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SwiftlySynth

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The long and short of it, in the last three years I've lost both of my parents, my dad I had to make the choice to let him die a slow death, I lost a good friend, my wife got pregnant with our second child, but after he was born my wife became severely mentally ill. Post partum psychosis and bipolarism did a number on her to the point that she was ignoring our newborn, refused to get help, I initiated divorce proceedings and she had to leave the house for the safety of our children (14, 1.5). On top of all of this, I'm losing my job soon.
Needless to say, all of this compounding grief, stress, depression, it's at a point now where I don't even want to continue on, which I feel awful for saying because my children should give me that drive but it's not there anymore.

I've been poking around these forums for almost three months without an account looking up various methods. I considered nitrogen, I can get access to everything I need for that method, but I don't want to leave such an obvious suicide for my children to have to deal with mentally. Not physically of course, I wouldn't do this around them or in a place where they'd find me.
So I've settled on carbon monoxide and a tent, I read about the success with that method in one of the more popular posts about it, I also see how often it accidentally happens to those on camping trips. Me going out for a night wouldn't be suspicious, and I'm going to do some testing to confirm my tent will do the job or if it needs to be modified. Single skin, that 3000 rating for water proofing, only thing I see being an issue is the vent at the top, which I'm looking into ways to seal it in a way that looks accidental.

The crux of all of this is that no matter how hard I try, it's going to be labeled a suicide. I'm sure I have some loose ends I'd be forgetting to tie off, a random search on my cell phone, the carbon monoxide analyzer I order from amazon will be an obvious sign that I knew what I was doing. I can't get around hurting my children, but I don't feel as if I can stick around for them.
I look at the future, and ask myself what I have to look forward to? Working until I drop? Cultivating pointless hobbies? Playing video games? Dating again? Nah, I've been on this planet nearing 40 years now, I've seen everything there is to see in one shape or form and I don't like it.

I love my children, I really do, leaving them makes me so fucking sad, but I shouldn't of had them. I've had insane delusions about my eldest wanting to ctb with me, not that I've talked to them about any of this, but knowing they'd be free from pain and suffering with me, would bring some comfort as fucked up as that sounds. It's just another reason why I should continue down the path I've chosen.
 
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bankai

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I'm very sorry for all your suffering.

One question though,
So you have A 14 year old and a 1 1/2 year old. How will they fend for themselves once you're gone?
How will they support themselves?

Also, thirteen years after having your first kid, you had another one. Why? Surely these problems started to crop up before that?Couldn't you have decided not to have the second kid?

I'm just trying to understand, please don't mind if it seems accusatory.
 
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SwiftlySynth

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I'm very sorry for all your suffering.

One question though,
So you have A 14 year old and a 1 1/2 year old. How will they fend for themselves once you're gone?
How will they support themselves?

Also, thirteen years after having your first kid, you had another one. Why? Surely these problems started to crop up before that?Couldn't you have decided not to have the second kid?

I'm just trying to understand, please don't mind if it seems accusatory.
You're fine, accuse away. This is a shitty situation and I'm a shitty person for considering this.

There's one set of friends that said if something were to ever happen to me, they'd take them. If that didn't pan out it'd be foster homes... We have no family that'd step up that haven't told me to pound sand.

He was a surprise for sure, nothing planned. My wife showed no symptoms and was extremely excited for the baby, nothing was out of the ordinary. It wasn't long after she gave birth things went downhill, fast. Her screaming at me, accusing me of things I didn't do, she stopped pulling her weight and moved everything out into the garage. She would only watch our newborn from the baby monitor and come in to change him/feed him.

I guess I remembered the joy my first one gave me and I wanted that again, but without my partner here, with everything on top of having a child, I didn't take that in to consideration. I was/am an idiot.
 
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bankai

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You're fine, accuse away. This is a shitty situation and I'm a shitty person for considering this.

There's one set of friends that said if something were to ever happen to me, they'd take them. If that didn't pan out it'd be foster homes... We have no family that'd step up that haven't told me to pound sand.

He was a surprise for sure, nothing planned. My wife showed no symptoms and was extremely excited for the baby, nothing was out of the ordinary. It wasn't long after she gave birth things went downhill, fast. Her screaming at me, accusing me of things I didn't do, she stopped pulling her weight and moved everything out into the garage. She would only watch our newborn from the baby monitor and come in to change him/feed him.

I guess I remembered the joy my first one gave me and I wanted that again, but without my partner here, with everything on top of having a child, I didn't take that in to consideration. I was/am an idiot.
I know crazy things do happen in life that aren't always up to us. Is there a life insurance for yourself you can take with the kids as a beneficiary?
 
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SwiftlySynth

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I know crazy things do happen in life that aren't always up to us. Is there a life insurance for yourself you can take with the kids as a beneficiary?
None that would cover me for if I voluntarily ctb.
 
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bankai

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None that would cover me for if I voluntarily ctb.
Are you sure? Please check in your local area. Most insurance plans actually cover suicide after a period of one year. You can Google it too.
 
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SwiftlySynth

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Are you sure? Please check in your local area. Most insurance plans actually cover suicide after a period of one year. You can Google it too.
I feel awful for thinking "I can't do another year" ...
 
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I'm a mother of two in my 30's.
My entire existence is just a mess and they deserve better. So I don't feel shame for my plans. I believe them to be a good thing.
 
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bankai

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I feel awful for thinking "I can't do another year" ...
A year is nothing. You can definitely get through it. Just take the year to collect and plan through a good method. You need information anyway. Time is your friend.

Suicide isn't easy. Survival instinct isn't An easy thing to overcome, and who knows whether the method will even succeed the first time.Just saying you need to consider all this.Might be a good idea to at least look into a policy.
 
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NoPoint2Life

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The long and short of it, in the last three years I've lost both of my parents, my dad I had to make the choice to let him die a slow death, I lost a good friend, my wife got pregnant with our second child, but after he was born my wife became severely mentally ill. Post partum psychosis and bipolarism did a number on her to the point that she was ignoring our newborn, refused to get help, I initiated divorce proceedings and she had to leave the house for the safety of our children (14, 1.5). On top of all of this, I'm losing my job soon.
Needless to say, all of this compounding grief, stress, depression, it's at a point now where I don't even want to continue on, which I feel awful for saying because my children should give me that drive but it's not there anymore.

I've been poking around these forums for almost three months without an account looking up various methods. I considered nitrogen, I can get access to everything I need for that method, but I don't want to leave such an obvious suicide for my children to have to deal with mentally. Not physically of course, I wouldn't do this around them or in a place where they'd find me.
So I've settled on carbon monoxide and a tent, I read about the success with that method in one of the more popular posts about it, I also see how often it accidentally happens to those on camping trips. Me going out for a night wouldn't be suspicious, and I'm going to do some testing to confirm my tent will do the job or if it needs to be modified. Single skin, that 3000 rating for water proofing, only thing I see being an issue is the vent at the top, which I'm looking into ways to seal it in a way that looks accidental.

The crux of all of this is that no matter how hard I try, it's going to be labeled a suicide. I'm sure I have some loose ends I'd be forgetting to tie off, a random search on my cell phone, the carbon monoxide analyzer I order from amazon will be an obvious sign that I knew what I was doing. I can't get around hurting my children, but I don't feel as if I can stick around for them.
I look at the future, and ask myself what I have to look forward to? Working until I drop? Cultivating pointless hobbies? Playing video games? Dating again? Nah, I've been on this planet nearing 40 years now, I've seen everything there is to see in one shape or form and I don't like it.

I love my children, I really do, leaving them makes me so fucking sad, but I shouldn't of had them. I've had insane delusions about my eldest wanting to ctb with me, not that I've talked to them about any of this, but knowing they'd be free from pain and suffering with me, would bring some comfort as fucked up as that sounds. It's just another reason why I should continue down the path I've chosen.
I just feel like I should warn you that this is an issue that Sasu users can become extremely passionate about. As in OP's can sometimes find themselves feeling worse after a post like this.
All I can say is I am childless and it sounds absolutely horrific to be in a situation like yours. It just makes everything so much more complicated and I really feel for you. There is no good answer.
I wish I had something insightful to say.
 
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SwiftlySynth

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I just feel like I should warn you that this is an issue that Sasu users can become extremely passionate about. As in OP's can sometimes find themselves feeling worse after a post like this.
All I can say is I am childless and it sounds absolutely horrific to be in a situation like yours. It just makes everything so much more complicated and I really feel for you. There is no good answer.
I wish I had something insightful to say.
Yeah I can see that, you write it down and see all the crappiness laid out, it sucks and makes you swim in it.
I've lost so much weight in the past two months from the stress, it's crazy.

Just replying is good, no need to be insightful.
 
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I wonder whether there is a way to have a trusted friend look after them for a while, so you can seek assistance to relieve you of the mental anguish, and maybe even feel better. Also, due to biology and physics, there is a finite lifetime for a person... hopefully conditions improve well before then.
 
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TBONTB

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May 31, 2025
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This is a tough, tough situation to be in. You described how deeply you feel your meaninglessness. I'm sending so much compassion for where you are sitting.

I think part of your planning could be thinking about the kids after...or thinking about how you can keep going with the kids until they hit independence. For sure it will be hard for them. So how can you help...can you stay around a bit longer? Can you provide life insurance? Can you have more specific arrangements of where they could go, perhaps getting that into a will?

I hope you can get some care ...self-care or from others. Things sound tough. May you have a day of kindness.
 
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InTheStars

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Maybe it's silly idea but how about making a TikTok account, start therapy and talk about it, talk about how you're raising your kids...People love to watch videos like that and you can earn money from the views. It could be your new job. Maybe there is a future you can see your kids grow up.
 
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May 7, 2025
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Without trying to be accusatory... how about a different thought.

Have you given thought on perhaps giving up your children now, before you go, to make sure they are taken care of? I've never had kids but I have been around younger relatives... I wish I could have had a girlfriend, a wife, maybe kids... but that is long out of the cards for me. At least one huge reason why I don't have pets is because I don't want even the last-minute guilt of leaving them behind to fend for themselves. If I had kids, I would have to push through it and survive somehow long enough to get them to adulthood and standing on their own. I wouldn't want to impart my psychosis on them by leaving them when they were most vulnerable.
 
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tulero

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probably your 14 yr old child will hate you for the rest of his life

the youngest is a different story, he will deal with it differently because he wont remember you that much

its your decision and only yours
 
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Kali_Yuga13

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Jul 11, 2024
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I don't know dude. Half the users of this site attribute their suicidality to bad and irresponsible parenting. A faction of them are outright anti-natalists and when you strip down their lofty philosophy around anti-natalism you'll often find a poor upbringing.

You are in the suicide section of this site where imploring people to stay alive is generally considered poor etiquette or inappropriate. That being said, this site isn't meant to encourage suicide willy nilly over life's ups and downs.

If I dare to say, your entire opening sentence about parents dying, friend dying, unexpected pregnancy etc sounds like an internal dialogue to rationalize your desire to suicide when at some level I think you know it's not rational. To me it reads as someone trying to convince themselves.

EVERYBODY that lives long enough will have to experience their parents death. EVERYBODY has friends that die. Suiciding because you had a child and it was an oopsie and you ain't feeling this life thing right now is a terrible reason to kys.

IDK about your personal life besides what you've said here. Can you go on unemployment, get your head straight and reenter employment?

Like the other person in this thread said, even if you don't suicide you should set up life insurance for your children. Having a kid at nearly 40 and now in a broken home already complicates their life.

I get it though. Feeing like you may be more of a burden alive. I highly recommend you read from the reddit sub r/SuicideBereavement to get an idea of what a child goes through when a parent suicides. It isn't pretty and it lasts a lifetime. In your case, because you have dependents who did not ask to be brought into this world and the mother's a head case, it is my personal belief that you should leave no stone unturned regarding recovery and do a massive amount of due diligence.

No one in their right mind would coddle you and say your reasons are good. Only extreme pro-moralists, human extinctionists or those abnormally absorbed in the right-to-die argument would say otherwise.

Anyways, welcome to SaSu. Sorry you made it here. I sincerely hope you make yourself at home and stay awhile if you find it helpful.. Lots of people biding their time here to support their family. Sometimes having a plan acts as a pressure relief valve even if you don't use it. Maybe sit with that for awhile. The thing about death is that you can always postpone it...until you can't. Until then, you can always die another day.

I've had insane delusions about my eldest wanting to ctb with me, not that I've talked to them about any of this, but knowing they'd be free from pain and suffering with me
Depending on how intense these delusions are you might need to consider turning them over to the care of someone else and possibly consider inpatient treatment for yourself (I say that as someone generally against psychiatry). It does have it's place at times.

I mean no offence to you at all. For the majority of the worlds population, no reason is good enough for suicide. Thus all of us have to reconcile being considered weak or immoral for wanting to leave this life. Even if we keep it secret many of us wonder how we'd be viewed posthumously. We are in the same boat in that regard. I appreciate your bravery to lay your cards on the table for where you're at in life as-is.
 
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