2007-02-20 20:08:59 · 7 answers · asked by Matty G 3 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
I don't think it's about the guts rather I agree with Albert Camus, he said, "But in the end one needs more courage to live rather than to kill himself." I also like this one:
"A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession."
Just think about these great sayings by one of the world's brilliant authors, take care and good luck.
2007-02-20 20:33:48 · answer #1 · answered by Arigato ne 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
You say you have not got guts? Try. Try harder Even harder. You will realise, and easily so, that killing yourself is a very easy job. Very easy. You may even get Webadvise on " 10 easy ways to kill yourself in 10 seconds flat!"
THEN , think why you are not doing that. You will amazingly realise that whatever that is prompting you to take this irreversible step, there are ( you feel) still some ways left to overcome the problems. You may still feel " "There it is , a friend I have overlooked"... " A starnger I had met who can help"
In other words you have HOPE still and that is why you are not killing yourself. So long as you have hope you will act. You will come out of your cowardice and walk towards courage to act.
The ones who donot have that hope surrender to the compulsion.
2007-02-20 20:51:45 · answer #2 · answered by YD 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Wow, well if you are contemplating suicide or if someone you loved has commit ed suicide, I don't quite know why you are asking. But, let me tell you my experience with the matter. I have attempted suicide more times than I care to count, from running into an 18wheeler to stabbing myself in the stomach to slitting my wrist, taking pills....I'm 28 now and loving it. But, I didn't always. Sometimes when I didn't know how to deal with the pain, emptiness, loneliness, mistakes, rejection, abuse, or the just plain insincerity of the world- I would just get sooooo depressed. I tried other things(mainly drugs and alcohol), and then it just looked like the only option. But, something kept me alive, I believe that something was God. If you are contemplating suicide, but "haven't got ht guts"...think about calling someone, go ogle Celebrate Recovery for this and a whole lot more, it has me believing in a purpose to my life after all. May God be with you tonight my friend, and restore your brokenness. Peace and blessings!
2007-02-20 20:42:14 · answer #3 · answered by molly hadley 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Star to you for a really clever question. I am not quite sure if I can do justice to it!!
Perhaps those who muster the courage to kill themselves are convinced that anything after death can not be worse than what they are already facing in life. Those who believe that it is better to tackle the known devil are perhaps the people who seem to have the courage to face a hard life.
It appears to me that this whole issue of courage or cowardice is quite irrelevant when it comes to such a major decision as to whether one should try the trying life further or risk the uncertainty after death. The choice to embrace death is perhaps made in a state of mind that borders insanity.... a level-headed sane person would always find hope in life, since what tomorrow will bring is never certain.
2007-02-20 20:57:41 · answer #4 · answered by small 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Those who think killing oneself is an act of cowardice are wrong! Those who have not experienced the depths of despair that one enters after years of reinforcing cyclic negative thinking can probably not understand that the depth of clinical depression it brings on is a very painful mental illness. It results in tunnel "vision" or complete negativity so that no way can be "seen" out of the morass. And it does result in death.
But there is a way out even after one has failed in a suicide attempt. (That attempt was an act of complete loss of hope). It results in a change, brought on by the seriousness of the act, in ones way of thinking. Like maybe God didn't want me to kill myself is why it didn't work. There is at last a light, however dim, at the end of the negativity tunnel.
And to your probably being in depression I say: if you can only break that pattern of reinforcing negative thinking by sheer will power (willing your self to cancel negative thoughts and forcefully substituting a positive thought) your mood may start to lift and hope return. Antidepressant pills help too but it takes weeks for them to kick in. Peace and Love!!
2007-02-20 23:00:44 · answer #5 · answered by Mad Mac 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who gave you the right to say that ppl who kill themselves are cowards? And since when have you set the bar for bravery ?
2007-02-20 22:50:55 · answer #6 · answered by Praxis 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the act itself is far from cowardly it takes a very brave man to take his own life.it's the fact of avoiding your problems and responsabilitys etc. that make it cowardly.
2007-02-20 20:54:56 · answer #7 · answered by BUSHIDO 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋