would you consider the act suicide an act of selfishness?

Question

I think that in many ways that suicide is selfish, I was just wondering if anyone agreed with me...

Answer 1

The first thing that came to mind was *desperate*, I don't think someone in so much pain with no vision of ever finding life better is selfish for taking away their pain. I think it is tragic. If a family Father takes his life, it is not neccessarily selfish, he was too sick to think outside his own self. If a family father puts himself in 1st position in life ahead of his children and wife, that is selfish.

Answer 2

No, I don't think suicide is primarily an act of selfishness. Some people who commit suicide do so at least partly because they believe that they are only hurting those around them and that removing themselves is the best thing to do for others. For an act to be selfish, I think it has to be done with selfish motives. Suicide certainly does hurt other people (other than the victim), but few suicide victims intend to hurt other people.

Answer 3

Anger is the outcome of a contravention of expectancies. those that care about the guy in question do not assume her or him to die. yet they do assume that anybody individuals can fall sufferer to an coincidence at pretty a lot any time. So if someone is murdered, loved ones are indignant on the assassin, and under no circumstances on the sufferer, because the sufferer did not reason the loss they're feeling. If the guy dies in an coincidence by ability of no fault of his own, they could be indignant at a less than the effect of alcohol motive force, or a speeder, or regardless of led to the coincidence. If the coincidence became the guy's fault, they could be somewhat indignant, yet a lot less so than a assassin, because through definition, and coincidence isn't meant through the events in touch. And finally, a suicide in many cases creates anger interior those left in the back of because they'd anticipated some thing diverse. yet in the experience that they imagine about it, and study more desirable about psychological wellbeing topics, they might come to comprehend suicide and under no circumstances be so indignant as they grow to be more desirable conscious of psychological soreness.

Answer 4

I would agree with you.
Well, first, I guess it is a very immature way of trying to escape reality. By saying goodbye, you don't have to think about how your problems can be solved.
And indeed, I would say that is selfish because you're not thinking about the consequences of such act: how painful it's gonna be for your parents, relatives and friends, and so on.
Moreover, the person that is about to commit suicide should consider some questions, like: who is going to discover me and how s/he is going to react? Who is going to feel responsible/guilty about my act?
And so on...

Answer 5

To really understand suicide, you will have to walk a mile in that person's shoes. You don't know what hell is going on in that person's mind. They may have some underlying medical condition that has not been diagnosed.

It isn't an act of selfishness, it is an act of desperation.

Answer 6

I suppose to us it looks selfish, but to the person who commits suicide it is the only option available and they are not thinking about how their death will affect others. They just see it as getting another useless person off the face of the earth.

Answer 7

I think that suicide is very selfish and immature. When you consider it, you don't consider how much it will hurt your loved ones, both emotionally and financially. The people who loved you now grieve over the fact that you killed yourself. I think that it can mess up a whole family.

Answer 8

Having both attempted (unsuccessfully, of course) and having my dad succeed at it, I have to agree that most of the time it is very selfish.

Usually the mind set of a person whom commits suicide are to relieve their own pain. But, they fail to realize how much pain that their suicide will cause to those whom care and love them.

Answer 9

I have always thought suicide was selfish. Very selfish.

Answer 10

It depends. If you are doing it hoping to get a response or prove a point, then sure. if you are just depressed or see no point in life, no it's not selfish.