I just think, if a person wants to end their own life, how can somebody else tell them not to. I never think about committing suicide yet, but about the process of it and what drives people to that point.
I just think, if a person wants to end their own life, how can somebody else tell them not to. I never think about committing suicide yet, but about the process of it and what drives people to that point.
Just asking , wrote:
I just think, if a person wants to end their own life, how can somebody else tell them not to. I never think about committing suicide yet, but about the process of it and what drives people to that point.
Depression combined with little to no hope. Been there many times. Depression is real.
I'm too busy banging puerto rican babes in my $70 million dollar yacht and going scuba diving while drinking beer
Just asking , wrote:
I just think, if a person wants to end their own life, how can somebody else tell them not to. I never think about committing suicide yet, but about the process of it and what drives people to that point.
Because if you have a disease that is pushing you to suicide the disease might be curable, or at the very least put into remission, which would end those desires. One needs to make sure it is individual seeking suicide and not the disease.
Still hanging on wrote:
Just asking , wrote:
I just think, if a person wants to end their own life, how can somebody else tell them not to. I never think about committing suicide yet, but about the process of it and what drives people to that point.
Depression combined with little to no hope. Been there many times. Depression is real.
Sometimes people are just tired of life and the endless litany of knock-downs that comes with it. Marital problems. Family dynamics. Financial matters. Addiction.
Heartbreak combined with total lack of support (social, financial, familial).
Financial problems lead to a lot of these thoughts, along with lost love, something Jamin will never experience.
Doesn’t matter if it’s $50 or $50 million, everyone has had financial issues in their lives. Deal with it responsibly and live within ones means.
Suicide haunts me on a daily basis. I saw my mother attempt it as a child. Two dear friend took their lives. Because I love my wife and children I would never take my life, but there have been times when I thought that if I didn't have people in my life who loved me and relied upon me, I might have considered it. Today, watching my homeland become overrun by acrimony and hatred, stoked by a leader who mocks the very idea of compassion, I sometimes wish I had an excuse to end my life. No doubt those who support '45 would laugh at me for all of this and cheer if I did listen to that voice.
It takes two things to commit suicide, extreme selfishness and BRAVERY. If you lack either of those you are not a suicide risk.
Fear of death is pretty bad for most people. Most people avoid talking about it ever. I don't see any reason to be sentimental if anyone is terminally ill or an adult chooses to they should have the right to do it easily without pain. I feel like I will want to by the time I reach 80 (if I make it that far) if I'm in poor health.
Suicide is a permanent solution for a temporary problem. Keep hope that the pain will end, and it usually does. Life is ups and downs. Even the kidnapped girls in Cleveland were able to keep hope, and I'm sure they are glad they were strong enough to come out on the other end.
I told my doctor that I had suicidal thoughts sometimes. Not like actually planning it out, but just, you know, thinking about it.
Next thing I knew, he had called my wife up to the office (who had to leave work, obv) to take me to a psych. It was like friggin SWAT came in thru the windows to secure the situation. We were able to laugh about it shortly after, but I told my doctor, when I saw him next, that there is a reason why people are scared to talk about suicide: the overreaction from anyone listening.
So, all that to say, I hope this thread stays active. It is important to have folks to talk to.
Right To Die wrote:
Fear of death is pretty bad for most people. Most people avoid talking about it ever. I don't see any reason to be sentimental if anyone is terminally ill or an adult chooses to they should have the right to do it easily without pain. I feel like I will want to by the time I reach 80 (if I make it that far) if I'm in poor health.
I fear that a so-called "right to die" will become a duty to die. Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is probably most-permitted in Belgium. I've read of elderly Belgians refusing to seek treatment for certain ailments from fear that they will be dispatched against their will. Thus PAS may lead to more suffering rather than less.
hlhhk wrote:
Right To Die wrote:
Fear of death is pretty bad for most people. Most people avoid talking about it ever. I don't see any reason to be sentimental if anyone is terminally ill or an adult chooses to they should have the right to do it easily without pain. I feel like I will want to by the time I reach 80 (if I make it that far) if I'm in poor health.
I fear that a so-called "right to die" will become a duty to die. Physician-assisted suicide (PAS) is probably most-permitted in Belgium. I've read of elderly Belgians refusing to seek treatment for certain ailments from fear that they will be dispatched against their will. Thus PAS may lead to more suffering rather than less.
I share your concern about the possible overreach of the right to die. Of course, we already have this system in the United States on a meta level in the way we limit access to health care, health insurance and health education. Those of us who can expect long lives are the middle class and upward. We have health insurance, the time to exercise, and access to a healthy lifestyle. Millions of Americans do not share this privilege. Those of us living well are essentially divided into three groups,; those who are concerned about those who are not getting good health care and are willing to make a sacrifice to change this; those who fein concern for those who do not have good health care but aren't willing do do anything about it (or pretend they are but in actually do not vote that way); and those who say ... fu(k em, if they can't be bothered to pull them selves out of poverty by their own boot straps they deserve to die, and better to die sooner. What I don't get about the second and third groups is that they seem not to realize that as the wealth and health gap increases, the nation will become increasingly ungovernable on a level that will require the sort of government they claim not to want--big, highly centralized, highly be-weaponed.
Please immediately a suicide hotline if you do ever think about suicide.
Life is too precious. Most failed suicide attempts are later deeply regretted. Please give life a second chance if you ever feel this way.
Thought about hanging self before but didn't go through with it. Was too afraid to, the reason I was considering it in the first place was because of the complete insanity/perpetual unhappiness at the time I couldn't escape.. don't know what's on the other side for all I know it could be 100000000x suckier. Would suck to end up in hell for an eternity, come back as a cockroach, or end up stuck on the other side of a bookcase in another dimension like the movie interstellar or something. You just don't know for sure..