about suicide?

Question

i do not think it's healthy and i wouldn't do it because death has to come naturally on its own terms

my question really is, what's the difference between ending your life and being depressed for the most part of it. isn't that how people get cancer and other types of illness

what are your thoughts on this

thanks

if you think it's a valid option, you can say so

Answer 1

suicide is a long term solution to a short term problem.

Answer 2

Being depressed doesn't have to feel badly. If a person who suffers from depression gets therapy and medication to address the symptoms and roots of the depression, life can be really good. Depression can be addressed very effectively if the individual is serious about making sure the medication is taken exactly as prescribed, and takes the time (one hour per week) to see a therapist. It's helpful to know that depression is actually a disease, caused by many things, but is chemical in nature. By taking medication, the chemicals and processes in your brain are affected, making the depressed person feel better.

There's a huge difference between living with depression and not living at all. Anyone I know who is taking medication for depression, is very happy they did -- and I cannot imagine they would rather not live, than deal with depression.

Answer 3

Hi, I am Rational Spirituality. Both are natural, actually. We are given our lifetime which is as long as is needed in order to either squeeze in those experiences we need to grow from (this applies to someone on a structured path, i.e. their life has a purpose), or until we used up our options (applicable to trial and error Souls).

That means that the trauma of the suicide itself can be a constructive experience from the Soul's perspective, and equally, long term pain and suffering may be part of a Soul's purification, which means that it make sense, and is also constructive from the Soul perspective.

Rational Spirituality would never lay down artificial laws as to what others should be doing with their life, or how long they should live it. It stipulates the immortality of a Soul with a purpose, and leaving one lifetime whichever way, compares to dropping one set of clothes to perhaps, replace it with another, a newer and a more appropriate set .

The growth and the wellbeing of the Soul is what matters, because that may last eternity. One lifetime, whether 10 or 100 years long, is a negligible length of an experience compared with that.

Answer 4

The difference between ending your life and being depressed for the most part of it is that the suicide lost hope in God while the person with depression still has hope. That hope may be clouded over and hard to access, but it still exists. The suicide has concluded that nothing can solve his or her problems while the person with depression has not reached such a blasphemous conclusion.

People get cancer and other types of illnesses in all sorts of ways--anything from radiation poisoning to genetic predisposition. Other illnesses also have their own set of causes. There is a current movement of some sort that suggests that we bring sickness on ourselves. Tell that to Marie Curie, who got cancer from handling radium before she knew that radiation was deadly. One's state of mind cannot overcome certain physical laws.

If you have depression and would like to speak with someone who used to have it and is entirely free from it, feel free to email me. I'll be glad to offer what assistance I can.

Answer 5

Committing suicide is when a person has literally lost all hope in their life, and is a very sad situation to see a person in. Depression is a very nasty emotion it can get to a point of no return, and that's when it becomes vary dangerous. Anger on the other hand is the worst one when it comes to contracting illnesses, cancer in particular, I believe anger upsets our molecular structure, that's when the battery cables short out and then he/she becomes vary negative, and all kinds of nasty things start to happen in the body. Happiness is the positive, and being positive can cure a lot of things and not just illnesses.

Answer 6

The difference is how you yourself can reconcile throwing away the gift of life-if you are in constant pain then your soul may consider it to be rightful that you ended your suffering, but that doesn't expiate your karmic debt. If you commit suicide to escape the consequences of an action however you are deluded because you will reincarnate and go through everything all over again.

Answer 7

hum, I think suicide is a tough subject. Some people are depressed enough to actually do it, but I think they are cowards. Seriously. They want the easy way out. True, it CAN Get VERY hard at times to handle some things but hey, live with it (or not if u kill yourself) either way...life goes on for the rest of us.

Answer 8

Well, I'll put it this way.

The difference is, in one case you are in a group with a higher correlation to being diagnosed with cancer than other people, and in the other case you are willfully taking your own life.

I'd say that's a pretty big difference. Suicide also happens faster and with more certainty.

Euthanasia: The anti-idiot.

Answer 9

For the most part people don't choose to be depressed. If a disease that ends up taking one's life results from depression it was not a willful intention for him/her to take his/her life.

If a person puts a gun to his/her head and pulls the trigger it is a willful intention to take his/her life. There is not chance to ask forgiveness of that sin.

Answer 10

thats a very heavy question... myself i had been depressed for years;but i never wanted to kill myself.. i knew in my heart ;another good day was bound to come again .. and it did now i have a nice life with my son..