Suicide. Simply Explained.

[Anonymous]

Books, articles, self-help, conferences, podcasts, programs and resources in your area, the world wide web, universities, professionals, health insurance, politicians, corporations, ... blah blah blah. Understanding the cause of suicide is not that complicated. It's just one word:

"Guilt".

What got me thinking, is my years of battle with situations that are beyond normal human powers to get out of. But it wasn't the resulting numbness, muddled emotions, or even failure, shame, lonliness (even though there were other humans in my life), and pain.

How are these related? Here goes: Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious...

No. It's not that complicated:

The human mind has a big loophole. Just like a mirror that can reflect anything, but can't see itself. This thing is called "Guilt". Guilt has a sword that is called "Suicide".

Some people realize it. Some people don't.

You end up losing the ability to take care of yourself/loved ones physically and emotionally. (Yes, emotions are internal organs too. Even if you don't see them. They are very REAL. They can break too. No, they don't just go away with willpower or ignoring or anything else anyone has ever told you. Specially not willpower). So, you have failed. Your material needs aren't met, and your relationships (all types, not just romantic) which are food for healthy emotions, spiral down the drain.

Then guilt steps in, and points the finger at YOU. The situation is tough, and the guilt is extreme. It tells you that you are the one responsible for your failures. YOU should have solved your problems. It puts the blame on you.

You are cornered.

"Suicide = Anything+Out of Control Guilt"

Try to battle it. I bet you will drown before you even realize you were born.

Remember. Forgive YOU. You are a person. NO MATTER WHAT. So is everyone else. That mindset is where the healing begins. Where does your super extra supply of unhealthy guilt come from? How do you make peace within your world and find relief? Which tool do you use to find and maintain a healthy, balanced conscience?

[Jamie05rhs]

Thanks for sharing. I understand not everyone will agree precisely with this Take, but it's your truth, and that is worth something. So I was honored to read it.

[Jamie05rhs]

Thanks for the MHO. 💜

[AngryCarl2]

I appreciate you sharing your personal experience and I certainly wouldn't want to invalidate it. However I would be very wary of applying a "one size fits all" approach to suicide. Now it's true that feelings of guilt can be a big motivator in suicides but many other people will experience guilt without ever attempting suicide, or even considering it. Nor is guilt the only possible motivation. Suicides could be experiencing feelings of anxiety, hopelessness or betrayal.

Good research is being done now which seems to link suicide to chemical dysfunctions in the brain. But whether they are a result of mental illness or a causative factor seems unclear.

[Red-Blaze]

I will say that I disagree on that
Its minisizing it saying its guilt and only guilt that makes pepole end ut like that

Suiside is not simple, someone pushing so far they take there own life fighting there need to live a very basic sruvival part of your brain is not simple, its not a small thing

[myTake Owner]

Firstly, I am glad you read this. Thank you for your time and attention.
I hope you or nobody else are in a lot of emotional pain. But if they are, I was hoping to offer a quick glimpse at the light at the end of their dark tunnel.
In order to prove this theory to you, I would have to be you, which I am not. Because I am not inside your brain and have not experienced what you have. I don't have the opportunity to learn about you either.
I can't even hope that I can convince anyone, because guilt can not see itself just like an eye can't either. I hope I can be your mirror, or at least give you a beacon of light to move towards in your journey.
So if you want to be adventurous and test my theory, it won't cost anything. Who knows? Maybe you can find a shortcut. It won't even cost you a lottery ticket purchase.
But this can only be done by yourself and by using your knowledge about yourself. Outside help can assist you too.
Take some time and test my theory.

[myTake Owner]

The reason I think my theory is a simple answer to an over-complicated and confusing question is because I am a very successful and very experienced mathematics teacher. I have a very special skill that I can take a seemingly very complicated math subject, and turn it into a piece of cake that you will understand in a few minutes and never forget. I put this on my resume and have lived up to it. Based on my learning, lots of subjects SEEM complicated because:
1- People that gain from it want it to remain complicated. And the fact is that nothing is easier than confusing someone who doesn't know something and doesn't know that they don't know it. It's even more easier when the person is afraid of the subject at hand.
2- The subject is not explained well. Teaching is a very delicate art.

So, the subject is NOT truly complicated, it only SEEMS so.
If you remember the "Log" from math, I have lost count of how many students walked in to my class crying or terrified, only to walk out laughing at the end.
I wish you all the success and happiness in the world and hope you end up doing something soothing and enjoyable for yourself today.

[myTake Owner]

I simplified the cause of suicide. Simplifying is a good thing. It means getting to the bottom of things. And it helps resolve the situation.
Minimizing, on the other hand, is awful and hurtful. It's just like gaslighting. It doesn't help anyone, neither the receiver, nor actually the giver despite what they may think. Because we all live in a very close-knit society and the nasty effects of what we do will come back around to hurt us in some indirect way.
I did not intend to minimize.

[Red-Blaze]

I get where you coming from, but i don't believe the idea of simplifying it to guilt is correct or right
Its for some, yes, but humans are not numbers, and I am not saying this in the meta way
Humans are complicated, you can simply it but unlike math you lose the person, or you will remain with something complicated because its what it is
Suicide come from many reasons for many people, and guilt is not always a player in it..
Some feel lost, some fill like they just have nothing and ending it means exit from monotony
Some are dispersed for having bad things happen, or a dark view
Guilt is at time a player in it

I guess my time close to that edge may have been guilt.. one that so many say makes no sense but its there.. hunting forever
I am in a better place, but simple and humans is not something that easily go together
If suicide was so easy to simplify we could have maybe solve it ages ago, but its not, as its personal, to each and everyone

[Anonymous]

Guilt may be one reason but I think there are other causes too. Such feeling a failure, useless, or loneliness.

[LimitedBenefits101]

Only people who commit suicide are the selfish ones.

[myTake Owner]

Guilty if you do, guilty if you don't. It doesn't take much to mess up the world.

[jimmy2]

Sound like depression to me

[myTake Owner]

I think depression is born of extreme guilt, and not recognizing the cause.