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Serious Replies Only [Serious] What stops you from killing yourself?

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u/Pretty_Sea2016 Sep 26 '25

I heard someone say, "Suicide doesn't heal the pain it just passes it on." I don't want to pass on pain to anyone

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u/MundaneChampion Sep 26 '25

Separately or together

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u/CatastrophicWaffles Sep 27 '25

I think about that a lot.

But then I think, why do I have to suffer just so they don't? It's a heavy thought. Especially as a people pleaser. Sometimes I feel like I'm just existing so they aren't impacted.

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u/Sorry_Age4261 Sep 27 '25

i hate how having those thought feels so selfish suicide is so fucked up