'll ctb but I definitely don't wanna live for 50 or 60 more years!

 

[ExhaustedExistence]

Yes, we don't have to live forever. What's more we even CANNOT live forever.

We are just mortal beings and we are going to die one way or another. That's the only thing what gives me peace of mind.

 

[BornofDust]

Living forever sounds exhausting tbh. Watching yourself, everyone and everything you love slowly decay must be a sad feeling overall. But we can sort of " live forever." through what we left behind such as art, memories, music, etc. So in that sense we can live " forever." If thats what you truly want. But being literally living forever sounds like too much work lol.

 

[Red]

Love this philosophy.

Sometimes the only comfort is that it won't be forever lol

 

[FuneralCry]

It does comfort me that life is only temporary, someday it will end no matter what. All of our problems end when we lose consciousness. Even know I see it as being hard to take your own life, there is always ways and means so you aren't trapped on this earth.

 

[PsychosisGirls]

What's more we even CANNOT live forever.

Yeah, our 60 years was a guess. Don't say that too loud or the medical field will take it as a challenge.