Discussion Do you feel guilty for feeling suicidal? Poll

[Forever Sleep]

I've just read a post by a member saying they feel guilty for having suicidal thoughts. I didn't want to mention them without their permission.

Still, it intrigued me. Do other people feel like this? I can't say I feel guilty about having the thoughts themselves. I feel like life is justifiably shit enough for anyone to reasonably consider they want out. I do feel guilt about acting on the thoughts though and the affect it may have on others. What are your feelings?

 

[ropearoundatree]

I used to feel, "more-guilty" than I do now! ...but you've for the most part, summed up my experiences & my mindset about it as I currently sit. If I don't wait for some family members to pass, then it will be tragic for them. But outside of that, and I guess my sibling too. Then there really isn't anybody to cry or shed a tear over me (& my loss).

& hopefully~ I shouldn't have to wait: too much, longer! ;)

 

[rozeske]

No, absolutely not! I feel like an unfortunate victim for having them or for likely acting on them. I believe the guilt may partly come from being in a situation where most would be grateful to have...I don't know, it might spark thoughts of 'should I even be feeling suicidal when I have all of this' kind of things......it's different though when you don't have "all of this".

 

[Praestat_Mori]

No, I don't feel guilty for having suicidal thoughts. When it comes to an attempt I also wouldn't say that I feel guilty. How could I feel guilt for sth that will relief me?

Idk how to describe my feelings about, what others (family/loved ones/friends) will feel but I wouldn't say that is a feeling of guilt - it's a part of SI.

 

[bestroper]

Not at all my life my choice

 

[lizzywizzy09]

I feel guilty about the circumstances leading to these thoughts and the heartache I'll leave behind when/if I act on them.

 

[N33dT0D13]

Yes to both, many deal with worse circumstances than I do without wanting to kill themselves because I'm just weak, and I know me disappearing would make some people sad, I've just made peace with it because they will get over it and move on.

 

[Ramsay Fiction]

I used to feel guilty and now when I'm confronted with "but people love you" or anything else like that I just get angry.

 

[VoidedExistence]

Not at all.

 

[Username1359751]

Was that person me lol? I don't remember if I had a post about that.

 

[Fate]

Why should I feel sorry, I had no choice being bought into this life.

 

[highwaytoheaven]

im a christian and I don't feel guilty at all. im the one in pain here.

In the bible it says thou shalt not murder but ive heard stories of people making it into heaven, and the proof is when they appeared to their loved ones in dreams saying that they are in heaven now.

 

[davidtorez]

No. I didn't ask to be born, so I can check out on my time.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Was that person me lol? I don't remember if I had a post about that.

No, it was a post I read this morning over in the 'Sanctuary' section. You know how reading one thing makes you think of creating your own post?

 

[SoulWhisperer]

I don't feel guilty because I don't really care about most things, I just hope what I feel is genuine because I struggle with identity and stuff.

 

[destinationlosangel]

No guilt. Just regret holding on even when things had been so bad in the past

 

[CantDoIt]

The thoughts, no. The action, yes. I know I will devastate some people and that really upsets me I don't know if that or SI makes it harder to consider.

 

[bugs_for_brains]

i feel guilty bc its gonna upset my family. Sometimes I don't feel guilt about hurting my parents because they've hurt me so much and never seem to notice/care and always find a way to defend themselves when confronted so sometimes when im angry I feel like "lol try and find a way to excuse this" but most of the time thats not how I feel hence why im waiting for one of them to die first so she doesnt have to deal with it. And aside from them, my little sister has never done anything to me and I feel guilty because we're very close and shes been treated even worse by our parents so I know when im gone she'll be messed up severely. I've considered waiting until she can move out but doesn't seem realistic at all given our situation

 

[Tarrasque]

I don't know if this is just me but people work very hard to make me feel guilty for it, and I guess over time it's worked to some degree. I guess they're just doing their best to try and keep me alive. I also don't want to leave people grieving but that's peanuts compared to having a person suffer for decades.

 

[onbekend]

I used to not feel guilty until just recently when I found out that I am becoming an uncle soon. I sort of wanna delay my CTB date (tomorrow morning) because of this but we'll see.

 

[3/4Dead]

So much guilt. Feel like I owe everyone something to make up for it but I have no idea what.

 

[LunarLight]

Yes, I do, because I feel like I shouldn't feel this way given my objective standards of living.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

Surprisingly no. I feel far guiltier that I haven't acted on my suicidal thoughts and done the world a favor.