What is the metaphysical explanation of suicide?

Question

Is it a denial of existence?

Answer 1

It is sadness overcoming the fear of uncertainty.

Answer 2

There is no need to invoke a metaphysical explanation of suicide. Suicide is just this :The act or an instance of intentionally killing oneself. It's not a denial of exsisting, it's an act of ceasing to exist.

Answer 3

My best explanation (metaphysically) is that the person has become too tired of life, and does not feel able to complete the life lesson(s) they were supposed to learn in this life time. (As chosen by the soul/essence before reincarnation into a new body.) It is a temporary solution a permanent problem and some people even consider it to be cowardly. But, some people are genuinely sick (mentally) and don't know what else to do and there's little to do to allay that. (Some refuse to seek professional help.)

Hope that answers your question!

Answer 4

Indeed, suicide can be seen as the point at which an individual feels that nothing is better than something; that is, he/she feels that not existing is better than existing. Of course, there are no degrees to existence, as Immanuel Kant points out, so something can either exist or not exist. It's somewhat subjective when it comes to which is better though. Even if someone kills him or herself, they would still exist though; there would still be a memory or conception of that person (e.g. in the family's minds, at the funeral, etc.), so he/she can't cease to exist simply by suicide.
Then again, one doesn't suddenly come to an epiphany that not existing is better than existing and then simply commit suicide. Often, one commits suicide because of an extreme and relatively intolerable decline in the aesthetic condition of his/her life. His/her perception of life is one that deviates from the optimistic view, and this is aggravated by naturally horrible living conditions. Of course, if one's perception of his/her aesthetic condition changes, then he/she may not be depressed anymore, and may not commit suicide; I think this happened with that guy in the movie It's a Wonderful Life. This thereby contributes to his/her decision as to whether existence or non-existence is better.
Indeed, if we base our decisions on empirical evidence, then we can only say that existence is better, because I'm sure we don't have much recollection about non-existence. Nonetheless, a few can still justify their suicides with their own individual experiences, which were probably aesthetically horrible per se.

Answer 5

No, it's just the result of a balance between the will to live and the desire to cease to exist. Tip the balance the wrong way (i.e. by making oblivion more attractive than life) and the result is suicide.

Answer 6

The motivation for everything is either the pursuit of some pleasant state or the avoidance of some unpleasant state. I am unaware of one case of suicide that did not involve "perceived" escape from some greater pain, whether physical, mental, or emotional.

Answer 7

Like a flame which has barely enough fuel left to keep burning, the winds of self-hatred come along and extinguish the life that has lost the will to vibrate.

Answer 8

suicide is nothing more than a permanent solution to a temporary situation.

Answer 9

"When life is more terrible than death,
the greatest valour is to live on."
---Sir Thomas Young

Answer 10

Defying existence/God?
Defying fate/death?