Discussion If there would be a chance to erase yourself from past, present and future, would you do that

[RadiantNumber]

I do not talk about time travel, but possibility to erase yourself completely from the universe, all your traces, memories - yours and people near You, influence upon others etc
Like you never existed in this universe and this time line

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Oh hell yeah! I'd definitely do that! That would be a dream come true!

 

[RadiantNumber]

Oh hell yeah! I'd definitely do that! That would be a dream come true!

I hope maybe one day it would be possible

 

[avoid_slow_death]

Honestly, I want to completely reverse time and have never existed at all so as to give my parents another chance at not fucking up their lives at such a young age. Also, to negate all the bad things I have done that made people's lives worse. My nonexistentence would be a net benefit to others.

 

[RadiantNumber]

Honestly, I want to completely reverse time and have never existed at all so as to give my parents another chance at not fucking up their lives at such a young age. Also, to negate all the bad things I have done that made people's lives worse. My nonexistentence would be a net benefit to others.

I don't know if erasing will be better than just reversing time and don't allowing to be born.

 

[avoid_slow_death]

I don't know if erasing will be better than just reversing time and don't allowing to be born.

Probably the same thing theoretically, I just find comfort in a fantastical "rewind" system that allows a different choice to be made. Likely to play out the same, but there's that chance it could be different this time. I honestly care more about the impact our lives have on others than the impact life has on me personally. Not that I DON'T care about the impact to me, I just feel the impact on others is more important.

 

[L'absent]

One day not far away the entire human species will become extinct. In that moment everything will be as if everything had never been. A giant RESET button will delete every trace forever. So I don't feel the need to anticipate the cancellation... it will be a physiological process. The end of human megalomania.

 

[RiverOfLife]

Absolutely. I don't believe that I have done enough good to make my existence worthwhile. And I certainly have not had enough joy to make living worthwhile.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

Yes! This is precisely what I want. I wish I could make my existence be such that I never existed at all

 

[katara]

One day not far away the entire human species will become extinct. In that moment everything will be as if everything had never been. A giant RESET button will delete every trace forever. So I don't feel the need to anticipate the cancellation... it will be a physiological process. The end of human megalomania.

might not happen because the rich want to colonize Mars, also is that Spender Reid in your pfp? Looks like him but ai generated

 

[Abbadab]

Yes. If I could know I wouldn't be hurting anyone, CTB'ing would be almost painless to me emotionally.

 

[L'absent]

might not happen because the rich want to colonize Mars, also is that Spender Reid in your pfp? Looks like him but ai generated

Human beings cannot even make reliable weather forecasts beyond the third day. Where does he want to go? Fantasizing is free, let the rich continue to dream.

 

[FuneralCry]

I'm personally always wishing to erase my existence, all I want is for it to be like I never suffered at all, I'm so tired of suffering in this cruel, futile existence that is always so deeply undesirable to me, all I hope and wish for is to never exist again. Being able to erase my existence would solve everything for me, to me existence will always feel like such a terrible mistake, I wish this existence was never imposed more than anything, I find it so dreadful and torturous to simply be conscious in this existence, I'd always prefer to not exist than prolong the suffering this existence causes, I just wish for some peace.

 

[nomoredolor]

In a heartbeat.
Anna

 

[Archness]

Honestly the only thing is that I might "Miss" some stuff, but if I negate being able to "Miss" it to begin with it'd be pretty straight forward. I wish I could have never been born, but thinking about it, if I, existing, had to press a button to cause that, then....
Ah, that aside, I answered yes.

 

[LostLily]

Yes, please remove my existence. I have done nothing worthwhile to warrant it.

 

[Forever Sleep]

It would be so much easier if I never existed.

I feel like there are a few primary motives for wanting this. Firstly, that we wouldn't have suffered all the crap we have in our lives and, we wouldn't be faced with the (very likely) pain and fear of killing ourselves if we want to stop it.

I think it's also a lot to do with other people though. I imagine a lot of people want this option because they don't want their suicide to hurt others. If they never existed to begin with, there'd be nothing to miss. I think that's an important thing to acknowledge. That suicidal people do recognise that it can be traumatic for those left behind and- we so desperately want to avoid that. To the extent that we'd perhaps even forsake some of the nicer experiences of being alive in order to spare them that grief.

I wish people would understand that suicidal people don't want to be selfish and inflict pain/ grief on others a lot of the time. They'd much rather have not been brought to this position in the first place.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

if i commit suicide , 1 nano-second after my brainstem dies i cease to exist forever. from my view point then nothing exists nor ever existed. Any memories i had are only stored in my brain. once that brain dies those memories can never be accessed again so all memory of me existing will be gone as if i never existed according to me or my viewpoint.. nothing will trully matter to me then after my brain dies. nothing matters to me now exc ept avoiding extreme suffering , unbearable pain bad problems and then other kinds of suffering and getting to my suicide asap. But after Death nothing will matter . the universe is expanding into nothingness everything will die and disapear foreever as if nothing ever existed. of course that doesn't solve my problems now . only me killing myself will solve my problems and avoid me suffering badly . so i can't wait for years to die and suffer naturally nor do i want to live another minute anyway even if i were a billionaire i wouldn't want to live another minute i can't stand existence and DNA based life and this world that much.


certainly when asleep in a dreamless sleep i don't exist to me , nothing exists to me all the time i'm sleeping without dreams. so why then don't people freak out when you are not existing while sleeping and nothing exists to you at that time during sleep? why is it so bad that you or nothing exists ? it's not to me non-existence is the best thing to me . the problem is that while alive i will exist again and be able to suffer continous unbearable pain . while after Death i won't exist ever again and so can't suffer any kind of pain. so they have most believing living is better than non-existence which is illogical to me . non-existence is better because i can't suffer extremely , nor feel unbearable pain , no bad memories , no problems ever : how is that bad ? it's not . to me existence is an abomination beyond words.

if i commit suicide , 1 nano-second after my brainstem dies i cease to exist forever. from my view point then nothing exists nor ever existed. Any memories i had are only stored in my brain. once that brain dies those memories can never be accessed again so all memory of me existing will be gone as if i never existed according to me or my viewpoint.

all thinking ,consciousness ,feelings etc are caused only by my brain. after that brain dies i can never have any thoughts , experiences again. and the best thing is i can't ever suffer unbearable pain, extreme suffering bad problems bad memories nothing bad ever again. so non-existence is the best thing by a trillion times better than anything.

certainly when asleep in a dreamless sleep i don't exist to me . where do i go? i disapear. so that i exist is only a construct of my brain. when that brain dies i can never exist again.

Joscha Bach says we don't continously exist even while alive.


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[iloveyouihateyou]

if i could push a button right now to not exist, without a doubt i would. i wish voting on this poll could've done that for me tbh

 

[LittleJem]

YEEES yes please

 

[Unleashtherain]

CTRL ALT DEL

 

[-nobodyknows-]

Yes.

 

[TheHolySword]

Maybe. It sounds kind of ideal. But I like the thought that I have at least done some good in this world for my younger brother. Some days I wish he never had to know me, but other days I'm glad he will remember me

 

[Invisible23]

Yes without a second thought

 

[RosebyAnyName]

It would save me a lot of embarrassment.