Was listening to Adam Lanza’s old youtube videos several minutes ago and came across one of his weird arguments I find kinda fascinating I guess
One of the reasons he gave for not committing to killing himself sooner is that he still lacked the self discipline to commit suicide, but in the same sense a cocaine addict lacks the self discipline to stop.
Like a cocaine addict, in the rare occasions they aren’t high, actually hate the addiction they have & want to stop, convincing themselves that this is the last line they will snort and that afterwards they will feel better & stop. But actually they just end up feeling worse, and more importantly, lack the self discipline to stop. Constantly chasing another high.
So with life we are all just addicts to it, we are addicted to living longer because we a) lack the self discipline to finally kill ourselves and just stop and b) think “oh this is the last time that life will be good and then I’ll kill myself” but actually it just gets worse later/again
One of the reasons he gave for not committing to killing himself sooner is that he still lacked the self discipline to commit suicide, but in the same sense a cocaine addict lacks the self discipline to stop.
Like a cocaine addict, in the rare occasions they aren’t high, actually hate the addiction they have & want to stop, convincing themselves that this is the last line they will snort and that afterwards they will feel better & stop. But actually they just end up feeling worse, and more importantly, lack the self discipline to stop. Constantly chasing another high.
So with life we are all just addicts to it, we are addicted to living longer because we a) lack the self discipline to finally kill ourselves and just stop and b) think “oh this is the last time that life will be good and then I’ll kill myself” but actually it just gets worse later/again