Is it ok to suicide (no religious answers please)?

Question

This is a thought that goes into my mind quite regularly, I suffer from depression for over 25 years now and can no longer take the suffering. Yes I am on medication and yes it is the best for me but my thoughts will not stop.

Answer 1

When we are very depressed it is very tempting to think about suicide. Sometimes we feel this is the only way out of this misery and no one seems to understand. We can feel very isolated and alone. Depression hurts. There really is not a cure for severe depression, but it is treatable. It is a disease. Life can be worth living if you can work on changing your thoughts. It takes years for some to get the right diagnosis and proper medication for your individual problems. It can be a long dark scary jouney but here again
you can get relief if you do not give up the battle to keep
fighting. Every hour of each day you have to work on this. It
can be really rewarding to conquer your thoughts. Do
you feel the meds are helping you? If not be honest. Ask your
Dr.if you may have obsessive compulsive disorder. Obessive
thinking that does not stop. Many of us who have depression
also have other disorders along with the depression. Some
of us take two or three different meds to address each problem. We have to take control and embrace this disease.
It takes more than meds, but the right ones give us a jum,p start. Do lots of things to ease your pain. Heathly walks, keeping your thoughts in a journal, reading good material that interests. Any kindof excercize can release endorphins
good chemicals that make us feel brighter. Find a good hobby and focus on it. When the thoughts come change your
thought to something else. Just imagine something that makes you happy or something neat from your past. Some
of us count to as high as we can count until the thoughts change in our head. Don't let depression steal your life. The
reason i don't believe in suicide because I don't want it to win!
We have to fight off negative thoughts, PLease talk to your dr
again about your thoughts. Maybe a group in your area can
help so you don't feel so alone. Don't feel quilty about your
thoughts and feelings ,when they come just do something
to get your mind thinking about something else. Please know
you are one of millions who have depression. I admire your
courage to talk about it. This is the best thing you can do.
PLease try harder. It is a hard battle . Good Luck! I will be
thinking about you tonite when I meditate.

Answer 2

I, too, suffer from depression which I've endured for over 20 years. I'm still trying different meds to get this last bout under control again (I was well for 2 years, but meds stopped working), but if I weren't trying meds, I would give thought to one of the three treatments below, before I looked at suicide.

1. Chinese herbalists. They are certified in the US. They know what they are doing and have been doing "medicine" for thousands of years longer than we have with western medicine.

2. Acupuncture. Again, they are certified in the US, and have been practicing for thousands of years. I don't think they'd be around still if they didn't work. I have personal testimony of extreme pain brought to nothing in 3 visits.

3. Ki. An ancient method of freeing energy, and clearing the paths so that the energy can serve and heal every part of the body effectively. It is practiced in a manner similar to acupuncture, but with fingertips instead of needles. Contact www.kinginstitute.org.


Now back to your question. If you were terminally ill with a physical disease, like cancer, nearing your last days, in constant pain, I feel it may be okay to kill yourself or ask someone to overdose you on morphine. That's a question between you and your maker, I believe.

Depression? No. It's not okay. Though deeply depressed, unable to work most of the time, I have still accomplished good things in my life that are irreplaceable to those around me. I had a remission (a few times) during which I did everything I had so dreamed of doing while sick. The funny thing was, I could not trace a reason for my wellness, as I've never been able to pinpoint my weaknesses. I've come to think that it's not necessarily in my hands to make myself better or worse. But if there were one chance in a hundred that I could be well again, even for a small time, enjoying life as I was meant to...I'd stick around for it.

I have felt exactly in your shoes, but I have people around me that I refuse to leave behind traumatized. There will be no suicide for me, not for depression, anyway. I hope there won't be any for you, either.

Be well, stranger,

Debbie

Answer 3

I am a Conservative Christian, although not ultra Conservative! I don't base decisions such as long term vegetable or permit crippling disabilities on my religion. I base them on my head and my heart. My church can teach what it wants about these things, as for me I do what in my mind makes the most since. With having said that:.............. In the case of an assisted suicide I think the person who is doing the helping should be held to a higher standard of murder than the person wanting the suicide done to them. As far as medical reasons, I have heard "no CPR" that is not killing a person, but its not riving them either. If I was never expected to recover and I had to live forever as a vegetable then I'd expect my husband to first fight but then use common judgment as to if he should pull the plug on me.

Answer 4

It is a long term solution for a short term problem. I know 2 people that had problems and they took the easy way out, it only hurts your fam and friends! Have you ever tried being positive and looking for great things in life to live for??!! I believe that you are what you want to be and if you want to be miserable then you probably will be just that. I hope you find the brighter side of life to look at!

Answer 5

talk to your mental health professional immediately! mention to them about switching your medicine or adding a med that will help stop OCD thoughts....there are anti-depressants that do so. that's my professional advice .....

personal advice/thoughts: my grandmother committed suicide several months ago and my family will never be the same. i will never be the same. the regret, guilt, sadness, unanswered questions, anger, torment that you will unleash on your family, friends, acquaintances will be devastating.

there is hope out there......try a different med combo....switch therapists if necessary, switch doctors, there is HOPE!

i won't say anything religious, but only spiritual. get connected with something. if you want nature to be your higher power, so be it. if you want the little mouse that lives in your basement to be your higher power, so be it. try to get outside of your mind as far as focusing on something more than yourself to try to stop the thoughts. i used to have OCD thoughts as well, Celexa has helped mine with Klonopin when needed for a bad day.

don't give up!!! there is hope!!!!!!!!!

feel free to email me..........

get help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! please!!

Answer 6

arent you being abit selfish? i mean there are alot of people around you that you can go to and talk to and that love you very much and if you commit suicide then you are making alot of people around you who love you very unhappy and they would cry and miss you alot!!! so think about what you are doing before you decide to take the plug and commit suicide.

Answer 7

definently NOT. Suicide is plain selfish think of you ur family and friends that will be so sad and hurt when you die. you probably think no one cares but they DO! get counseling or theraphy or physciatrist but never suicide.