hello /lit/, plan on committing suicide in a few months, any must reads before then? I wouldn't call myself well read but I'm familiar with most of the canon

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Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:01:17 2015 No.7287795 [Reply] [Original]

hello /lit/, plan on committing suicide in a few months, any must reads before then? I wouldn't call myself well read but I'm familiar with most of the canon

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:04:37 2015 No.7287817 >>7287795 Why bother? It's not like you'll remember it.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:05:25 2015 No.7287825 no point in killing yourself its always too late

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:09:50 2015 No.7287851 >>7287817 well yeah, but the same could be said for reading in general. I'm just dying a bit sooner

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:12:11 2015 No.7287857 >>7287851 Yea, but at 25, I might have 50 years to reflect on a good book and change the errors of my ways. As you've already chosen your destiny, why waste your time reading?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:13:17 2015 No.7287860 1x1 by eecummings and Suicide by Edouard Leve.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:13:46 2015 No.7287862 omg why kill urself? U dn't care if u die? Go sky dive Climb mountain LIVE :) Read Cioran

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:14:46 2015 No.7287865 >implying your will to perpetuate your own existence won't interfere

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:15:35 2015 No.7287872 In Search Of Lost Time, seriously lives up to the hype. I think it's the best book ever written

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:16:58 2015 No.7287881 FUCK OFF U C K O F F

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:17:33 2015 No.7287885 >>7287857 because I like reading and I want to do things l like before I quit doing anything at all

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>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:23:29 2015 No.7287919 >>7287913 >>7287838 >3 of my favourite books are on that list >other 3 are on my immediate backlog should i be worried?

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:26:11 2015 No.7287932 >>7287795 Infinite Jest, of course

Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:27:06 2015 No.7287939
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If you actually are gonna do this, post here right before, so you can wire me your savings. I will use those funds to pursue a pure and literary life of reading/writing. Will also dedicate my first novel to you.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:28:50 2015 No.7287945 >>7287939 >savings of $32.46 Good luck with your literary lifestyle

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:32:34 2015 No.7287968 >>7287860 >Suicide by Edouard Leve. Just started this. it's fantastic in that the author is clearly aware of how suicide affects the loved ones of the deceased, but killed himself anyway.

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:37:20 2015 No.7287987 >>7287932 I've already read IJ

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:38:31 2015 No.7287990 >>7287939 yeah I don't really have much money so I can't help you there anon

>>	Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:46:54 2015 No.7288030 >>7287795 What's wrong anon? Don't kill yourself, it always gets better. I say this as a NEET with health issues and a shitty future ahead of me. Read Permutation City.

Anonymous Mon Oct 26 23:59:39 2015 No.7288113

>>7288030
that's a fairly broad question to answer NEETfriend. it's not like I have great reasons; how often do you hear about someone killing themself and thinking "you know what I totally understand that"? hopefully you know what I mean. at the very least I share in health issues and shitty future. not the same as you I'm sure but I sympathize. I'll check out your book.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:02:30 2015 No.7288133 >>7288113 Read Philosophical Investigations. There is no such thing as private language. You cannot have a feeling or thought that isn't capable of being understood by another human being.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:03:25 2015 No.7288137 >>7287932 read Darkness at Noon first. In fact, draw up a list of books written by people who committed suicide and read them. When you're done, you're done.

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:08:32 2015 No.7288167

>>7288113
I do know what you mean. I know what it's like to feel hopeless out of seemingly nowhere and see no end in sight to it. But it will get better, if not permanently, at least in bits and spurts. Like after reading a good book or eating something different. You'll briefly feel glad to be alive. Don't kill yourself, anon. Let time do that for you and instead read as much as you can in your natural lifetime.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:11:03 2015 No.7288181 >>7288133 I'm sure I can't but I'm pretty poor at communicating those thoughts and feelings. And there would be far too much context for another human being to truly understand how I feel. Particularly on a taiwanese knitting image board

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:19:58 2015 No.7288217

>>7288167
I truly hope you're right anon, I really do. I've had some good times but I've felt the way I have for a long time. I've never told anyone how bad I feel and I don't think I will, at least IRL. I don't want to burden other people with my problems. I appreciate your post though, truly

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:20:30 2015 No.7288220 how will you do it OP? myth of sisyphus - camus

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:23:01 2015 No.7288230

>>7287795
I tried to commit suicide, once - it didn't go as expected because of some things I did before (arrangements to make it seem an accident).
After treatment (therapy, antidepressants) things started to look not as bad as before - indeed, the thoughts of my life never improving were mine alone in a sort of self-destructive vicious circle (punishing me every time whatever happened).

tl;dr: stop romanticizing depression and get therapy, antidepressants too if needed
I've been through that. It can get better once you accept you're suffering a mental illness and you need to get treatment because you can't go on alone.

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:35:52 2015 No.7288280

>>7288220
plan on buying a gun when I'm home for winter break as gun laws are more relaxed in my state. dunno when exactly I'll execute but the plan is to say my goodbyes etc (without being too obvious as to arouse suspicion) then write my note in the middle of the night and drive somewhere secluded and beautiful. haven't decided where yet.

>>7288230
did it really work for you anon? I believe you, it's just that at the place I'm at now I can't see anything making me feel better and things just seem like they're always going to be this way. I know normal people don't feel this way and this isn't how one should be but it is how I am and I feel how I feel

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:36:28 2015 No.7288285 >>7287795 Read Ayn Rand and learn to love yourself and gain confidence anon, why you wanna kill yourself anyway?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:37:28 2015 No.7288287 >>7288280 The fact that you would even make this thread shows me you're not serious about killing yourself (not that you should be, its a waste of effort). You're trying to find attention in the spectacle of it.

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:42:21 2015 No.7288300

>Romans 2:7-9
>2 Thessalonians 1:9
> Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord, and from the glory of his power
If you think what I'm saying is stupid
>Matthew 5:22
>And anyone who says, 'You fool!' will be in danger of the fire of hell
Get help. If being drugged up on anti-depressants is enough for you not to kill yourself than that is well worth it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:43:08 2015 No.7288301 read the fucking sticky you stupid attentionwhore

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:45:24 2015 No.7288306 >>7288280 >did it really work for you anon? yes, but it takes time antidepressants start to work after ~15 days, it will go a few months before noticing an effect of therapy

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:50:00 2015 No.7288317

>>7287795
tell someone how you feel IRL. Isolation wrecks havoc on humans since we're social creatures. Get a pet, even a plant. The routine of taking care of something will help. If your sleeping pattern is fucked up(likely), fix it. Read at a certain time a day. get a schedule. I'd recommend reading some non-fiction, personally i like biology. Start with popsci books if you're not big on science.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 00:56:10 2015 No.7288341 >>7288280 no, go somewhere in the city where ur body will b found quick youre already being a dick to your fam/the ppl u love by planning to kill yourself, at least dont make it hard 4 them to find ur body

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 01:01:52 2015 No.7288361 >>7288280 "Can you no longer see a road to freedom? It's right in front of you! You need only turn over your wrists" -Seneca Read the stoics

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 09:13:37 2015 No.7289412 >>7287795 I think I'll commit suicide the day that I'll accomplish my goals, and I realize that I'm physically fucked. But before that I have a lot of things to do. Just do something useful, mate. Like bombing Israel or Washington DC.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 13:10:51 2015 No.7290220 >>7288280 you're such a attention craved idiot >>7289412 hello FBI

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 13:16:57 2015 No.7290238 The Myth of Sisyphus by Camus

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 13:23:13 2015 No.7290258 >>7290238 I tried reading this and I couldn't understand it. I've read The Stranger but no philosophy so maybe thats the reason. I'm going to wait a couple of years because I'm too stupid now

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 14:00:52 2015 No.7290349

>>7287795

suicide is not an escape

you will experience the same pain in death as you will in life, for failure is obstinate, and so is the state of unconsciousness. the weight you are feeling right now will only be extrapolated upon passing

there is no escape from sisyphus and his wretched myth.

despair

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>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 14:42:04 2015 No.7290515 >>7287795 Why wait a few months? Do it tomorrow just sell all your stuff and send me all the money first

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 14:49:18 2015 No.7290555 try visiting a psychologist if possible. ask the i ching about your possition, in order to clear your thoughts.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:04:58 2015 No.7290614 >>7287795 Rick Strassman - DMT: The Spirit Molecule

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:09:23 2015 No.7290622 >>7287795 Basically /lit/'s version of a /b/ "kill myself boohoo" thread.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:10:02 2015 No.7290626 >>7287795 This painting is on my phone case. Its great.

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Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:29:39 2015 No.7290693

Why not just dedicate the rest of your natural life to reading if you enjoy it?

I see homeless people at my library all the time. They just sit there to keep warm and make me feel uncomfortable while I'm looking for a book near where they're sitting, but you could read.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:33:36 2015 No.7290707 >>7287885 >likes doing things > wants to kill self and never do things again Anon pls

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:35:35 2015 No.7290715 >>7288217 >doesn't want to burden other people >wants to kill self It's getting worse, anon

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:38:20 2015 No.7290728 >>7288280 >I know normal people don't feel this way and this isn't how one should be but it is how I am and I feel how I feel Would you also say that if you were suffering from broken limbs and refused to get medical help?

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:38:26 2015 No.7290731 Read Cioran and Camus, if you want to kill yourself after that still, I can't help.

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 15:51:50 2015 No.7290782
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>did it really work for you anon? I believe you, it's just that at the place I'm at now I can't see anything making me feel better and things just seem like they're always going to be this way. I know normal people don't feel this way and this isn't how one should be but it is how I am and I feel how I feel

I know that feel. Meds really can work, but it might take a couple tries. I highly recommend feeling around until you find some digestible science and then consuming tons of it. Solid knowledge about the world can be soothing.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 17:19:01 2015 No.7291147 >>7288285 The guy said he had 5 months, why would he waste his time on boring tomes? Stop pushing this Ayn Rand meme, she is shit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 17:23:16 2015 No.7291172 >>7291147 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kaLLy-U8MkI

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 20:16:00 2015 No.7291902 >>7287795 the Bhagavad Gita

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 20:17:49 2015 No.7291911 >>7287795 Read the Myth of Sisyphus. Please don't kill yourself anon, life can be beautiful at times too.

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 21:25:05 2015 No.7292164

>>7287919
Yes, because it means you have similar taste to an anon who made a nonsensical chart. I've literally never heard someone satisfactorily explain that chart, they all spout out stupid things like it's all depressing literature, which shows a lack of understanding of The Street of Crocodiles, or they claim it's books after which you can stop reading anything else, which is completely arbitrary.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 21:49:38 2015 No.7292286 Start with the Greeks and work your way up to the present, then your job will be done, then you can cash in your chips.

Anonymous Tue Oct 27 21:57:19 2015 No.7292328

>>7287795
If you're gonna peace, I would recommend doing cooler shit than reading a few books. Skydive, take out a massive loan and buy whatever the fuck you want, travel to some wicked spots, fuck a few whores in Amsterdam, do every drug you can think of, etc. You might find something you like enough to extend your life for a bit.

>>	Anonymous Tue Oct 27 22:00:05 2015 No.7292336 >>7288030 What health issues? Just wondering because I have some of my one and want to see if we're the same person separated by ineffable planes of existence but can communicate only through cyberspace

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Anonymous Wed Oct 28 00:21:39 2015 No.7292868

In my summer job the more senior employees (i.e. had been there a few months) got to go on "bio" jobs scraping up the brains of smartasses like you OP. When you go, have a thought for the dude who has to clean that shit up, lay down some newspaper please? When they do it on mattresses it is a goddamn nightmare.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 00:23:02 2015 No.7292874 File: 87 KB, 678x461, unbelievable victory.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] >>7292350 woah, fucking brave

Anonymous Wed Oct 28 00:48:53 2015 No.7292966

>>7288181
God damn, I was thinking of recommending Good Old Neon, a short story by DFW, before I read this post. But man, after reading this post, now I'm convinced it's right for you.

Then again, since you've apparently already read Infinite Jest, I'm guessing you've probably read Good Old Neon too. If not, though, definitely read it.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 03:30:14 2015 No.7293411 the sunset limited

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 10:00:25 2015 No.7294095 >>7287862 >read Cioran That has to be the randomest thing I have ever seen on /lit/, how would you even know about him? >inb4 Romanian fag

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 10:25:09 2015 No.7294148 >>7294095 >not knowing Cioran appears pretty reliably in threads like this He's not meme-tier, but I'd say about halfway there.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 12:16:42 2015 No.7294414 >>7287825 This exactly. You've only to stand in the face of your realization that the continuation of life is in itself a means to revel in the absurdity of life. Grasp it by the horns, man. Listen to Camus.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 12:23:51 2015 No.7294428 >>7287795 Myth of Sisyphus by Camus tbh

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 12:33:14 2015 No.7294438 Lol Camus is literally reddit-tier >literature board >guy who wants to kill himself >the best a bunch of supposed aesthetes and serious literary types can come up with is Camus Embarrassing

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 12:38:45 2015 No.7294452 >>7294438 You mean, people are recommending a popular philosophical essay which explicitly deals with why you shouldn't kill yourself? Wow! Outrageous. Have you even read it?

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 12:39:50 2015 No.7294454 >>7294438 *Embaressing

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 13:04:28 2015 No.7294522 >>7290622 slightly less cancerous

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 13:08:39 2015 No.7294538 >>7291172 this movie is based

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 13:14:01 2015 No.7294557 >>7294452 >le imagining sysiphus happy maymay

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 13:17:25 2015 No.7294563 >>7294454 *I'mbareassing

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 13:30:57 2015 No.7294608 >>7294557 That's a pretty convincing counter-argument you've got there anon.

>>	Anonymous Wed Oct 28 13:36:38 2015 No.7294632 Hurry up and kill yourself now, you shitbag.

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