Why do people kill themselves? Can we justify suicide? Is it "only" a personal matter or a "social" concern?

Answer 1

When the pain becomes intolerable, our creative subconscious blocks reasoning, and starts suggesting solutions to the depressed, helpless, and devastated soul to rid it from the extreme pain. As the creative subconscious' first priority is to end up the suffering, and since it has nothing in its archive that is labeled "impossible", and, as it is now dominant in the brain after it had blocked reason, it has no sensations of fear or negative outcome of the suggested solution to send to the soul - it only sends the solution, which will match perfectly with the self-image the depressed soul is currently holding - i.e., relief from the pain. Hence committing suicide becomes the only solution at the moment
Can we justify it? Of course not, because to justify is to apply reason and use the conscious mind which would never ever agree to such a solution. So we always wonder how one could take one's own life for such a trivial state of mind that is not permanent, and would go if we give it some time or change its circumstances.
As for the third part of your question, I would say, although it seems at the surface that it is a personal "issue", it is totally a social "concern". The suicider now, after taking away his life, has no concern. He has shifted it to society. It is now the society's problem. Why did he do so? What can be done to prevent recurrence of such a stupid act? What factors had lead to it? Is society involved? What can clinical psychology do to help? Etc...The irony is amazing: It is as if the suicider is blaming society for his death by shifting his personal problems to it after his death, and, at the same time, society cannot help feeling guilty for allowing such act to take place in it. How strange and intricate our inner life as human beings, is!!

Answer 2

Unfortunately, some people kill themselves due to depression (which they may, or may not know they suffer with). That is really a tragedy, because there are so many antidepressants--and at least one would be sure to work.

People may also kill themselves if they lose all their money (like during the Great Depression, or now with all the stocks).

There are, of course other reasons, it is a personal matter (especially for those with fatal illnesses)--but it is also a social concern. I think that a lot more should be done to discourage suicide (not to mention murder).

Answer 3

I've known quite a few people who have committed suicide. Some of them had everything going for them and from the outside you couldn't tell anything was wrong. Then the next week you hear on the news or through a friend that they're gone. Most of them died due to personal matter in their life. One 14 yr. old girls father was molesting her. One guys wife was fooling around on him. You never know when someone is going to think that there is no other alternative. It has been a social concern for some time now. The only justification I could possibly come up with is if there was someone with a killer disease or had a chronic health problem so bad that they were going to die anyways and didn't want the family to suffer. Or didn't want to go through the slow agonizing death.

Answer 4

I think it's a matter of a person actually wanting to live but feeling opressed so greatly by some issue, that they end it all.

Personally, I cannot justify suicide because as long as there would have been another day, there was time to attempt to resolve the issue.

Social concern? Yeah, in light of all the mixed up feelings and funeral expences they leave behind for those who loved them to deal with.

Answer 5

There are a lot of reasons why people commit suicide. I dont know if we can justify suicide. I also think that it is both a personal matter and a social concern. But thats my opinion.

Answer 6

Suicide may be a cry for help or a deliberate act to end a life of pain-Those people cannot see any other options and life has become unbearable. People who have severe, chronic pain or those with severe depression may think of suicide as a means to end the pain or the sense of hopelessness. I do not think people who attempt or commit suicide think of the lingering pain that is placed upon family or loved ones. Suicide is more than a personal concern-socially we need to look at those groups of greater risk of suicide: young adults and the elderly population.

Answer 7

I don't know why people choose to kill themselves. All human beings at one time or another feel that hopelessness and pain, but we don't feel it's our right to choose to end our lives. Suicide is a very selfish act. My daughter's boyfriend (her first love) committed suicide when she was just 16. He was on drugs - of course. She is now a single mother, doing well, but the suicide of her boyfriend has had an effect on her ever since. The person committing suicide is only thinking of themselves, and not the devastation and hurt and anguish that they're causing loved ones left behind.

Answer 8

They give up....and I would never want to give up then your time on earth is over and we need time to prepare to meet the guy upstairs...I read a book about a guy who killed himself and he was so special an wonderful it made me cry so hard to know someone so dang special would give up on life...he was Daniell Steele's son he had bi polar disorder and he was a great person . I do not think we can justify suicide. I do not understand the last question sorry...Everyone has great worth...we all are priceless.

Answer 9

Suicide - Who Are Most at Risk? :
. The Hidden Epidemic
.. Given a Desire to Live
... A SURE Hope
.... Risk Factors and Warning Signs
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2000/2/22/article_01.htm

What Hope for Today's Youths? :
. The Tragedy of Youthful Deaths
.. Suicide - A Scourge of Young People
... When Hope & Love Vanish -- And Return
.... Motivations for Suicide
..... Some Indicators of Suicide
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/1998/9/8/article_01.htm

LIFE IS WORTH LIVING :
. A Worldwide Problem
.. Why People Give Up on Life ;
... You Can Find Help
.... How Can You Help?
..... Someone Who Seems Suicidal
...... "Will God Forgive Me for Feeling This Way?"
....... Have You Lost a Loved One to Suicide?
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2001/10/22/article_01.htm

"Make Sure of All things; Hold Fast to what is Fine!"
1 Thessalonians 5:21

Answer 10

it's due to a chemcal imbalance in their brains since "it's the only way to relieve their pain and suffering" but this chemical imbalance is directly linked to people not paying enough attention to their problems, while suicides can find it difficult to convey their feelings it might be a vicious circle to try to squeeze out of them what they want to say
sometimes there is no hope for them so they think so communication might not seem to help at all
but if they tell the right people (people that will help them realistically to achieve goals, instead of just talking to them) they can bring them out of their dark nights of winter
but yes, life does seem hopeless because of the way the world is set-up. you go bankrupt and your lover tells you to eff off and then your dog dies it can seem like a very viable option, but only to someone that doesn't realize he is what he makes himself. on the other hand if he is screwed over in some grand conspiracy and told there is nothing he can do, but this is all fantasy right