Suicide tonight and I need helpful stories about it Fast
20M Omani I can’t get a driving license due to a health condition
I’m here to ask if anyone knows someone who tried to overdose and succeeded, because I’m planning to overdose on Xanax with alcohol tonight and end this
imagine living in the suburbs where you have to drive everywhere to get to anywhere, annoying right? But now you can't drive. There's very limited coverage of public transportation (buses, taxis, ride hailing apps). There is no infrastructure. There are no sidewalks.
Now imagine that quiet suburban life but turn it up to 11. The average population density of a US suburb is around 1,500/mi2. In Oman it's around 50/mi2. Fifty. The entire country is like a rural Wyoming farmland, but replace farmland with sorching desert. It's perpetually 100F+ summer, so obviously you can't walk, you can't bike, you can't motorcycle.
When a 20 year old American says their life is over if they can't get a driver's license, maybe they're being overdramatic I don't know. But if you're in Oman, that's a true statement. You're pretty much homebound. You'll have to rely on family, friends, or neighbor carpooling. You're basically crippled and in a wheelchair and you'll need someone to push you around your entire life - school, university, job, social life, etc. You're done.
So yeah, obsession is the right word, and it's "normal" for people in Oman to be absolutely devistated if they can't get a driver's license.
It's over for me tonight with xanax