What is your opinion on Suicide?

[Gizmo1990]

I ran in to an old friend from secondary school a few days ago and we started talking about how crap that school was and how much we hated going there. She and I were the only kids in our year that did not live in the same area as the school so when we went we were away from all the friends we made in Primary school. We also started talking about what some of the other kids from our year were up to.Now I am quite anti social. I have no facebook account but she does so she was knew what some of them were up to. She told me that one of them had commited suicide only a few weeks ago. It got me thinking what my opinion on it was.

Personaly I do not belive that I or anyone else can tell what someone can and cannot do with their life when it come to suicide. It may be that I am biased as it has never affected anyone in my family and the guy from school was a prick but if it were me and I was going to die and it was going to be long and painful I would want to end it.

Edit: and no I have no belife in any form of religion but I thing that if there is a God/Gods and you end your life because it was to painful to go on then I think that God/Gods would understand.

 

[I_Sinanju _I]

"Suuuiicide is painless, It brings on many changes!"

In all seriousness I think a persons life is theirs and theirs alone so they can do whatever they want with it.

 

[ElPatron]

Funny thing, I actually tried today. I just gave up...

 

[Luke3184]

Legal although well controlled

 

[Heroic One]

Suicidal people need help, not your metaphorical pushing.

 

[Rawne1980]

I have no thoughts on it i'd be willing to share on these boards as they would probably cause some upset. I do, however, have a little tale.

I had a friend who was out of work being supported by his quite well off wife. He tried looking for work but wasn't the best at interviews. He did night courses at college to get more qualifications, all funded by his wife.

He finally got an interview for a job he was really excited about. He didn't get it.

He took an overdose and killed himself. Left his wife who loved him to bring up his 2 kids alone. That was 3 years ago and she's still single to this day, she never got over it.

He had no other worries. And yes, yes I can say that with confidence. Even when I was still in the army he and his missus were close to my wife and kids and stayed in regular contact.

After seeing the state of his wife and his kids and his family, had he survived the suicide attempt .... i'd have killed him my damn self. Selfish bastard.

I know situations for people vary but there are people that take their own lives for the most pointless of reasons.

 

[tzimize]

Suicidal people need help, not your metaphorical pushing.

Thats an opinion, dont state it as a fact.

Life is not some holy thing, it just is. If someone wants to die, its their business. Sucks for those who are left, but such is life. Dont want pain? Kill yourself.

I plan to kill myself. Not anytime soon, but I'd rather kill myself than rot away from cancer in some hospital bed, or forgotten by the nurses at the nursing home many years from now. My life is not so awesome that I'll endure anything just for the sake of living. And if I dont want to, who the hell are anyone else to tell me I have to?

I have no thoughts on it i'd be willing to share on these boards as they would probably cause some upset. I do, however, have a little tale.

I had a friend who was out of work being supported by his quite well off wife. He tried looking for work but wasn't the best at interviews. He did night courses at college to get more qualifications, all funded by his wife.

He finally got an interview for a job he was really excited about. He didn't get it.

He took an overdose and killed himself. Left his wife who loved him to bring up his 2 kids alone. That was 3 years ago and she's still single to this day, she never got over it.

He had no other worries. And yes, yes I can say that with confidence. Even when I was still in the army he and his missus were close to my wife and kids and stayed in regular contact.

After seeing the state of his wife and his kids and his family, had he survived the suicide attempt .... i'd have killed him my damn self. Selfish bastard.

I know situations for people vary but there are people that take their own lives for the most pointless of reasons.

This however, I can support. And this is one of the reasons I'll never want kids. If I get kids, I wouldnt kill myself. You got a responsibility then. A responsibility YOU have chosen. Your family (parents, siblings) is something else. You havent chosen them, and should have no responsibility to live for their sakes. Kids...changes the equation.

 

[BloatedGuppy]

"What do you think of suicide" is a worthless question removed from any further context. What do I think of suicide because you're feeling blue? I think it's wasteful and selfish. What do I think of suicide if you have an incurable, progressive, wasting disease that is destroying your quality of life? I think it's merciful. It's not something you can reasonably just make a blanket pronouncement on.

 

[Queen Michael]

"Suuuiicide is painless, It brings on many changes!"

And I can take or leave it if I please!

If people want to kill themselves, I won't stop them. They're gonna die anyway, so they might as well do it at a time that suits them. A pal of mine posted a Facebook message saying she was going to kill herself. I asked her to do it to the tune of "I'm going down to the river to drown myself" by Ray Charles. (But then I told her not to kill herself, don't worry.)

 

[CannibalCorpses]

I am totally pro suicide. If someone wants to kill themselves then let them get on with it...we have a massive over-population already and if someone is that unhappy they would rather be dead then why stop them? The hurt caused by their death is probably nothing compared to the hurt they feel inside...speaking from personal experience of course. Empathy goes a long way to changing your opinions on life and death

 

[MorgulMan]

I think it is, generally speaking, an act of great selfishness. Belief or non-belief in a god or afterlife aside, as the OP said, you are not hurt by your actions. (Not for very long, anyway). If someone is making your life miserable, they are likely not hurt by your actions either. The great irony and evil of suicide is that it hurts most those who love you most.

I'm not talking about the terminally ill here primarily, even though we all are. (You're not getting out of this alive, I assure you.) As far as that is concerned, my feelings lean towards a condemnation of medical establishments that are aggressive with treatments that offer less and less relief, yet afraid of palliative care that might leave them with ridiculous (often government imposed) liabilities.

 

[M920CAIN]

Someone on these forums said something like this in a similar thread: Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. I think he's right on the most part but life has a way of showing you that things aren't always right, so I can understand people witch depression.

 

[TheYellowCellPhone]

I think it's an incredibly selfish decision you can make. You're solving your own problems, just to worsen who knows how many peoples' problems. Families, schools, places of work, friends, entire communities, and who knows who else will be burdened with troubles that you made.

The only time I'm for it is for mercy deaths (i.e., instead of suffering in a hospital for months, just ending it). This is a personal thought, for God's sake.

 

[emeraldrafael]

EDIT: IMO, Its for the weak, and if you commit it, then I have no sympathies for you or any of your family, and in fact say that you deserve whatever ridicule is sent your way.

 

[TheIronRuler]

I ran in to an old friend from secondary school a few days ago and we started talking about how crap that school was and how much we hated going there. She and I were the only kids in our year that did not live in the same area as the school so when we went we were away from all the friends we made in Primary school. We also started talking about what some of the other kids from our year were up to.Now I am quite anti social. I have no facebook account but she does so she was knew what some of them were up to. She told me that one of them had commited suicide only a few weeks ago. It got me thinking what my opinion on it was.

Personaly I do not belive that I or anyone else can tell what someone can and cannot do with their life when it come to suicide. It may be that I am biased as it has never affected anyone in my family and the guy from school was a prick but if it were me and I was going to die and it was going to be long and painful I would want to end it.

Edit: and no I have no belife in any form of religion but I thing that if there is a God/Gods and you end your life because it was to painful to go on then I think that God/Gods would understand.

Suicide does not affect the person that kills himself, if you look at it without Religion breathing down your neck.He dies, end of story. But the story for the people surrounding him had just begun.
I do not advocate suicide. I do however say that if you are in a situation in which there is not escape, you are doomed to die and want to control your own fate... You can either wait for the miracle or be done with it.

 

[j1m2s]

When I was 12 years old, I walked into my friend's bedroom right after he had hung himself. One of the worst days of my life. People say it's "the easy way out" but what they don't realize is that all their pain and suffering gets pushed onto the others who knew them and cared about them. I carried a guilt about it for years. Not knowing how he felt, not being able to do anything. It's a terrible thing and can mess others up

 

[bliebblob]

If I ever had a chance to stop someone from suiciding I would. I've had similar thoughts several times but eventually just concluded this: if your life just isn't working out, just give up on it and try a whole different life. Different job, different town, whatever it takes. Yes it's dramatic and will (at first) probably be a downgrade compared to your old life but it's better than just dying.
Example: office employee sick of his job, marriage problems, shitty family, and so on? Screw it! Get a divorce, move, and try a more relaxed job. If that's what you really wanted your life to be, than who cares it's a total downgrade? Beats death.

 

[JesterRaiin]

In all seriousness I think a persons life is theirs and theirs alone so they can do whatever they want with it.

...if only most people would think that way.

 

[DoomyMcDoom]

I've considered it before, got close to such a solution, but after all the planning and setup I looked back on my life, saw people callin me a quitter, a loser, an idiot, all such shit, well I wasn't about to prove their dumb asses right, figured i'd give it another 10 years, 10 years later, looking at my approaching set suicide date i was all like naw I changed, life changed, it's still shit, but I can deal with that now, there's cool stuff that I wanna try and see before I die, and really, it gets better, always does...


Suicide is in itself the biggest most final mistake a person can make.
of course there are certain situations where it is appropriate, but unless you're getting a full life sentence of torture, and pain, it isn't really worth it.

 

[bliebblob]

If I ever had a chance to stop someone from suiciding I would. I've had similar thoughts several times but eventually just concluded this: if your life just isn't working out, just give up on it and try a whole different life. Different job, different town, whatever it takes. Yes it's dramatic and will (at first) probably be a downgrade compared to your old life but it's better than just dying.
Example: office employee sick of his job, marriage problems, shitty family, and so on? Screw it! Get a divorce, move, and try a more relaxed job. If that's what you really wanted your life to be, than who cares it's a total downgrade? Beats death.