What are your views on suicide?

Question

I know alot of you will probably say suicide is cowardly and selfish thing(and in some ways is it),but if you are suffering from depression then we are not ones to judge because depression is an ILLNESS. My friend killed himself and i think about him all the time but he was ill.

Answer 1

i'm not saying that suicide is right or that it is wrong, but i do understand that some people feel this way and its up to them if they decide to end things. i think that if you are depressed suicide appears as an option that doent need to be chosen. depression isnt always recognised as an illness and that is why people dont undertand why they concider suicide as an option of escape. (hope that makes sense, thats just my opinion)

Answer 2

Sorry about your friend. I know a little of about how you feel. My best friend was not depressed nor was did she commit suicide. She was brutally killed by her boyfriend, 5 years ago. We had been best friends for over 20 years. We met in the 4 grade. I think about her almost everyday even now. One part of me thinks she left us too soon a nd the other part of me says everything is in God's plan. However to answer your question, personally, I think suicide is wrong based on my faith and because it leaves the people behind with too many unanswered questions. They wonder what they could have did to make things better for you or to let you know that they are their for you. Depression is an illness but a treatable illness. Some people will say that suicide is against God. But no one knows what's in God's plan until he reveals the answers to us. You will just have to remember all the good times you and your friend shared and all the crazy things he did to make you laugh, smile or cry.

Answer 3

I have tried it quite a few times. I am rubbish at it as Im still here. At the time it was not cowardly or selfish as I believed I was doing the right thing at the time. I suffer with depression and a few other mental illnesses which are under control just now. I feel for you losing a friend to depression. you can contact me if you wish to know more to help you understand and maybe i can help you and me.

Answer 4

I wouldnt say it is selfish, it is an illness and some people can get over ill by this, if they do not want to suffer no more, then they kill themself. It is not a nice thing to happen, and i wouldnt like to see it, or do it, but i know that if someone is really bad and ill then maybe sometimes it will be the better thing to do, in their eyes, maybe not in the families eyes, but most of the time the sufferer does not get help from anyone, it is their way of curing it.

Answer 5

unfortunately alot of people do commit that dreadful act of suicide. i think alot of people that say suicide is cowardly and selfish uses that because they don't think they would not do it. but they won't know if they would until they face unbearable circumstances. i'm not saying i agree with the choices some people make but i can't see the situation thru that persons eyes. i just feel if a person would sit back and think about the situation or talk to a best friend about it they might realize that the act is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

Answer 6

I'm sorry to hear about your friend. How sad that someone is so miserable that they feel there is no way out but to obliterate themselves from the earth.
I think that in certain circumstances suicide is understandable - like serious illness etc etc. However, I do wish people could see that because you're hurting or depressed today, it doesn't mean you will feel the same next year. I was utterly miserable when my husband walked out and left me with a tiny baby, no job and nowhere to live. I wanted to kill myself. I'm glad I did't.

Answer 7

I feel very sorry for people who have committed and thought of suicide. They must have gone through a lot to arrive at that low point in their lives, and they must have gone through agony while deciding weather or not to do it. Suicide seems like a quick fix to a serious problem. And we all know that quick fixes don't work in the long run. I only hope that if anyone has contemplated suicide they would have looked for help and support before trying such a drastic measure.

Answer 8

Depression is so much more than an illness.And people need not suffer from it!!!
Depression takes lives because in 2006 we have forgotten the most important factor in conversation.LISTENING If you learn to LISTEN you are truly gifted. you see the people that see no way out and nobody to hear and fight their corner, isolation becomes to much. I think Tracy Chapman said"why when there are so many of us are there people still alone"
Christmas 2005 a friend from my youth took her life.
She Had a good job,nice House,friends and family.
Friends and family she had spent the evening with, she had even told them of her plans, but it was dismissed as nonsense,Its Christmas. She had done better than most from our childhood, country girl makes good.
But all she wanted or needed was someone to hear her cries from behind her brave face.
So to day I pride myself in having good ears compassion and time for anyone that needs a chat. These days it seams that most have too much to say and lack the knowledge of conversation. Although your pain may be hard, Learn from it and grow. X

Answer 9

I think suicide is a tragedy. I know from my own experiences of suffering from depression, that when you are in that dark place, you are incapable of thinking of the consequences for your loved ones. I am really sorry that you have lost a friend this way, and I hope you will in time remember the good times you had together as well as the tragic way he died. My thoughts are with you.

Answer 10

I wouldn't make a general judgement. I think each case is different, and I don't know about your friend. I would not do it, because my life is good. And even if it weren't, I would rather stay and fight. But I think it's a very personal decision, and I don't blame those who take it. Especially those who kill themselves under the influence of a great depression or a clinical condition that affects their thinking and scale of values. I'd say don't be too harsh on your friend. He was surely not himself when he did it.