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lostonearth35
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07 Jan 2025, 11:53 pm

Will I stop my heart and die?



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08 Jan 2025, 12:04 am

No, at best you'll get a bruise.

Suicidal idealization as a coping mechanism for stresses one lacks better coping mechanisms for isn't a good reason to follow through on killing one's self. I'd work on improving your selection of coping mechanisms so that this ceases to be the default.


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08 Jan 2025, 3:35 am

lostonearth35 wrote:
Will I stop my heart and die?


It won't help and won't be half as fun as you imagined.


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08 Jan 2025, 4:08 am

Several years ago, a sheriff elsewhere who grew up in my county died from being hit in the chest while he was trying to stop a bar fight.

Whether or not you can hit yourself in the chest that hard might be questionable.