Suicidal thoughts make every minute of the day a struggle. We are often left questioning why we are still here and what the future holds for us. We wonder how we can keep living a life that has been so hard. We wonder if we’ll ever get better and get the help we need. Mental health problems can be frustrating, isolating, and deathly.
However, there are people out there who understand and want to help. Here are 100 reasons as to why you should stay alive if you’re currently struggling!
- to have hugs that last more than a minute
- a smile from someone special
- melted chocolate
- ice cream on a hot day
- adventures with friends
- recovery
- stargazing
- watching a sunset
- laughing uncontrollably
- you’ve made it this far
- building forts
- eating fresh baked cookies
- bonfires and hoodies
- graduation
- pregnancy and new life
- finding a person you love
- late night adventures
- overcoming fears
- dancing in the rain
- walking through the countryside
- making friends with nature
- life is beautiful
- movie nights
- foot massages
- saturday mornings
- you have forever to be dead
- to be happy one day
- you’re beautiful
- you can make a huge difference on the world
- moving to a new place
- getting a pet
- new clothes at summer
- dancing without care
- picnics with friends
- long drives
- waking up late
- to prove them all wrong
- to love and be loved
- the ocean
- very loud music
- days out
- watching a concert/play
- reading your favourite book
- conversations that last all night
- to plan for the future
- to learn new things
- you are important
- christmas morning
- someday the pain will end
- warm baths
- the first snow of winter
- first kisses
- sand between your toes
- flowers in spring
- pyjamas after a hard, long day
- new bed sheets
- water balloon fights
- thrill of roller coasters
- meeting your favourite celebrities
- fireflies
- icecream
- days spent outside
- the sound of water
- visiting a place from childhood
- all the places you’ve never been
- music whilst driving
- to look back at all the shit you got through
- buying new clothes
- meeting internet friends in real life
- to succeed
- to work in the career you’ve always wanted
- baby laughter
- sleep
- a hot cup of tea
- rules to break
- to help someone
- smiling at strangers
- dreams
- the last day of school/work
- taking pictures
- brownies
- bubbles
- water slides
- going on holiday
- to fall asleep on someone
- to be protected
- to grow
- to make new memories
- to look back on old memories
- to laugh at childhood pictures
- sit with animals and nature
- to be loved by a pet
- swimming on a hot day
- the first signs of autumn
- to binge-watch a series
- to live independently
- to get somewhere in life
- to breathe
- to grow
- so that you can say that you’re alive
I feel like a let down compared to my sibling and that i can never be loved as much as she is. i feel hated and that no one loves or cares about me. or at least i did. until i met my best friend. she pulled me up and kept me up. she picked me up when fell. and slowly but surely im becoming happier. i guess you just have to find that special someone who makes you feel like your needed and loved and cared about. my cousin recently passed away at the age of 13 and i felt i couldnt live without him but then i realized i would put the people aroundd me in pain and my best friend would be lonely and sad. Your going to die at some point. why not live life to the fullest before then. Theres always someone out there for you.
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I have had depression since i was 6. I never really knew what it was. I was always sad or angry and i felt that i could never be happy. when i turned 17 i thought about taking my life. I akways intended to on my 17th birthday. but then i thought of all the happy memories in life. i thought of my friends and family. and how they finally after 17 years made me feel happy and wanted and loved and cared for. As Millie Montgomery said “you just have to find the person that makes your life absolutely untakeable” 2 years ago my sister was killed in a school shooting and i thought it would never be the same and it wasnt the same. i miss her so muh and i have dreams about her every night. I understand how it feels to feel alone. but you should never take your own life or think about it. when i did i thought for a second. i dont believe in god. but i do believe in a story my nana told me before she passed away. she used to tell me… “Heaven is where the angels who lived a life without suicide or murder or lies go. But if you commit suicide or you kill someone or you bully or even lie too much you go to hell. There once was a man named Christopher. He lived a life without any of these and he still went to hell. He asked god why he went to hell and god replied with you lost so many people in your life that when it was your time to die you thought about all the loss you experianced and you thought that you wanted to die. so if you didnt die u would have commited suicide. Cjristopher understood and nana said that god put him in heaven after that because he left his lesson.” so if you commit suicide or try to then learn your lesson aparently god will forgive you and send you to heaven. this was long comment so sorry. i appriciate this website. uh… peace
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I call bullshit on all of the 100 reasons to live!
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I have ALWAYS felt like so little compared to my sister. She was and has always been good at everything and she makes my parents proud, although she has had disagreements and bumps with them she was always so….perfect. She is so beautiful, so smart, her smile can stop a whole crowd, and she has everything that i wish i had. Everyday that i wake up until i go to sleep i always compare myself to her because i know that i could never be as good of a daughter as she is. I try my best to be positive all the time, how i used to be, but it’s so hard to be happy now. My family always tell me that I’m acting different and that I’m changing and I’m not acting like myself and it hurts because i know I’m not and they expect me to be happy because I’m young but I never feel like I’m enough. I always feel like a failure and sometimes i want to give up . And i try everyday to love the way I look but its so hard to pretend that im happy and carefree everyday.
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yoo this shit is fucked up how can i look back at the past when i am tired of the past and feel like dying because of the past
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Hello im a girl. Im 12 just 12. Im so tired i feel no reason to live. nothing to live for. But reading this brought tears to my eyes… I dont know yet if i will do it. I have already cut and hurt myself so what it a little more?
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Hi! I’m a girl. I’m 12 too, anonymous. Sometimes I feel like life would be better off if I were dead because of all the school drama and difficulties that I’ve been through in life so far. When I told someone about it a few days ago, for the very first time, they said that I was faking it. Faking depression and anxiety is messed up so I would never do that. I haven’t harmed myself physically but sometimes I picture myself committing suicide and it hurts.
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