r/AskReddit 1d ago

What stop you from killing yourself?

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u/Rare-Independent-341 1d ago

Someone finding my body. No one deserves to experience that.

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u/Background_Tower6226 1d ago

Same. I’ve met too many people who have found the bodies and I think it’d be incredibly selfish doing that to someone else. I don’t want my death to ruin someone else’s life.

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u/Moist_Ad_7580 1d ago

My best friend in Junior High found her Mother in the barn after she had hung herself. And one of our son’s best friends found his Father behind the barn after he shot himself with a shotgun. Horrible sights they will never forget.

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u/Nurse-Smiley 1d ago

agreed. the image of my daughters body hung in her closet is forever traumatizing… You do not recover from this.

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u/Moist_Ad_7580 23h ago

You have my deepest sympathy. We are now 75 but my friend can never forget that afternoon when she was 14 and found her Mother who had grown up best friends with my Mother. Her Dad had asked for a divorce, that he had fallen in love with someone else.

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u/Nurse-Smiley 23h ago

thank you. i’m so sorry. i can totally understand her trauma

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u/Garrden 22h ago

I'm so very sorry 💔

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u/Ander-son 16h ago

I'm so so sorry

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u/pawterheadfowEVA 15h ago

im sorry if this sounds insensitive but im js rly curious to know: same barn or separate barns?

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u/Moist_Ad_7580 7h ago

Totally separate farms by miles and miles and about 20 years difference. I just wanted to make a point about the consequences of our actions on your loved ones and friends you leave behind. And how much you will be missed in the community. Your life can help so many when you start to give of yourself. If you are only reading for an aged adult or tutoring a child after school. I had a complicated surgery with compromised rehab and recovery this year and I got to see firsthand how many people NEVER have anyone to visit or help them. A healthy body can contribute so much. Choose to make your life needed and appreciated by someone.