Does this person have a reason to stay alive?

- Child abuse
- Domestic violence
- Attempted higher education but school was found to be non-accredited so that lead nowhere
- S*xually assaulted multiple times
- Attempted school a second time but couldn't afford to keep attending (no loans or grants)
- Abusive relationships
- Diagnosed with chronic illness
- Trouble keeping jobs because of illness
- Bipolar disorder makes relationships difficult
- Family has nothing to do with them
- They can't afford a roof over their head

Doesn't this person have a right to "opt out"?

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MyMonstersAreReal · F

I’ve lived a lot of this too, and I want you to know I’m not reading this from a distance. I’ve asked myself that same question in some very dark moments — when it felt like life had taken far more than it ever gave back. When the losses just kept piling up and it felt cruel to expect someone to keep going.

What I see here isn’t a person who failed or gave up. I see someone who was hurt over and over and still woke up the next day. Someone who tried — school, relationships, stability — and kept getting knocked down by things completely out of their control. That kind of exhaustion changes a person. It makes the world feel unbearably heavy.

Wanting an escape from that pain makes sense. It doesn’t mean you don’t have value or that your life is disposable. It means you’re human and you’re hurting. Deeply.

I wish you hadn’t had to be this strong. I wish you had been protected, supported, believed, and loved the way you deserved. Even if it doesn’t feel true right now, your existence still matters — not because of what you produce or endure, but simply because you are here.

You’re not alone in these thoughts, and you don’t have to carry them by yourself.