If you could choose to have never been born...

[Yumunum]

I don't mean to imply that you are seeking sympathy and apologize if you think that's what my post communicated. However, I must say that what I wrote and what the individual (KnightWRX) with whom you quoted me wrote, are entirely different things with entirely different tones.

Let me clarify, what I mean to convey is that I'm curious as to what spurred you to pose this question in the first place. I think you would admit that it's not a general question of conversation. Typically those that are pondering the notion of "never having been born" are doing so from a place of deep reflection or personal pain. As a professional therapist I was simply wondering what about your life or circumstances has brought you to the place of pondering such things.

I apologize for grouping your quote in with KnightWRX's. I first attached all three of the quotes in my post because they were related, but obviously my response below you and KnightWRX's quotes was only directed at KnightWRX.


Yep, I know it's not a common type of question. It's definitely due to personal pain. Your idea is correct!

 

[Mousse]

What would you decide? Imagine that at any moment now you could choose for reality to change, and you'd be gone.

The real question here, is do you want to exist, or not. Keep in mind this wouldn't harm anybody in your life, because you wouldn't've ever been here. This wouldn't be the same as suicide, though similar. So knowing that you could get out of the life you have now, what would you choose?

That's not how it worked in It's a Wonderful Life.

As for what I'd choose, easy. This world has dumped on me more times than I can count, always getting the short end of the stick. I want PAYBACK!!! To quote the greatest shoe man ever: "They're happy. Not a care in the world. You think I'm gonna let that happen, after all the grief they've put me through? I want to live!"

 

[KnightWRX]

Yep, I know it's not a common type of question. It's definitely due to personal pain. Your idea is correct!

Hence, talk to someone close to you. Suicidal thoughts are no laughing matter, and a call for help on an Internet forum is not going to give you the support you need in these trying times. Don't wait until you go through with it.

 

[Tomorrow]

For me it's a no-brainer. To choose between being able to look at my family and feel that amount of love, or to never have felt it at all? It makes the question border on ridiculous.

 

[firestarter]

If it wasn't for me experiencing you, none of you would be here.

So I choose to exist, for your sakes.

 

[Apple fanboy]

Can I chose for other people to never have been born? I have a very long list but for legal reasons shouldn't name them here.

BUT YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE!

 

[Melrose]

Continue. I've made mistakes, some serious. But I am able to make changes, and also have the capability of doing good and effecting the lives of others around me for the better - humans and animals. Plus, I don't believe this life is all there is..

 

[Orange Furball]

I would probably not want to be here if it wasn't for the internet. A lot of people around my area are just plain mean. But, after you get past trolls, there are some nice people to chat with. And if you say something wrong you just disappear. And live on under a new alias.

I'm sure if the internet wasn't here I would be OK, but pretty depressed.

 

[avro707]

I would probably not want to be here if it wasn't for the internet. A lot of people around my area are just plain mean. But, after you get past trolls, there are some nice people to chat with. And if you say something wrong you just disappear. And live on under a new alias.

I'm sure if the internet wasn't here I would be OK, but pretty depressed.

Just ride over all of it. You are better than they are. Go run somewhere or ride a bike, then you'll be too exhausted to worry about what the trolls say or think.

At one stage, I might have pondered the question the OP has posed, but now I won't. I know how to manage those thoughts.

 

[Plutonius]

OK I'll bite, as compared to what? Any idea how an alternate life might be better or worse?

An incredibly silly poll. The smart participants voted "not sure".

I think the smart participants voted "I would continue my life" .

Even if you had a bad past, it's what you make of your life now and in the future that really counts (i.e. you can make the life you are living the best).