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The Best Reason I Have Ever Found Not To Kill Myself

stick around, it pisses people off

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Hanne Blank Boyd
Jan 13, 2024
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The first time I can remember wanting to be dead was when I was 8. There might have been earlier times, but I don’t remember them. It’s not actually important.

What’s important is that although I have wanted to be dead many many times in my life, and have also actively wanted to kill myself, I haven’t. My brain tells me fairly often that it would be a…

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