Committing Suicide: Could you do it?

[Lucky Chainsaw]

EDIT: Nothing.

 

[Eggsnham]

Nah, I like my self preservation, thank you.

 

[Baldry]

Uhm no...I can't bring myself to kill myself, i've attempted it before and failed, thankfully!

 

[StarStruckStrumpets]

I have attempted it for much sillier reasons, so I suppose so.

Sums up my sentiments for this thread rather nicely, or not depending on your point of view.

 

[Therumancer]

Let's say, for arguments sake, that the Zombie apocalypse is upon us (we all know it's going to happen sooner or later).

You're boxed in a room with no supplies and a standard-issue handgun with 2 clips of ammunition.
[sub]Remember, it's hard to wait out the apocalypse if there's no food to be had![/sub]

There's a horde of zombies outside, and you've seen what they do to people before they die. So you're left with three options; either wait it out and hope zombies starve to death before you do, try to fight your way out, or turn the gun on yourself.

^

The above is of course just one random scenario. So here's my question to ya;

Given a situation where you face imminent death, be it by starvation, zombie -or nuclear apocalypse, or the chance of survival is infinitesimally small - would/could you take your own life to spare yourself any unnecessary pain?

No, I don't think so.

Let me be honest, I'm not a deeply spiritual person, but I believe in God. While not a believer in the literal truth of The Bible, and someone who feels none of the current churches have things "right" (my gut feeling), I do believe suicide is a sin.

I'm not a strong person, and I've done a lot of bad things in my life when you get down to it. I'm not going to compound my sin by icing myself and guarantee going to hell, where otherwise I could very well be forgiven and redeemed.

As horrible as being eaten by zombies (or whatever) is, there is always hope, and when you weigh that against an eternity of torment, well... there is bad, and then there is worse.

Some might laught at me, because for once I am giving a faith based answer, but that's what I think.

Of course nobody knows for sure what they will do until they are in a situation like that, so I can only hope I would stick to my principles. Come an actual crisis, people find out what they are actually capable of. Many people are capable of a lot more than they thought they would be, others break down and fall far short of what they think they should be able
to do. There are some things nobody can fairly answer until they are there.

 

[Serenegoose]

Well, in a dream I had that I was pretty convinced was real, I both suicided and shot my girlfriend (not in that order) when we were trapped in a basement during a zombie apocalypse. There was no way out, and they were the 'one bite and you're out' type.

Obviously not exactly the strongest rationale for me stating that I would, it's uh... more than nothing?

 

[inFAMOUSCowZ]

Im a fast runner, I don't need to suicide

Im like Mr. Pink from Resevoir Dogs.

so does that make you a fag? I love that movie, and that line

OT: I'd try to live as long as i can, and if i know i wont make then ill shoot myself.

 

[Nieroshai]

I would try to survive. Unless I got bitten by a zombie, then I'd be ridding the world of one more zombie.

 

[dragonslayer32]

Hell no. I'd prefer to go through immense amounts of pain than kill myself.

 

[Blue Musician]

Yes, I tended to get a lot of Intrusive Thoughts (look it up), and one of the most common was suicide ones (not the most common one, but one of them), so yeah I could do it.

 

[Nannernade]

Nah I wouldn't kill myself, I could easily slip past the zombies.

 

[Mechalemmiwinks]

I'd just try to wait it out and see who starves to death first. I mean, I know the zombies would have one up on me there, but I figure that there has to be some driving force behind them.

 

[zombiejoe]

Shoot and try to run.

I may think of commiting suicide, but be too scared to do it.

 

[spartan231490]

as long as there is any chance, i would continue to fight for it, suicide is just the coward's way out. If i was definitely going to die, say above zombies had bitten me, then yes, i'd swallow a bullet, but as long as there is hope, i would fight for it.

 

[Guffe]

I wouldn't have the balls to take my own life, I think too much and I have a happy life. So first I would have to imagine myself into a situation were I really would want to take my life and already that is a lot to ask from me. But I've thought about it a few times (If I could do it, that is) and I always come to the answer no.

 

[Caligulove]

I don't know. Zombie apocalypse stuff is always full of fear and adrenaline and stuff. Also get the feeling I wouldn't last long enough to have the luxury of considering suicide.

Here in the real world, though, with the way things are- I still think that Suicide is pretty selfish. Always have a mixed feeling of sympathy and contempt for anyone I know that commits suicide. Not so much that I would smack a suicidal person and tell them to "suck it up" or something, though. It's just that there are a lot of people out there that are willing to help you with your problems at all times. Anyone can overcome whatever it is that's bringing them down like that.

 

[ThePurpleStuff]

If I'm about to die from loss of food and the zombies break in, just before they can touch me, that is when I'd shoot myself, where there is absolutely no hope for me. I'd wait as long as it took, of course.

 

[luclin92]

no i wont kill myself instead i would go out fighting.

 

[Mechsoap]

its better to live in missery then to die in

same is for zombie apocalypse, i would just start digging the floor and make a mini farm in that earth