2006-06-26 12:23:43 · 8 answers · asked by kool_aid 3 in Health ➔ Mental Health
Technically suicide is selfish because it really hurts the loved ones left behind but for the person committing suicide it is anything but selfish. I have counselled people who considered suicide and I have wanted to commit suicide so I speak from experience. To tell someone thinking suicide thoughts they are selfish is a ridiculous ignorant thing to do. A suicidal person is usually so depressed that they honestly feel that they are horrible losers and that everyone will be better off with out them around they are in fact not thinking of themselves at the time but about their perceived injustice to their loved ones and feel that everyone will benefit from their death. I can not stand it when people call suicidal people selfish it really hits a sore spot having been there on both sides of the fence.
2006-06-26 14:26:38 · answer #1 · answered by buffybot67 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
That's actually a very good question. As a society and all being part of the human species, we should be willing to stand up for each other if only based on the fact that we are all here together to work on making the life around us as enjoyable and rewarding as possible. Why the majority of human beings are only out for themselves has always astounded me, especially after having a family and knowing how important it is for our kids to be raised as helpful and caring individuals towards others regardless of bloodline. This is a topic that could be discussed endlessly and unfortunately, I don't see people changing their ways any time soon to help make this a non-issue. I do understand though after looking around and experiencing life as we know it, why someone may want to do a final check out and be done with having to deal with a society of people that sometimes end up being the very cause of why we want to die in the first place. We need to want to help and build up each other if only for the sake of how it can spread out into the world around us in a positive manner, not by doing the exact opposite because in the end, no one wins a prize for being the most self-centered or uncaring person in the land. And no one gets out of here alive anyway.
2006-06-27 08:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by MEEP 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I would think that suicide is selfish because you're not thinking of the people that will hurt because of you taking your own life. Quite possibly because of the guilt they feel for not being able to help or not realizing the seriousness of the situation.
Being on your own is an important stage in ones life. You need to develop coping skills ad to be able to problem solve your way out of the situation. Im sure if the problem is serious enough someone will be there to help.
You aren't thinking of suicide are you? please feel free to email me if you need to talk.....
2006-06-26 12:31:06 · answer #3 · answered by CdnLass 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow, such great answers already! :) Whether you realize it or not, you are loved and needed by others. Suicide will make your pain go away, but your loved ones will be wracked with guilt that there wasn't anything they could do to help you. If a person commits suicide, it can make suicide more acceptable to someone else. For instance, if I had commited suicide, it might have made my daughter feel that since I did it, she could do it too. Btw, that is the one thing that did prevent me from doing it.
2006-06-26 12:57:46 · answer #4 · answered by valkyria 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Cause you're only dead - the friends and family go through he!!.
You're not on your own for other things - if you don't have a good friend or relative to talk to, you can get a free counselor at the mental health clinic. Don't forget about the suicide hotline - they listen.
2006-06-26 12:28:28 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Clinical depression is poorly understood by people who have not lived through it. Suicide passes the pain from you to the people who will mourn you, and this is all that they see.
There are treatments for depression that will make it better and help you feel emotions other than pain again. Before killing yourself, see a doctor. The whole world is not as dark as you think; that it looks this way is caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain.
2006-06-26 12:32:40 · answer #6 · answered by neanah_e 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
suicide is just the easy way out! and id selfish because you hurt everyone except your self! and your not on your own because you have family!!
2006-06-26 12:26:44 · answer #7 · answered by whateva 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
But what if your own your own?
I have no family left.
And No friends
But I'm not going to kill myself.
But if I did no one would really care.
I guess that state would have to bury me.
2006-06-26 13:17:30 · answer #8 · answered by Martha M 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋