Have you ever considered suicide?

You go first, OP. What's your reason? Are you sick or going through a bad breakup?

I think about it at least once a day. Obviously, I'm too chickenshitted to do it.

Call a suicide hotline. Find a counselor . Try an anti-depressant.

Life is too short as it is.

Hugs, OP.

Thought about it many times, and attempted it once several years ago when when I was broke, homeless and drug addicted. Obviously I survived, and life has greatly improved.

I don't mean to sound trite, but situations do get better. I don't know what's going on with you in your life OP, but I wish you all the best.

[quote] situations do get better

Not all the time. Unless you mean that you come to acceptance of the situations and their worsening.

"I don't mean to sound trite, but situations do get better."

Except when they don't. And you don't sound trite. You sound mean. And dishonest. Or maybe just stupid.

Don't call a hotline, they will call the cops and then the cops show up and demand you get in an ambulance and then you go to the hospital and are held involuntarily for 48 hours and then released with a $10,000 or more hospital bill. that your insurance will balk at paying because you didn't pre-approve the admission.

This actually happens, hotlines must report you if they believe you will harm yourself.

[quote]Don't call a hotline, they will call the cops and then the cops show up and demand you get in an ambulance and then you go to the hospital and are held involuntarily for 48 hours and then released with a $10,000 or more hospital bill. that your insurance will balk at paying because you didn't pre-approve the admission.

Healthcare truly is fucked!

OP, I have considered, but very briefly. I thought about it when I couldn't get sober. I'd had many years of sobriety, and then I relapsed during a nasty break up. Thankfully, my AA friends pulled an intervention on me, and got me into rehab. I've stayed sober ever since, and I'm really pleased I didn't hurt myself.

It could have been much worse.

Reminded again how much people don't give a shit. Why stick around really?

People do, R10. I hope you're alright.

OP, As I've mentioned elsewhere:

All of the few survivors of a leap from the Golden Gate Bridge reported that the moment they let go, they regretted jumping.

R11 thanks man.

Yeah, lots of times.

Hope you're all good, op and R10.

I had a tough 3 or 4 (maybe 10 years) and yes, there were fleeting thoughts. I'm late 50s. So you tend to get a perspective. One perspective was stop comparing yourself to others. Another perspective was life is fleeting already. Another perspective was to keep on trying - fight the good fight - despite the odds.

Not saying it's a walk in the park.

Don't give in. Talk to someone. Find someone with skills to lift you up and help you.

We all need help. Even the strongest, most successful people have experienced the depths of despair.

Find that light and take the step tomorrow. Reflect.

Comfort.