Is suicide ever ok?!


Question: Is suicide ever ok!?
Im not going into my story but I want to ask the question!.!.!. I see suicide as a cowards way out, and I would hate to hurt anyone around me!. I would gladly die to help any one of them I care for them so much!. Is however suicide ever acceptable!? Think if you were the person, constantly tormented by unimagineable sadness that you were unable to escape!. Wouldnt you as a friend, despite the pain it would cause you for them to be gone, wouldnt you want them to not have to feel that!?

Which brings me to my second question, are humans intrinsically selfish!?Www@Answer-Health@Com


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My ex recently killed himself!. I had been with him since I was 18 yrs old up until 38 yrs old!. I have struggled with this for over a year now!. I can't even fathom the mental anguish he must have been going through!. His was not a spontaneous suicide!.!.!.most are not!. He planned it for over a year!.!.!. had everything in order, then OD'd!. I've learned a lot about suicide since then and can only imagine the depths of despair he felt with no job, no girlfriend, depression, panic attacks, no money left!.!.!.!.he alienated everyone around him!.!.!.!.so, for him, it was the only way out!.

Thanks Some Guy!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

theres always another way to solve things, suicide does more harm to the people who have to deal with it afterwards than could ever be imagined!.so no, suicide is never acceptable!.

and to answer your other question, i think humans are intrinsically selfish, in particular those who commit suicide!. they get to escape, leaving the people they love to pick up the pieces!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Yes, Suicide would probably cause more pain to others than the person who committed it was feeling, but if the person really feels like they have nothing to live for than it would be passible!. And sometimes when you get real old its your only option!. (ever seen the southpark episode called death!?)Www@Answer-Health@Com

i think you suffer a lot and the things you feel often are worst than you preservation instinct!. even it s so hard i would like to say to you that things could be better in some months and be really awful if you commit suicide!. its not a question of be or not to be a coward but what will happen with you!. i dont know if you have already known about how terrible is hell no way to compare with here even with the worst life a human being could have!. Jesus can change or life and heal your broke heart , i talking about salvation, not about religion, churches, etc; its enough to confess all your sins to Him and confess Jesus as your Savior doing that you will be saved!.!.!. for ever!.
i will pray to you!.!.!. nice day!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

its cowardly and wimpy, there very VERY few things that i would say it 'acceptable' due to!.
always something worth staying alive for, dont get me wrong im not gonna start preaching 'look for positive things in life' but i do think 'unimaginable sadness' only lasts if the person lets it!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I am like you, in my case suicide would be the cowards way out!. I would not like to leave devastation behind me!.
I think suicide is ok when the person is living with unimaginable sadness!. I cannot thing of anything worse than that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I think suicide means you pretty much slapped GOD in the face and said you had no faith in him!. It's selfish an has a lot of immoral stigmata behind it!. but!.!.!.!.

Who are we to Judge if you want to take your life!.!.!.!.it's you who have to give GOD a damn good excuse why!. Good Luck on that!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

i have the same depression is hard some say u can get out of it soon !.!.impossible its like following everywhere and suicide for me is the only way out to be honest get out of here thats for meWww@Answer-Health@Com

well that is a very good philosophical question that has been debated over the centuries!. Well suicide can be illegal if it wasnt for you being dead, because you killed somebody(yourself)!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I believe suicide is a mental illness /disease!.!.!.just like cancer!.

No people are not selfish to kill themselves!.!.!.!.selfishness is not that strong!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Suicide is selfish!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I DON'T THINK SO IT CAN EVER BE OK UNLESS LIFE IS WORSE THAN ITWww@Answer-Health@Com

Sometimes we feel that life is coming to an end because the depression is so harsh on us but if you want my honest answer I would say no sucide is not good and the reason I say that is well if we commit suicide it would hurt many of those who love us espescially our parents,friends,relatives!.We each have something special about us and I don't think we should give it up!.I understand your feelings but there are many things you can do such as see a psychiatrist,write a letter to yourself!.You can also try talking positive about yourself as well!.Hope some of this helped to answer your question!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

I have lived with Depression for over 20 years!. Is suicide "OK"!? I wouldn't tell anyone to do it!. I tried to commit suicide once!. Let me tell you!. From my experience, you
have lost all reality around you!. At that point you are unable to make any rational decisions!. All you know is the moment and wanting to get ride of the "mental pain!." Some people don't get help in time!. I pray for all those who have lost their lives!.
May they rest in peace!. No one really wants to die deep down inside!. But mental Illness is real and very devastating!.
So if you are come across someone who, even jokingly" tells you they want to "kill" themselves, take them very seriously and get them help!. Because they are not selfish, just not mentally able to rationalize!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

suicide is!.!.!.subjective if things get bad enough that you can overcome fear of death and fear of whatever happens [if anything] after that well that requires quite a lot of courage!. yes it probably is harder to keep living but sometimes people feel there is absolutely no way out apart from death!. i wouldnt say it was a cowards way out it is an easier way out that living through it maybe!. on the other hand i wouldnt ever say it was really acceptable, understandable yes!.
as a friend of course you wouldnt want them to feel so horrendous however you wouldnt want them to lose their once chance at life!. so i really cant see you allowing them [even mentally excusing them] to kill themselves youd try to help, also if it was a really close friend assumedly the pain their death [and the fact they didnt tell you they were feeling that bad] would be enough to tip you over the edge!.
it is however quite patronising to say that you doubt "any of you have ever experienced depression" just because you dont openly admit to your mental state or have similar opinions on suicide doesnt mean they havent experienced depression!. i would never ever advocate suicide nor give any tips or anything like that regardless of how i felt personally on the matter!.
if its affecting you to that degree then perhaps you should talk to someone about it [not a doctor but if thats what you want go for it] like a friend or family member having someone who you can just tell youre feeling like s!.!.!. helps!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

i am just like you, i consider it constantly but there are too many people that woould get hurt if i take my life!. I think it is kind of selfish because they dont have to go though what you are, so they dont know what its like!. I'd rather hurt myself than others but they ont leave me alone, kind of like your situation!. Suicide is never ok unless you feel you absolutely have to and it's the only option!. Just try living on with your life and focus on the positive things, that how i cope!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

No-one wants to see others suffer, but because depression doesn't always show much in the way of physical symptoms, family and friends just can't see the extent of the suffering!. Also they cannot bear the thought of losing you, they just want you to get well!. They hope that if you get professional help everything will be okay!. But sometimes meds and therapy just aren't enough and so people feel they have no other option but to end it all!.

Selfish, yes!. Cowardly, no!.!.!.!.!.!. I think it would take a lot of guts to end your own life!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

It's hard to say, and it depends on your perception!. It's okay for us to say that suicide is never a good answer, but that's something you hear from people who have jobs, who sleep in a warm bed, who can eat at least once a day!. There are definitely people who have nothing, or worse!. There are people who die for what they believe in (such as US soldiers, terrorists, kamikaze fighters, war protesters, etc) and they would tell you that those are causes worth laying down your life for!.
And while suicide is cowardly in some instances, I would say it takes a lot of guts to hurl oneself off a building, or into the path of an oncoming train!.

If there is at least one person who cares about you, there is at least one reason to live!. Being selfish is certainly human nature, but we all have the capacity to be selfless through learned experiences of unconditional love!.Www@Answer-Health@Com

Hey!! I have chronic depression, i've had it for five years now!. I'm going to be brutally honest but i hope i don't offend anyone, that's not what i'm trying to do!. Before i got depression i used to think exactly the same way as you, because i hadn't experienced sadness like i experience now!. It is so deep and intense that, despite the fact you may tell yourself over and over and over that suicide is wrong and you'll be hurting your friends and your family, you can't help wanting to die!.!.!.because you think you're useless, pathetic, worthless, and because you won't feel pain anymore as you said!.

I've been in this position and unfortunately i did try to kill myself!. But i'll tell you right now that it wasn't something i had planned to do, i never wanted to hurt anyone, it was a spur of the moment thing when i felt completely overwhelmed and out of my depth!. But i'm still here and, even though i still feel suicidal at times, i'm not about to try it again!. I do love life and i plan to help as many people as i possibly can because this is what brings me the most joy and makes me feel like i have a purpose!.

I wouldn't say that suicide is a definitely right anymore then i'd say its definitely wrong!. There are treatments for depression, i've been through them all - but i'm not referring to depression!. I can certainly understand now if someone who'd suffered from depression killed themselves but who am i to judge them!.!.!.!.i would have no idea what they can and can't cope with!. I'm more concerned about the people who've suffered through horrific trauma like child abuse, poverty, war, etc!. My uncle was abused as a child, he didn't have the kind of personality that allowed him to cope with it!. He had a very soft, kind personality - the abuse basically wrecked him, he took drugs for a while but eventually be became a schizophrenic!. He's tried to kill himself three times in the past but right now he is going much better, he'll never be who he used to be and can never be off antipsychotics but he's doing so much better!. However, if he had killed himself who am i to judge and say 'you weak coward, why didn't you stand up and fight' because some people cannot cope with the traumas they suffer!.

As for your second question!.!.!.thats a hard one!. Personally i would rather think the best of people and be disappointed now and then when they're arseholes rather then lable everybody as being horrible and expecting everybody to prove me wrong!. Some people are selfish, some people don't consider other people's feelings but i wouldn't go so far as to say that its the entire population!. It really depends on the individual and how they've been brought up!. Great questions though!! Again, i'm sorry if i offended anyone, i wasn't meaning to!.Www@Answer-Health@Com





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