Do you feel that suicide is wrong? (page 2)

snowbird

LOL at Keyser!

In some cases, I do feel it's selfish.

Sylvia

dandingus

I think it should be punishable by death.

Nice keyser soze. Oh, the irony.

If I had followed through with my plans I would have missed so much. I had no idea what life without emotional pain would be like. Because I had always lived with abuse I had no idea what life without it would be like. I had no idea how many lives I could have helped. I had no idea of the sweetness of a grandchild's arms around my neck or the sweetest of sentences "I love you Grandma"

Suicide for many is an attempt to end emotional pain. These people need help and I don't think they are in the best position to make such a drastic decision regarding their lives.

On the other hand I think those who suffer severe, terminal illnesses with physical pain should be allowed to die with dignity

undercover

In some cases, I do feel it's selfish.

The cases that I'm familiar with, it was selfish. I won't say it's wrong because someone in that state of mind is clearly not thinking straight, but in the state, they end thinking only of their pain and suffering and do not consider how their actions will affect family and people who were trying to be there for them.

Having had a family member commit suicide, when I think about it at different times, it evokes different emotions. Sometimes I feel sad because they're not here to experience some of the things that have happened since. Other times I get angry...at how they took this way out that caused so much pain to their parents and siblings and all the people that were there to help.

dandingus

Just for the record (since I brought the topic up), Lady Lee, my thoughts are aligned with yours.

purplesofa

Aren't the ones living being selfish in some way with their anger towards the person?

Be angry at the circumstance and not the person.

purps

mindmelda

I don't think of this in terms of "right" and "wrong".

If you're thinking biblically, there's no particular or specific law against suicide that I know of. To my mind, not a "sin" but more of an unnecessary tragedy in many cases.

It's one of those gray areas that truly depends on the situation. I'm not adverse to someone who is incurably or hopelessly ill, non-functional or in great pain ending their lives by choice. Everyone should have that right. Needless suffering due to illness or condition is unmerciful. We even grant that mercy to animals, why not fellow human beings?

As someone who has been suicidally depressed, as I suffer from PTSD, (some of it induced by some pretty nasty experiences with JWs) I can tell you that depression is not a valid reason to commit suicide.
Depression, even serious, organic, bipolar depression can be pretty successfully treated, most successfully with a combination of cognitive therapy and various mood elevating medications.

The temporary deep misery and hopelessness one can feel when depressed WILL pass with proper treatment. It would be a terrible shame to ignore someone's cry for help and let their illness remain untreated. Never ignore someone who is threatening suicide, because if nothing else, it is a way of letting others know that the person needs help desperately.

Suicide will NOT cure your depression. It only cures living. I can't believe that God, in any form, would punish suicide. God doesn't punish people for being sick, not the one I believe in, anyway.

VIII

Being the Devil's Advocate

Your Body, Your Choice

Who cares who it hurts? It is your body, your choice. How can doing something for yourself, to your body, be anyone's business? It is your body?

My Right to Choose. If I want to end *my* life, why shouldn't I?

nelly136

suicide in an euthanasia sense when its to end suffering i can understand.

suicide for fanaticism i dont.

VIII

Further along that line of being/playing Devil's Advocate:

If I can legally/morally/ethically end the life of child living/growing inside of me, why can't I be allowed to end my own life if I so choose?

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