Suicide: Brave or cowardly?

Question

I'm still undecided.

BTW, thanks for the counseling, but I'm not suicidal, just putting a question out there.

Answer 1

It really depends on the individual situation. If You're a Terminally Ill Person, and in Serious Pain.. than I don't believe it would be Cowardly at all. Anyone that would say otherwise, would just be ignorant, or if it was a family member.. Selfish, because they don't want You to go in order to spare "them" the pain of loosing You.

But anything other than the above kind of situation would be wrong. Don't listen to those Mother Fu_kers that say You're going to go to He_l. It's not like that at all. The point is, You're going to be Cheating Yourself of a Great Gift... the Greatest Gift, even thought it's hard to see it that way at times. But not only that, on a more spiritual level, any problem that You are running from, or trying to avoid dealing with in this life, will most likely have to be dealt with in Your next life. It's part of Your Karmic Lesson, and if You don't deal with Your Crap Now, You're going to have to Deal with it Later... and it might be even harder then.

Answer 2

To say that committing suicide is cowardly, or the coward's way out, without knowing that person's particular circumstances or emotional make-up, is extremely judgemental. Who are we to judge? Where's the compassion? Are you going to be there to help that depressed friend when they are despairing? When they've lost hope? And what if they have no one who counts on them? Or any family that would miss them? Do you know the toll that loneliness takes on a person? Do you even know what despair is?

You can't get into another person's skin and know what is tormenting them, what losses they have suffered, what obstacles they have faced, what pain they have endured. Some people are better at staving off their demons than others. Are they to be condemned and judged because they are not?
Where's the compassion? Are they cowardly because they are tormented by something that you, or I, cannot possibly fathom?
I think it takes an enormous amount of courage to put a gun to your head and pull the trigger. For someone to reach this point, there is no other way out for them. They hung on for as long as they could.

Answer 3

I've always thought that it was cowardly until recently. Now I think that certain feelings just overpower a person and unless they get help, there's nothing they can do but succumb to them. I think a person's faith has a lot to do with it also. I would never commit suicide because I believe God doesn't forgive that and I also believe that He doesn't give us anything that we can't handle. I don't know if it's brave or cowardly. I do know it's stupid.

Answer 4

it depends on the individuals culture and mindset. in some cultures, it is taught from a very early age that it is a noble thing. however, it is not natural for a living thing to want to end its life, life has the right to live. So even cultures that are taught that it is a noble, self sacrificing thing, often have doubts about it when it comes to actually killing themselves, and something just doesn't feel right.
a persons mindset can affect the intentions of the action, if someone is killing themselves because they are giving up, it is not admirable, but if a person truly things they are helping the ones they love, or something good will come out of their death, i think their intentions are noble, even if the act is not.
i think the real brave person, is the person who wipes away the tears and puts on a smile for the ones they love. no matter how miserable i was, i know that i dont have the right, even if i may have the ability to take a life. and not only would i be hurting myself, but i would deeply hurt all those who cared for me, and the last thing i would want to do is end my suffering my magnifying it on those close to me.
sometimes someone can be so mentally distraught that they are not thinking of after..but only ending the pain, they really need help, and their is nothing noble about a death like that, just terrible sadness.

Answer 5

No way! It's so brave. I think that for someone to commit suicide, it's so far beyond just thinking about it or even attempting it. It's a commitment to it. Thus the word, commit.
I think they have to be so far past the point of reason, and so far past being scared or concerned for themselves that they honestly believe that the world would be a better place without them. If they were cowardly, they would back out of it.
Imagine being so depressed and desperate that you honestly believe your friends and family are better off without you. THAT's the point that suicidal people have to reach in order to go ahead with it.
I think in a very bizarre way that suicide is somewhat altruistic.
But it's a tragedy always.

Answer 6

If I saw you standing on top of building yelling, "I'm gonna jump. F it all." I'd yell back, "Dude, do it! It's not worth it. Do it man. Life's not worth it.

Are you retarded. What the hell is wrong with you. Are you just looking for sympathy? Stop acting like a loser. Cause all you are doing is acting like an actor, putting on an act. Sometimes life sucks. You know why? Because you suck. You are living in the wrong spirit. Everything is negative and a bummer. Maybe you smoke pot or/and drink which always further compounds problems. Honestly. You don't know what the hell you are talking about. I have been suicidal before. I stuck the barrel of a loaded S K S to my throat and had my thurb on the trigger with the safety off, and, almost really did it. Till I prayed. I couldn't do it after talking to God. I don't know why. I wasn't scared until after I talked to God and asked him to take me to heaven. I ended up going to jail and having my gun taken by the police. One of my friends knew I was really trippin and called the cops on me. I had already prayed before the cops showed up. So I didn't want to do it anymore. I wonder though, if I hadn't prayed, what would have happened that night. It not like after I got out of jail I changed much in my life. But, I didn't want to die anymore at least. I was still unhappy. Nothing ever really seemed to be satifying. I found out 4 years later though, for sure, that God is real. I got saved on 4-11-06. Which I consider my spiritual birthday. I do, however, wonder if I might have been saved sooner than that. Because the prey I prayed to get saved was almost exactly the same as the ones I had done earlier. Plus, I had felt the Holy Spirit move in me for a least a month before that date. The best thing you can do is get you but in an Independent, Fundemental, Baptist Church. Go down there and listen to that preacher preach from the King James Bible and tell me that anit the convicing power of God's holy word with a promise of a happy ending. You need to get born again. I'll tell you right now. You need to have faith in Jesus. That bible will teach you all about yourself, the world, life, and most of all God, and the salvation that he has made for us through Jesus Christ. "Ye must be born again." "Except a man be born again, he can not see the kingdom of God."

Answer 7

Cowardly.

Answer 8

It depends on the situation because each circumstances are different, some it is cowardly and others it is a brave act. It is hard to decide because it isn't a black and white issue, kind of like abortion.

Answer 9

It's an option, not brave or cowardly just a way out!

Answer 10

Brave, but stupid. Don't do it. Since you have no way of actually KNOWING what is on the Other Side, sure it is a brave thing, but... stupid. You do know what life is like on this side.

Here's a couple of sure things... nobody, not even me, is so messed up that he won't be missed.

You dying will surely make a bad impact on the world.

You living might make a good impact on the world.

If you can't bring yourself to be happy with the decision to live somebody who likes you and counts on you will be.

Pain is temporary. Problems are temporary. Taking the Big Bite is forever.

Reading my words, wise though they are, won't make a bit of difference in your decision. Talk to your friends. One of them will help you out of it.