On the surface it seems so, however when you live with it, experience it, it’s often not the case.
a decent article here.
https://www.healthline.com/health/mental-health/is-suicide-selfish#wanting-attention
I think on the lines of that article that at first glance Suicide appears selfish, however I have a fair bit of first hand experience if it.
It often comes down to how much before thought went in to it.
i had friends who have decided enough is enough and sought the best way out for them.
Im not sure the article mentions it or not, however there is a survivors guilt thing with suicides among friends and family, where you feel fucking shit that a friend has taken the “easy” way out.
then collectively you chat to their other friends and family, a picture emerges of where they have tried to talk about it, get help, made plans that you knew about at time but never joined the dots. Once you realise exactly what the signs they gave are, you feel guilty as fuck for not helping more, or trying to stop them or talk it through more.
i am in double figures on people I know who have committed suicide, some were close friends.
I think it’s easy to say yes it is, however by saying this it directly hits those with suicide ideation (passive / active). It also has a knock on effect on the overall mental health view of things.
https://www.healthyplace.com/blogs/survivingmentalhealthstigma/2021/9/is-suicide-selfish-if-it-is-so-what
Depression, PTSD, Suicide Ideation, other mental health problems are a nightmare for some to deal with daily, each is often their own little version of hell. Yes counselling etc does help in a lot of case, with coping strategies, etc, however a brutal fact is it does not with all.
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I used to think that but actually I believe it's the opposite. We are only thinking about ourselves and how it makes us feel. Imagine being the one who takes their own lives and how they ended up feeling so bad that they wanted to harm themselves so much they DID take their own life.
Stigma about mental health should be lifted and treated like any other physical health issue. Taken seriously.
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In many ways yes it is whether you believe it or not we are very magical human beings I believe there are things that we can do that we don't even know we can do if you look at this planet Earth and if you have done any traveling it is one of the most beautiful places you've ever seen everywhere the way things are made so tuned and timed and just the way everything works hand in hand with each other no matter how we believe we are created we are special
I know tons of people I know so many people just unreal and I know two people that live in two different states they don't know each other or they didn't know each other but they both try to end their lives and for a few minutes basically way longer what they did took their lives and when they got to where they're going there were thousands and thousands of people crying and everybody was in a cage people could walk by and see them but they could not hear them no matter what you did they could not hear you so both of these people told me the exact same story they pleaded for their lives they pleaded to come back to earth they pleaded to get help they pleaded they would do anything and these two people were lucky because they got to come back they both tell the story of who you are what we are what we're supposed to be doing here and when you were giving a life and just because you can do it and take it doesn't mean that it's right everybody has a destiny everybody is one and if one of us screws up it just makes it harder down the road for everybody else but we all get through it I could go into a long detailed story about why you shouldn't take your or anybody else if we are energy and we live forever which energy does that means you take your life you're coming back but meanwhile until that time happens your locks in a cage and since you had no respect for life that's the kind of like that you will lead and you will live in misery because that's what you put on people and you took this life for granted
I guarantee you 99 out of 100 people once they took their life regretted a lot of times people that take their lives just because they feel sorry for themselves and they end up brainwashing themselves thinking about it over and over every day that's no way to live it's usually something so very simple that you just don't see it in that moment and then the way our brain works you say it so many times in your brain whether it's in a week a month or year you start to believe it and the way I bring works the more you think about it the more you're going to think about it until you either make a choice to do it or not I would recommend that because if you did I guarantee it within 30 seconds you wish you were back you wish you would have never done it so if you're talking about yourself I mean if you ever want to chat please send me a message because there is a way through this and it's actually very simple there's just a couple things you have to do I know I didn't answer your question but I felt there was something more important so please if you ever want to chat I don't care about what I will chat with you if you want to vent come see me you can vent to meNo! At times it might seem like it. All the people you can hurt from committing suicide but, honestly it isn’t selfish to want to end their pain. I get it. People who commit suicide are referred to as cowards. But, if those people who call those people cowards, then shouldn’t they try living in a so called “cowards” shoes for a day. See how hard it is to be thinking those thoughts and feeling so depressed you want to end your life. Those who commit suicide while might be in fear, are not cowards!
Difficult question to go in depth really but to make it short i will say that its your choice, i dont reccoment it but it could depend on the situation say being really old and in bad health suffering constantly, assisted suicide is a thing in some places and i think its a right choice, though if its because of depression no, i think suicide is a very awful thing not a coward but it definitely at the lowest of point feels like nothing gets better.
But i personally dont mind dying sometimes hoepfully doing something risky and fun😉I personally think, this subject is in the category along with 'Ab', it kinda depends in my opinion. Who are we to judge really anything someone else does? But, there are things to consider, baggage? Is it the only answer? Proper eddicate? Location? I guess I'm saying if it's the last resort type feeling, you are not leaving children in a bad spot, or it's not just for attention and you really feel it's the option then I say to each their own. I mean we make our own minds up for almost everything else, and if someone has a difference in opinion we usually come up with our reasons.. hope this is helpful
Yes, I personally believe that it is selfish! You may have problems that even seen insurmountable, but if you only talked to those who truly love you, they may be able to help you out… but killing yourself? That just leaves behind an entire network of friends and family in unbearable pain, left wondering “why didn’t I see the signs, I loved this person, but how could I not see that he was in so much pain? Why didn’t I do something to help him? You took the easy way out, a permanent solution for a temporary problem! That’s selfish and cowardly!
I’m on the fence. Because on one hand yes it is extremely selfish. You leave your family forever in shambles and might even set a terrible trend (sometimes suicide can run in a family). Just ask the people who have to clean up after a shotgun blast to the mouth in the bathroom or in the car. No one can ever unsee those images. But on the other hand, one has to be extremely mentally ill to actually go through with the act of killing oneself. So maybe they can only be held partially responsible.
I think everyone has different upbringings and that definitely shapes our thoughts and feelings towards life. Some people can handle the heat of the unstable world we live in and others are more sensitive. I cannot judge it as selfish because that one person out there has probably gone through difficult times that may or may not relate to mine. Life is really a pressure and is always punching when you less expect it. The challenge is skipping those punches and if you get hit, then the challenge becomes to pick yourself up. We have to understand that not everyone has the same mentality and strength to deal with life.
No, and yes I've had loved ones who've passed that way but they were anything but selfish people. I think it's selfish to judge them and give them expectations like forcing them to live against their will and telling them to "get over it" or "suck it up" and having little to no understanding of what they're going through. Also, it kind of takes a lot of guts to put a gun to your head or jump from a high place. A coward would take no action at all. Anyway, blame the problem/situation not the person!
Its not selfish but its the easy way out. Its the wrong way out. People need to open up to someone, anyone who will listen and is willing to help. there's always at least one person willing to help. And Sometimes its best to talk to someone else who almost hurt themselves but decided to stick with living because that person understands the most what the other person may be going through
I think with the exception of someone who's married or has children, the selfish ones are (sometimes) the people who say that.
Some people are insufferable and there's nothing you can do to help them.
Some people just need someone to give a shit and help them up. And people don't help, they continue to hurt the person and exclude them and then they kill themselves and everyone goes "what a jackass" and I hate seeing that.If you have people that care about you, in a way yes it is selfish cause if someone ever ends up committing suicide they were never thinking about how it would be for the people that actually cared and stayed on earth while he/she took the easy way out
No it isn't selfish, crying isn't selfish. Suicide is not selfish too. Why to live when you don't want to? However it maybe selfish incase there are people willing to listen to you genuinely. Suicidal people aren't coward too, it's just that world was too harsh on them. Being suicidal isn't wrong. Not becoming lively again when you can is wrong.
No, I do not think suicide is selfish. If someone is in pain, they're not thinking about other people before their own pain. I think it's selfish to make other people do things they don't want to do, like live in pain and suffering everyday. Besides, many people, if not half, that attempt suicide, don't have anyone that'll miss them, anyway. That's kinda of the rationale.
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Not at all and I hate when someone says that suicide is selfish. Only the person who's suffering knows what they're going through. It's their pain so we shouldn't judge them.
Nobody commits suicide because they want to or because they don't care about the people who love them. They do it because they want to end their suffering. It takes a lot of strength and to keep living and face your difficulties
It may seem like it is the easy option to run away but usually when people decide they want to die then it is because for a long time they’ve felt like they have nothing left to live for anymore.yes. I think it's more an issue of being unfortunate that person gets stuck trying to solve some complex emotional problem with insufficient support. The answer is probably getting out of whever they are, to somewhere else, with help to surpass the snag. For life is filled with them when not properly equiped for ones personality.
Yes but I sympathize greatly with them. Their life became so miserable they could no longer see a worthy future to live for and here I am with so many dreams and aspirations. Their family and friends will be heartbroken and I'm sure the people of the past who committed suicide all wish they didn't. If they could have another chance in this world they would take it without a doubt.
Not to those who are suffering and just want it to end. But they are not always in their right minds either.
There are situations were it would seems selfish like suicide because he/she can't take care of a family member that has advance alzheimer or severe autism, but the truth is that however things has to be very hard for them to suicide. So I think we are not anybody to judge them.
Never. Even if the person was under debt and left it off to family and just ended his life. Because the reason was big enough that they left EVERYONE and EVERYTHING, it's selfish to force them to live when they don't want to.
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