What do people have against suicide?
Question:
This is not a personal question, I am merely curious why we, (humans), feel such a strong need to convince people not to kill themselves. I have the same reaction myself.
Is it better for someone to live in needless suffering than to end it all?
Why do we feel justified in telling people that their desire to die is wrong?
Answers:
The desire to commit suicide is in almost all cases considered to be a mental illness, and one which may be fatal without treatment. In almost all cases of suicidal behavior, it's an overreaction to the situation caused by depression or other mental illness.
There are some cases where it's more controversial, such as those with a painful, terminal disease who don't want to suffer anymore, there's quite a bit of controversy around this, and whether it's proper for doctors to help people end their lives in situations like this, but in almost all other cases suicidality is, and should be treated as a disease requiring emergent treatment, the majority of people who try to kill themselves and fair or are prevented later say that they are glad they weren't able.
I feel if someone is suffering, its their decision. Besides, its their life right?
That's a tough one. I think we (humans) value our own life and try to justify our own existence so to see someone devalue their own would not seem human. Also most people are generally compassionate to an extent that we don't want to see anyone die.
Honestly? Mostly because its a sin and that person will suffer more in hell.. ..God doesnt allow you into heaven if you KILL YOURSELF. Trust me--thats the only reason I havent done it myself.....
life!!! that is what i have aginst killing yourself!!!!!
im not suicidal either, but i totally agree with you. i brought it up with one of my friends and she thought i was crazy. i guess its just depends on the person and there level of understanding. everyone has different perspectives on different things i guess :/
i blame ignorence
I have suffered from depression, anexiety disorder, and a mood disorder, also, when i figured out i was bi, that only added to my problems i was already facing with my psych. issues. I was in so much pain, and the only thing i wanted to do was die, i was in a hospital 3 times for sucidal thinking/thoughts, i was on 7 different antidepressants in 1.5 yrs along with 15 other medications, nothing was working, i was comming off a med and i overdosed, that changed everything, i went to a really good program, and found a really good new type of therapy and a good meds finally, i am now happy and kno what its like to enjoy life again, so sucide is solution when you cant go on, but you can get help, the only time i think its ok is when someone is old and suffering, or if no other options are left, but treatment should be first. I dont think i sould decide who is allowed to die or live, but i know that it was great that someone didnt want me to die, its changed my life, its saved mylife
Simply put, people feel the need to convince others not to kill themselves because of several factors.
1. Community Groupthink
2. Personal Agenda
3. Psychological Affirmation
The first is obvious, if everyone started killing themselves, we wont have very much of a society. Power reliant on the consensus and aid of others would pretty much fade away.
Personal Agenda is very similar to that, usually in the extension of people you know , work with or otherwise live with. Either for financial, emotional support etc.
The last of course is affirmation whereby you need some form of justification why you are still alife.
it's in our genes to survive, towards ourselves and towards others and therefore we don't want to see people die around us. (we come up for the survival of our kind)
i do approve of suicide, but only if there is no other solution to solve someone's suffering and it is the person's wish.
in my country the law also approves it that way. (the netherlands)
I think it is an intrinsic human value that "hope springs eternal". We all ultimately feel that things have to get better. Of course that's speaking for those with psychological dispositions for committing suicide. Suffering with terminal illness is another matter. I can't think of any religion that condones suicide, in any circumstance. But I can fully understand wanting to end the suffering with a terminal illness. I can't say I would deny that right.
Well, you only have one shot at life. You live once. That's it. So when someone wants to stop living, we all have the urge to say "don't do it!"
It's like telling your 500 lb friend to put down the damn twinkie.
It's just a thing we do to help other people.
Plus it helps people to realize that there is someone out there capable of caring...
I'm agreeing with you. Last December I was "planning the party but not setting the date," if you get what I mean. I thought I totally deserved to take my life in my own hands. I mean, who's life is it, anyway? Doctor put me on Effexor and I went to Hell. Numb as a rock. When I tried to kick it in May it put me into ultra-Hell. Look on the Effexor kickers website. One lady posted that she had kicked heroine once and methodone twice and kicking Effexor was harder than all three combined. Now I'm living next door to Hell rather than directly in the neighborhood.
Passionate youthful suicide -- the ultimate immortalizing high reserved unto lovers and warriors :::::The rest (of us) plod on wanting only to die in bed.
VERY GOOD QUESTION. I think that people feel so helpless that they can't help but feel angry when someone were to try or even accomplish it. I'm 53 and I would like to think that there is nothing in this world that would make me want to leave it, but who knows what the future brings, but I would say I would never consider it. But, back to the original question, I would say that most people have the christian faith that says it's wrong to kill yourself, and then there are the Catholic's that actually say you'll go to hell if you do, so who knows? NOBODY.
suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. usually a problem subsides after 6 weeks
we can't condone the loss of a life before its natural end.
life is prescious everyday is a blessing. our lives our gifts.
we need to value life.
when its an elderly person suffering I feel differently but its not the right thing to do.
they're against it because you've not tried it yet.
(it's that mad cow person as a dog folks)
i think its because people dont understand.
like someone said, the person who is telling you No might just value their own life and try to pass it on to you or something.
or they may feel you are exaggerrating.thinking that once you step out of that hole, you might have a new perspective on things.if you just found something to be happy about, things would change. and its true but.
yeah.toughie.i think suicide ...
"and when im lying in my bed... i think about life and i think about death..."
it kind of makes me okay with life, being connected with the idea that suicide is "alright"...
because im open minded about it,
i am okay.
=]
people need to learn that its okay...
Hi! Well difficult my friend, but I guess it has something to do with all the pain it does to all the people around the person you know. And that to give up, well we just don`t do that now do we? Humans have always had this "never give up no matter what the odds are" attitude, and a suicide is the total opposite of that. It is also a very selfish thing to do, as they leave all their problems and more over to others, who in most cases, loved them. So I guess all this elements make it very "ta-bu" to talk about. Anyway, peace and love from Norway
I think the dieing part if you ask me.and you should all ways help a person if you can
If you aren't my sister, brother, mom, dad or any of my friends, I don't have anything against it because I won't know. I'm selfish, so please don't ask me to pull your plug. I want you with me no matter what.
I think it's hard for people to let people die that want too, because it's so foreign to people that don't want to die. They just can't imagine that someone would actually want to take their life. You think that if you could just say the right word or take the right action it might change their mind. As for psychical suffering, I don't know, like I say please don't ask me to pull the plug.
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