What do you think people do before they commit suicide?

[Malas]

For what it's worth, someone I'm close to did this a few months ago and she left several bowls of food out for her cats...she lived alone and was unemployed, she knew nobody would find her for a few days. I always wonder if she was just being kind and trying to take care of the cats until someone could take them, or if she was worried they'd get hungry and start eating her

Was she "successful"? If not, ask her.

 

[TheRash]

If life sucked so bad that I couldn't continue, I think I would drink and look of pictures of my life before I ate the pills.

 

[Wingslaught]

They probably think about the relief of being dead and not having problems anymore. Or maybe practical problems like how to do it properly without just maiming yourself and making your life 1000x worse like this unfortunate fellow.

 

[SafyreSchool**]

Delete their cookies and internet history.

 

[SafyreSchool**]

My brother went to the basement of our house and talked with his girlfriend on the phone before he committed suicide. My sisters told me he was very paranoid and jumpy the past few weeks before it happened.

It always boggles my mind how people in relationships can commit suicide.
Really, your spouse didn't help you through it?
You're that unhappy, yet you have someone who loves you?
(no offense to your brother.)

It's especially ridiculous when they leave behind kids and families.

 

[Anung Un Rama]

They probably think about the relief of being dead and not having problems anymore. Or maybe practical problems like how to do it properly without just maiming yourself and making your life 1000x worse like this unfortunate fellow.

Pro tip: Don't try and kill yourself with a weed wacker.

 

[3pac]

delete his computer history before he did anything

 

[ralphc1]

Try to complete my hit list.

 

[ralphc1]

They probably think about the relief of being dead and not having problems anymore. Or maybe practical problems like how to do it properly without just maiming yourself and making your life 1000x worse like this unfortunate fellow.

There was a local guy that tried to kill himself with a shotgun and just blew half his face off.

 

[Protectandserve]

I've been on somewhere near a dozen completed suicides and probably 50+ attempted suicide calls. Jumpers, gunshots(pistols, shotguns,rifles), hangings, drownings, pills and poison.

Some leave notes, some just do it. Majority have warning signs and cries for help as well. Some have been really apologetic in their notes and some are very analytic in their approach.

Worst one I have seen was a dude who drank Drano, RIDIX, and rat poison.

 

[Street Level]

For what it's worth, I think it's pretty common for people to act much more cheerfully once they've made the decision.

Giving away possessions is another common sign.

This is exactly what I just saw recently.

 

[CyberRubberDuck]

Jump.

 

[BustaHimes]

Definitely feeling hopeless, depression is definitely the most powerful emotion. It can spiral a mind into dwelling on so many negative thoughts that it actually causes pain to the heart and soul.

After my mom suddenly passed I was close to the point of suicide on many occasions, but none closer than when my gf eventually broke up with me. I felt she was the last reason I was living for, even though I became so cold hearted, all I had was her love and when that was gone, well if it wasn't for my dad I wouldn't be here.

Sorry to try to put blame on females, but they are the reason for a lot of suicides in men. Having a broken heart can make you believe there is no reason to live any longer

 

[Wingslaught]

There was a local guy that tried to kill himself with a shotgun and just blew half his face off.

What's weird is that the old guy wanted to die and that freakish looking guy wants to live. Go figure.

 

[Youthanized]

I'd probably put on my WWHSTD bracelet.

 

[bcordova]

I remember hearing a comedian say that they would go into a horrible movie in its last weeks. And shoot himself but leave a note in his pocket that blames the horrible movie.

 

[closetfighter]

i thought that reddit co founder WAS clinically depressed. yeah, he was facing 30 years but you're mad if you think he'd actually serve that time. especially for hacking.

 

[closetfighter]

Definitely feeling hopeless, depression is definitely the most powerful emotion. It can spiral a mind into dwelling on so many negative thoughts that it actually causes pain to the heart and soul.

After my mom suddenly passed I was close to the point of suicide on many occasions, but none closer than when my gf eventually broke up with me. I felt she was the last reason I was living for, even though I became so cold hearted, all I had was her love and when that was gone, well if it wasn't for my dad I wouldn't be here.

Sorry to try to put blame on females, but they are the reason for a lot of suicides in men. Having a broken heart can make you believe there is no reason to live any longer

no problem can't be solved with a $20 whore, my friend.

 

[Satsui Ryu]

I've contemplated it seriously at times in my life. Planned it out thoroughly. I figured before I would do it I would take a vacation. Just take a week or two to do things I enjoy like hangout on the beach and reflect on my life.

Also thought about hitting up a legal brothel and knocking out a threesome before I die.

 

[Terror Zone]

I went through a period of drinking every day for several months thinking about it before I decided I'd had enough and it was time to end it, then I realized I didn't want to die without ever having done heroin. Became a full blown heroin addict for over a year before it escalated to shooting heroin and meth speedballs more than a half dozen times a day.

The first time I decided to end it, my tolerance was so out of control that ODing was more difficult than I realized. I never shot anything less than $40 of dope at a time. The whole time I had been a junkie, I wanted to start dealing to support my drug habit while still having enough cash to live in hotels and not be broke. Eventually I got to that point and still wasn't content with it so I said fuck it but the OD didn't kill me.

The second time was after I had been arrested, gone through drug classes, been clean for over a year, was working out, training again, etc. and I was still miserable all the time. I saw no point in living so once again I said fuck it, figured an OD would work the second time around as I no longer had a tolerance built up. While in my car I took a ton of Klonopin and slammed what should've been more than enough heroin to get it done, woke up hours later face down on the asphalt in handcuffs. On the way to jail, the cop told me he found me not breathing and at some point I just randomly started up again so he arrested me (instead of calling an ambulance for the guy he just found ODd and not breathing, I got charged with a felony for the nothing amount of dope I still had left in the bag).

Both times I wasn't particularly happy/relieved or sad/depressed or anything like that, I just felt completely cold and empty. They weren't spur of the moment decisions, I just genuinely had no desire to go on living. There was no catharsis to go along with it. I didn't feel like a weight had been lifted off my shoulders and I wasn't crying in unbearable despair, I was emotionless and focused on the task at hand. I consider both of those actions me at my most rational, it just turns out that heroin doesn't fucking kill me.

2 excellent tracks about trying to kill yourself unsuccessfully.

I love that Cage song, I also used to be obsessed with Suicidal Tendencies. Basically what I'm saying is good post, brah.