Mine isn't so bad I'd have suicidal thoughts. But sometimes it briefly gets bad enough that I go...man, if I get it that bad permanently at some point in the future, would I want to continue living?
The Texas Roadhouse CEO killing himself in part because of severe tinnitus[1] sometimes makes sense to me, and that's scary. I'd have never considered I'd ever want to do that, even being in chronic pain...but if I had to deal with my tinnitus at its worst, all the time? I don't know.
At the very least I'm pretty certain I wouldn't just do it suddenly and without warning; I'd have conversations with people I love so they know what I'm dealing with and why I'm considering it and doctors and try to make it better first.
The Texas Roadhouse CEO killing himself in part because of severe tinnitus[1] sometimes makes sense to me, and that's scary. I'd have never considered I'd ever want to do that, even being in chronic pain...but if I had to deal with my tinnitus at its worst, all the time? I don't know.
At the very least I'm pretty certain I wouldn't just do it suddenly and without warning; I'd have conversations with people I love so they know what I'm dealing with and why I'm considering it and doctors and try to make it better first.
[1]: https://www.npr.org/sections/coronavirus-live-updates/2021/0...