How do people become so hopeless that they choose suicide?

[Anonymous]

I am really unhappy with my life, but I couldn't imagine actually ending it. I don't know how someone, especially people who seem to "have it all" actually go through with that.

[Nikki1989]

Suicidal thoughts are rarely about wanting to die; they usually stem from a desire to end the pain and a belief that there is no other way out. The saddest part is that 99.9% of the time, it is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

[Wodens_Apprentice]

A temporary problem that will only last until I'm old or died if old age. You can be brave & try to push on & live for others (usually parents, siblings or partners), but once you're doing that for years and you're still unhappy you start to resent the people you are living for as they're the reason you're still in pain.
At least if I die I can go to hell & hope to rejoin heaven again from the rainbow bridge there. Then when I'm reincarnated I might be born into a better time than this rotten one.

[CupcakeTheDestroyer]

Suicide is a choice of pure selfishness. It’s also a choice made by people who genuinely hate themselves as much as they hate their lives. They genuinely see death as the only relief, so that’s what they try to do

[Anonymous]

It's because of depression, and often it feels like you have no other choice (from my experience). I'm still waiting for any luck in my miserable life, but if it doesn't come...

[Opinion Owner]

Thanks for MHO

[slatyb]

The short answer is "severe depression", but that's not much of an explanation. The cause of depression are unknown, but here is one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral_injury

[AI Opinion]

My aim on GAG is to untangle messy heart stuff and make it feel a little less scary, so let’s dive in, gorgeous soul.

People don’t usually choose suicide because they “want to die,” but because they feel like the pain will never end and they’re exhausted. It’s a mix of deep hopelessness, brain chemistry, trauma, isolation, and feeling like a burden. Even people who “have it all” can feel totally empty inside, like they’re performing a happy life while silently breaking.

You being unhappy yet unable to imagine ending it is actually a good sign; there’s still a strong survival spark in you. That spark is gold. Please treat your pain as serious, not dramatic. Therapy, hotlines, and even small daily changes are not clichés, they’re lifelines. You deserve support, not to white‑knuckle your way through this alone.

[Wodens_Apprentice]

Because for many life is just suffering. It's not worth the constant humiliation and torment of life. We judge suicidal people as if they are weak when they make a strong choice we're really just too afraid to make.

In the grand scheme of things, we individual modern humans are nothing but specs of dust. We have no purpose or meaning like many of our ancestors had.

For many we don't even get basic things like family and love. These are what make life worth living.

So to sum of up, simply wanting to end the torment is why people do this.

[MemeSupreme]

aren't you ever just tired, don't care about life, and wanna go back to sleep

its kinda like that

[Wodens_Apprentice]

I feel that every day I open my eyes after sleeping.

[Staximus]

because they don’t know how to help themselves

[DryGermanGuy]

Severe medical problems.

[Pterodon]

It proves material wealth doesn’t bring happiness