Much cheaper than sending someone to crash a funeral, but also much less dramatic.
Well... At least life is never dull.
Some might deliberately choose to click that you're dead, in the hopes of seeing the message, but likely your spouse or whoever would be, like, "Honey, this thing says you're dead..."
And if none of them answer, because it went to their junk or they're all dead by now, then it's moot because they're exactly the people who would have seen anything.
Alternatively, the dead man switch service could generate a secret link that you copy into your will, and your executor clicks it to trigger the process (which may still email you or others to confirm that you are dead)?
I kinda feel there’s some interesting fiction to be written around this...
These days I know to avoid things like this for the reasons stated.
Used to self-medicate with copious amounts of coke, pepsi and red bull and fast food. Bit of a mixed bag that.
Actually on the subject of secrets and coke, I stole like 200 cans of it from a place that used the honor system. I needed my fix and couldn't stop myself from doing it. Always confused me why I behaved that way and why I couldn't stop. When I got diagnosed a lot of things like that just started to make sense.
What does help me quite a lot (ordered by effectiveness):
Regular daily exercise (this one is surprisingly effective)
Avoiding certain foods (sugar, red dye)
Having at least some moderately mindful side project (building kits, reconfiguring your wm, working on OSS etc.) I play ukulele, but I would call noodling mindless so be careful with that
Avoiding mindless stuff like YouTube/reddit/HN (heh)
Getting dragged off to actually go do things by eg your girlfriend (I feel bad because I’m usually upset at her when she does this, but I’ve told her many times that it does actually help me, that must be confusing.)
IMO: if you let yourself be impulsive it puts you in an impulsive mood and makes giving in easier, I’m not saying this stuff is perfect but it’s the best I’ve found.
Though having said that, exercise and good sleep hygiene are almost universal panaceas for almost any mental or physical problem one might have.
They might not cure you, but they sure help make almost anything at least slightly easier to bear.
I only got diagnosed with ADHD at age 30, and was already doing exercise etc. Some low dose medication really helped me. Including giving me the mental spare capacity to tick off more of the other items on your list.
Another one suffering from the same condition here.
I'm more like GP. Checking email consistently is a big problem for me.
We are different. The way ADHD expresses itself varies wildly as far as I understand.
But, you're right in that were all same same but different.
Well, now I wonder if I have ADHD.
Unfortunately the condition is just pernicious enough to do real damage to your life, and just subtle enough to go unnoticed for decades.