r/AskReddit • u/Aiden_and_Griswald • 1d ago

What stop you from killing yourself?

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u/justSmK 1d ago

The risk of surviving and remaining disabled for life

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u/adhesivepants 1d ago

This was big for me. I'd research methods and what would turn me off was not the "CALL FOR HELP" messages.

It was reading about how "Well you could overdose but you're more likely to wind up disabled and in serious pain than dead".

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u/PrudentMission8511 1d ago

Yep. Worried about accidentally paralyzing myself for life in the event of a failed hanging, or having permanent liver damage from eating 3 bottles of Tylenol (I am no longer suicidal)

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u/Capable-Self-809 22h ago

Yep, that's exactly what happened to a distant friend of mine. She threw herself out of the fourth story, went into a coma and ended up paralyzed since.. An insane tragedy..