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Too_Many_Years

Too_Many_Years

Future Corpse
Dec 18, 2024
15
Late 30s and ive felt this way since I was 15. Failed attempts in the past. Scared I will fail again if i try. People rely on me but I'm broken. I have been for ages. Torn between just living for others and not hurting them or doing something for me.
 
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JoysoftheEmptiness

JoysoftheEmptiness

Experienced
Sep 10, 2024
233
You live life for yourself not others. Like you, I was broken a long time ago, life does indeed suck.
 
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LukaParrot

LukaParrot

Student
Dec 18, 2024
158
Give yourself a chance... +10 years.... late 30s you can still have a good life... If you can.... a new job, new people, a fresh try can help a lot. Some people may seen friends but can be a bad influence.
 
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divinemistress36

divinemistress36

Angelic
Jan 1, 2024
4,713
Im late 30s to depressed since I was 15 also
 
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SomewhereAlongThe

SomewhereAlongThe

So where's the bus stop?
May 17, 2024
334
It's going to have to be up to you. Nobody can tell you if you should die or live, but ultimately you need to feel the purpose you choose to have in life is fulfilling enough.
 
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Permanoir

Permanoir

Student
Dec 29, 2024
123
I think you should live for others as a motivation to actually continue living (if you want to) not to live for others because it's some type of obligation. You have the final say
 
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cotton

cotton

Member
Nov 6, 2024
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Late 30s and ive felt this way since I was 15. Failed attempts in the past. Scared I will fail again if i try. People rely on me but I'm broken. I have been for ages. Torn between just living for others and not hurting them or doing something for me.
Yepp
 
sunsetting

sunsetting

Student
Jun 9, 2021
100
You must really love the ones who rely on you else you'd have snapped before. No one deserves to be in this situation as you're not even living at all it's just torture and it's eating you from the inside.
 
nomoredolor

nomoredolor

Specialist
Sep 7, 2024
370
Late 30s and ive felt this way since I was 15. Failed attempts in the past. Scared I will fail again if i try. People rely on me but I'm broken. I have been for ages. Torn between just living for others and not hurting them or doing something for me.
You don't have to make a decision right now. You can take it one day at a time and tell yourself that each additional day you live is a gift from you to your loved ones. Even if you do end up Ctb someday you will have gifted them additional days. ❤️❤️‍🩹
Anna
 
FuneralCry

FuneralCry

Just wanting some peace
Sep 24, 2020
43,505
Trying to die going wrong is also what I'd fear, it's just so cruel to me how such could happen, I understand feeling so tired of suffering. But anyway I wish you the best.
 
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Forever Sleep

Earned it we have...
May 4, 2022
12,199
I feel in a similar position except, no previous attempts. 44 now, ideation since I was 10.

I know for me that I can't do it to my Dad. Not that he relies on me financially (I alone struggle to rely on me financially!) but emotionally, I don't feel like I could do it to him.

I think it has to depend on how you feel though. Whether you feel like you can go on. For now, I do (just) but- that could change.

If you know in your heart that you're stuck here though, then I think you need to find ways to make it more bearable if you can. Longer- term that is. Not quick fixes that help in the moment but, hurt longer term.

I found myself being strict with exercising most of the year. Even though I detest it while I'm doing it, it helped me physically and mentally. I know it's something I'm going to have to force myself to do again soon. Are there things you think you could do to make life more tolerable?
 

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