Why do some people want to die?

Question

I don't understand it.

How could someone want to die? You would either go to nothingness forever, go to hell forever, come back to another life, be reincarnated in a even crappier life, and maybe other stuff.

Everyone is going to die someday, why would they want to end it now? Being in a crappy life or being depressed is no excuse in my opinion either.

I value life, i've realized it's too short. How could anyone want to die, why would anyone want to die?

Ann O, you said your grandma was old, sick of life, couldn't wait to get to heaven. I can understand that, she has lived life and wants to get into Heaven.

Some of you are saying I don't understand unless i've experienced it, I have. I wanted to die before, i was trying to kill myself. Then I realized this life is just short, there's no point in suffering.

Now i realize there is no reason, unless it's saving a person, extrem mental illness, etc etc

Answer 1

they feel worthless and hopeless.
they feel like they are a mistake
and they wont be able to make it
its a big, cold world and some people dont think they have enough going for them to make it.

Answer 2

Some people endure mental illness. Some people think that there is just no other way. I knew somebody a long time ago that had a serious mental illness and he knew that he was going crazy, mentally. He also had alot of pain, physically. He did not want to be a burden to his family and he just couldn't take the pain any more. He believed in God and Heaven and knew that when he did eventually die, that's where he would go anyway. he just wanted to end his own suffering.

Answer 3

You say you've been there before.

How can you not understand someone else feeling the same way??? Or have you forgotten?

If you forgot, I hope you never remember.

I want to die sometimes because I'm afraid to live. I'm not afraid of this hell, or nothingness, or being reincarnated into a crappier life. I want to die when I'm stagnant and I don't feel like there's any way to solve things that are happening. i want to die when I feel like i'll never get my life under control or get through my eating disorder and self-injury. I want to die out of fear.

And you could interpret that as cowardly, but I really don't see these feelings as cowardly. I see them as the inevitable result of running out of resources.

Good thing I'm constantly looking for more coping skills.

Answer 4

I think it depends on the level of pain and coping skills. Lately I have been somewhat suicidal and its because my brain is going up and down at such a fast pace i think wanting to die isnt exactly what I want but rather something to stop all the crap. Sometimes the way things are might seem permanent to some people so they see death as the next option. I guess when i want to die I hope for this peace that I have been looking for for years.

Answer 5

Sometimes life is so cruel to some that their only option is death, just to be rid of it all. My experiences have put me in this position because for some there is no way out. Raped by my father, married a man just like him, rape, he tried to kill me on a daily basis, handed off to his friends to be raped by them, then to be beaten some more because I "let" them do it. Tied to a post in the dead of winter outside, with a water hose shoved inside me with cold water going full force, so yeah I guess I have issues. And death seems so much preferable to this **** I have to live in and go through EVERY day, not just every now and then, but every day. You never get over it, and it never leaves your mind. So don't judge people, don't talk to them like you KNOW all about it, fact it, for the most of people doing the judging, they have been handed the silver spoon so to speak. Mentally my mind cannot take much more.........

Answer 6

I often think that depression, loneliness,illness, or sometimes they overdose on drugs. I realize that problems may have a lot to do with the cause of sucidue, but I am like you how could you take your own life. I enjoy living too much and want to live as long as the lord wants me too.

Answer 7

people want to die because they are very depressed. Something in the past might have caused this too. They might feel uncared for, unloved, worthless, and unsignificant so they think what is the point of living. Some people think they ruin other people's lives and they will be better off without them. sometimes it is just a strong guilt that gets to them.

Answer 8

its impossible to understand until you've been there. Like it's already been said, emotional pain is far worse than physical pain. You've obviously never experienced true depression otherwise you wouldn't make the statement that it is 'no excuse'. That being said, I don't advocate suicide by any means, but I understand what can drive people to it.

Just be grateful that you don't understand why some people want to die, and hope that you never do

Answer 9

I think everyone has their own reasons. I know for me, it's not really about wanting to die, I just don't want to live anymore. It's hard for me to explain the difference. I'm not looking for a way to get killed or to kill myself. I'm just tired of living. I don't want to do it anymore. I have a family and they depend of me, so right now that's my only reason to not think about it so much. I just don't want to do this anymore. I'm tired.

Answer 10

it's good that you value your life and more people should feel the way you do about life
but i have been through depression and now know what it feels like to go through it. it's hard to understand unless you have it, so there isn't any use explaining.
some people go through many obstacles and sometimes people think that they aren't strong enough to overcome it. it is all in the mind.

Answer 11

People what have died and been brought back have seen what heaven is like and can't wait to go back. The do not want to commit suicide but at the same time they are more than willing to be dead so they can go back to heaven. My best friend has been clinically dead twice and been to heaven and can't wait to go back. She has asked me not to perform CPR on her and I gave her my word that I wouldn't .