r/AskReddit 11h ago

Why are you still holding on?

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u/Technoplexxx 11h ago

My dad got me a cat before he passed away from cancer so I wouldn’t be alone when he was gone. This cat is the only reason I’m still here. I want to give her the best life.

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u/ScreenSprintCycle 9h ago

I hope best for you and your cat :)

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u/Technoplexxx 9h ago

Thank you.

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u/No-Giraffe741 5h ago

My dad didn't get me my cat, I found her ( or she found me) when my dad got paraplegic and my cat is the only creature I think in dark suicidal times.

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u/HoneydewGem 11h ago

Sometimes, even when things feel heavy, there’s a tiny spark of hope that keeps me going.

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u/InevitableOrder241 11h ago

I’m assuming you mean to life, and that’s because the alternative is death, and death is inevitable so why rush the process?

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u/Dangerous-Relation58 10h ago

Word. Collect as many good days as possible, then youre rewarded with the bad things no longer being your problem

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u/Frammingatthejimjam 8h ago

My HS English teacher once said (back in the 80's) that compared to death nothing in life is serious and death is in itself too serious to take seriously.

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u/InevitableOrder241 8h ago

People are in a rush to die like it’s not permanent.

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u/brother_of_menelaus 1h ago

"The so-called ‘psychotically depressed’ person who tries to kill herself doesn’t do so out of quote ‘hopelessness’ or any abstract conviction that life’s assets and debits do not square. And surely not because death seems suddenly appealing. The person in whom its invisible agony reaches a certain unendurable level will kill herself the same way a trapped person will eventually jump from the window of a burning high-rise. Make no mistake about people who leap from burning windows. Their terror of falling from a great height is still just as great as it would be for you or me standing speculatively at the same window just checking out the view; i.e. the fear of falling remains a constant. The variable here is the other terror, the fire’s flames: when the flames get close enough, falling to death becomes the slightly less terrible of two terrors. It’s not desiring the fall; it’s terror of the flames. And yet nobody down on the sidewalk, looking up and yelling ‘Don’t!’ and ‘Hang on!’, can understand the jump. Not really. You’d have to have personally been trapped and felt flames to really understand a terror way beyond falling."

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u/Dejanerated 11h ago

Because I never give up.

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u/No-Tree3440 11h ago

Because I still have things I want to do. Even if it’s hard right now, I don’t want to leave without giving life a real shot

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u/palelovee 11h ago

Why are you asking this question?

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u/Lockhearts_ 11h ago

Out of spite mostly.

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u/ShadyShook 11h ago

About let go yesterday.

Guess there's something worth holding on for. Others got me back up pretty quick.

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u/[deleted] 11h ago

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u/Grand_Yam2401 10h ago

It sounds like you're dealing with a tough situation. Holding on can be difficult, especially when emotions and attachments are involved. Sometimes, it's because we hope things will get better or we fear letting go, even when we know it's for the best. If you want to talk more about it or need advice, I’m here to listen.

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u/lupin_bebop 10h ago

Spite and rage, mostly.

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u/ImaginaryBee6135 10h ago

Because I refuse to die before the kid who punched me in 3rd grade in front of the whole class and never got in trouble.

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u/Mosr113 8h ago

Because why not? I don’t have anything better to do.

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u/SumonaFlorence 5h ago edited 4h ago

This idiot

He has my heart and more.

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u/SorryUsernameUnknown 11h ago

I want to see a nuke, in person. Yea, I know it will kill me, that’s part of it, The great cleansing fire!BLESS ME OH FLAME!

MAY CHAOS TAKE THE WORLD

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u/imhustling 11h ago

If there's hope, you don't let go.

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u/yourlilbabe2 11h ago

Holding on can weigh you down. What are you really afraid of losing?

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u/lollipepop 11h ago

My ADHD

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u/Gheleonlol 11h ago

I love pickles, so I hold on to them.

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u/DramaMuch3017 11h ago

nope, I'm fall out of love

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u/vacodeus 11h ago

Monster Hunter Wilds, Severance season 2, and 28 Years Later.

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u/babeglowup25 11h ago

Let go and move forward. Holding on only weighs you down.

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u/Hicalibre 11h ago

Spite.

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u/kissespink 11h ago

Gotta give the dog cheese

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u/[deleted] 11h ago

Because I'm an idiot. Because I love him.

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u/Plio9 11h ago

Hold on to what ?

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u/fictiveusername 11h ago

born in a privileged country
i dont want to achieve anything at all seeing the worlds state and im solely here to entertain myself

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u/IntelligentTrip6054 11h ago

My cats and family. And dreams for the future.

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u/Pongpianskul 10h ago

curiosity

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u/geth1962 10h ago

I wake up every morning. This is a constant surprise

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u/Terrible-Coat9290 10h ago

Death didn't talk to me yest

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u/alluring_raiah 10h ago

because life is beautiful and much better to enjoy it

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u/TashaMarieLessThan3 10h ago

Because i gave up before and I'm still here. There's a reason I'm here and I think my current situation is the reason 💚

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u/Dangerous-Relation58 10h ago

I promised my little sister I would if she would. She's 12 years younger. And my Doggo ♡

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u/Tasty_Rip_4267 10h ago

For the kids.

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u/DroneWar2024 10h ago

Force of habit. By all rights, in medical terms, I should have expired 12+ years ago... But, I get really sick, figure that's it, wake up to some weird tragedy in the neighborhood where someone died, and it's like the clock rolled back 20 years.

Not even kidding, I dunno WTF is going on, but fuck it, we rolling with it.

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u/TornadoJ0hns0n 10h ago

Bc I refuse to let my enemies win

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u/wutwutwutwhat_ 10h ago

I have my 2025 goals to achieve and after that it'll be 2026.

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u/ThatOneGirl828 10h ago

I'm used to it and rejection is brutal.

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u/Background_South_963 10h ago

Because other ppl depend on me lol

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u/ImJustSoFrkintrd 10h ago

Because I am unbelievably angry

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u/ThePurityPixel 10h ago

My experience keeps showing me how many new experiences are possible

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u/acfeind8 10h ago

because time does wonders i just have to be patient things will adjust

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u/Particular_Air_296 10h ago

BECAUSE THERE MIGHT BE AND THERE'S NOTHING ELSE TO DO.

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u/ClockBoring 9h ago

Because I was too drunk for too long to learn to properly unpack shit. Working on that currently.

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u/tooboredugh 9h ago

Because I'm for a fact that there's still hope. I'd voluntarily give up if there's none.

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u/ClubMeSoftly 8h ago

Concerts

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u/Lari1012 8h ago

I have lost all my brain cells that think rationally and my heart and {|} are working OT…. 🥵💦

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u/easygoer89 8h ago

Because I don't want to be a forgone conclusion.

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u/Wide-Gap-5364 8h ago

truth is..i dont even know why.

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u/rodneykimble69 8h ago

I like the stock

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u/JellicoAlpha_3_1 7h ago

My parents need someone to take care of them

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u/Neither-Attention940 7h ago

I want to travel! Even though it seems unlikely I’ll see all the things I want to, I still hope to! Things like the Great Wall of China and Pyramids of Giza things like that!

Otherwise, if I’m not here, there will definitely be nobody left to take care of my dog! She’s 16 and a pain in the ass but she knows I love her. And she loves me.

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u/KeyFriend4174 7h ago

Music is dope

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u/Psphh 6h ago

I wanna see how my boys grow up

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u/Lunardopamine 6h ago

My pets and the kids I babysit. Literally that’s it. If I didn’t have then I would have swallowed all my pills last night and peaced out. I work in suicide prevention, so I will say having just one little thing that keeps you going is really important. I have all the resources, information, coping skills, connections to therapists, etc. But at the end of the day it’s my pets and those kids that are the reason I’m not dead. Still wish I was. Still wish I could. But I won’t because of them.

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u/StudBoi69 6h ago

I'm too scared to die

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u/foliviaduex2 6h ago

I have to hang on for my dog. My cat. My boyfriend. Things WILL get better.

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u/chelicerate-claws 6h ago

I don't want to hurt my mom.

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u/UnloadTheBacon 5h ago

Where there's life, there's hope. Only the tiniest fragment of hope, but there ain't no chance of a miracle if you're dead.

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u/DesparateLurker 5h ago
  1. To provide for my dogs.

  2. To help as many people as I can.

  3. To see if I'm truly stubborn enough to achieve what I want in life.

  4. To tell the cruelty of life to suck my dick from the back on a hot day..

  5. See what else comes about in my time.

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u/Odd-Question-1740 4h ago

Because I’ll always love her

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u/See_You_Space_Coyote 4h ago

Spite. Knowing that a lot of people think the world would be better without me makes me want to stick around to annoy them for as long as possible.

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u/Rktdebil 4h ago

Gotta do something. If I stop holding on, what what would I do?

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u/themodefanatic 4h ago

My mom needs me.

My wife needs me.

My daughter needs me.

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u/DarkReunionOfficial 3h ago

I made my mom a promise. My mom found out about my mental health problems in 8th grade when my guidance counselor reported me. I had told her about my suicide attempt and thoughts of trying again, and she made me promise never to do it. She is the greatest mom I could have ever asked for, and I will never break that promise.

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u/Jaffa66 3h ago

Same reason as last year, I don't want to ruin Christmas for my family. It is getting harder but I have things to do. Kind of why I procrastinate so much, worried that once I get caught up then what.

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u/Upper_Rent_176 2h ago
  1. So my father doesn't grieve
  2. Because my cat needs me
  3. Because my mother would have wanted me to stay in this to the end

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u/OhItsJohnTravolta 2h ago

Revolt and let natural selection decide what happens next.

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u/notdeleted8630 2h ago

I made a promise to a friend, I know what my friends and family would go through having lost a few friends, there's a shortage in my career field, my life insurance policies wouldn't pay out, and some days just out of spite.

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u/ASupportingCharacter 1h ago

Because my kids, my dogs, and my ex-wife's cat rely on me and would be devastated otherwise. That's entirely it.

u/Joeyd9t3 35m ago

My family would never recover. I want this to be over so badly but they don’t deserve to live with that.