is suicide selfish?

Question

what do you think?

if you have your own family and kids then yes, I think it is, but if you don't and you truly don't want to live then i don't see why people should think of you as selfish for doing it!!

(just in case your wondering, no, I'm not suicidal!!)

Answer 1

It sure is.

Answer 2

Thats a very difficult question. I totally disagree with people who have said that suicide is cowardly or an easy way out. A lot of people who commit suicide don't actually want to die, they just want a solution to their problems but feel that their is no way out. I am not suicidal, and therefore cannot even begin to comprehend what motivates a person to take their own life, so I will not try to. But what I do know is this- people generally don't kill themselves to spite their family. Perhaps they genuinely believe that everyone would be better off without them, so in their mind they are carrying out an unselfish act. However, there are those who give up too easily and do not have enough faith in the support of their family and friends. In this case, it is selfish as they have chosen to inflict grief rather than look for an answer to what may be a simple problem.

Answer 3

yes it is, and it does not matter if you have your own family or not, there are others out there who love and care about you, whether you know it or not. Think about it, does this person have a job, attend school, have parents who are alive, if so it will affect each one of those in some way, and leave them with the question of why. It may seem like a way out for the individual, but it hurts others more than they will ever know. I lost a friend to suicide when I was 21, my best friend and I have assisted in raising her son. Even though at the time he had no clue, now at 24, he still wonders why she did it. The sad part is, she lived for about week after, and was so sorry she had done what she did.

Answer 4

Selfishness to Who?????????
If a person has family and kids, the pain is still the same as the person without family and kids. Why does the situation change for the loner with no one in their life. I can have lots of family and lots of kids, but be dying inside. Errors in my past haunt me daily. My family and friends have lost respect for me because of those decisions. I have no one to turn to. I live a life of Hell. So does the loner with no family or friends. We are both better off ending our Hell on Earth. My family already is embarrassed and hurt. If I take my life they will hurt no more, and no less.
If Family and friends truely Love someone, they will understand this when a friend chooses to take their own life.
DO NOT EVER BE ANGRY OVER SELF DEATH>>>>>>>>>>
They hurt more than you will ever know, and you must respect their decision.
Dave

Answer 5

Yes I think Suicide is selfish I used to be depresses all the time and that was what I thought of, how selfish it would be. think about your family and the other people around you such as your work mates. Also look at it in God's eyes he created life and it in a way is disrespectful to take away the precouse life he has created.

Answer 6

Yes it's selfish and it makes the person a coward. No one has the right to decide that life is over that's Gods choice and I don't care how much pain you think your in because their is always someone else out there in much much more and they are living it. The problem with suicidal people is that they think they are the only one who has every had problems.
Depressed...believe me I understand what its like to be depressed, I have suffered from forms of depression for the past 14 years. I know what it's like to be unhappy and feel like you have no one in this world. I know what it's like for bad events in your life to make you not want to deal with them anymore I know it's hard but ending your life is just stupid, It's showing that you are not a fighter. You are so quick to give up.
Life is a gift It may not be a gift you like but its a gift. However with many things, you simply cannot return your life as if to say I didn't like it Give me another one, That's it you only have one life to live then you die when God feels its your time and that your work on earth is complete.
If you think your life is hell now wait until you take your own life - you will be in hell for the rest of eternity so do it... I feel sorry for anyone who contemplates this decision.

Answer 7

Its not the person that's suicidal that suffers but the rest of his/her family. As i should know only a couple of weeks ago my best friends husband committed suicide and he has left her to cope with a 4 and 2 year old. And a couple of days later a female friend of mine also committed suicide and she leaves her boyfriend and 10 and 4 year old children. Maybe they had there problems but to leave there children at such a young age is selfish in my eyes.
Sorry if i sound blunt but that's my opinion

Answer 8

It is extraordinarily selfish. Because it is all about you. No one else. Furthermore, you leave behind a terrible memory and a really effed-up situation for those who have to deal with your death. So even dead, you are causing harm. That being said, it is the ultimate expression of free will to kill yourself. Free will is a cornerstone of human existence. THAT being said, the ultimate expression AGAINST the free will of humans is to be born at all. In that we have no choice. Since everything that happens to us happens after conception, we should have the choice up front to be born or not. I have never seriously considered suicide, but on many occasions I have wished I was never born, and resentful that my soul didn't have a choice of whether to be born into the world as a human being or not.

Answer 9

i used to be suicidal. is it selfish? maybe it is. but if you have never been there, you can have no idea of what is going on in a suicidal person's mind. very few people really want to die. they want to end their misery, or in the case of some psychotic suicidals, they just want to change their lives. few people who commit suicide are thinking really rationally. edit.. cowardly, my ***! or maybe it can be, but not always. how many people are too cowardly to face death? is living selfish? is living a coward's act? suicide is usually the last, desperate act of someone who can not see any other way. they can not see anything but total despair. suicide is not a normal act. normal reasoning can not explain away what is in a suicidal mind. all you sanctimonious brave people out there... how many of you could take your own life if it was a good thing to do? i mean, calmly consider it, and do it?

Answer 10

Yes it really is, no matter what you think there is someone who cares for you and taking your life will cause them pain. Even if they haven't ever told you how much you mean to them. I have plenty of people that I really do love (as friends) but I don't tell them, and I would be lost without any one of them.

I've contiplated suicide in the past and I'm glad I chose not to go through with it. I think that everyone has felt helpless at times and wondered - just maybe things would be better without me, but if they really take the time to think they would see things would only get worse for those around them.

I would like to hug anyone feeling like they have nothing left to live for.

=^(

Answer 11

It's the most selfish act a person can do. They completely disregard their family, friends, coworkers, etc. and leave everyone such pain and regret. They will wonder for the rest of their lives why they didn't see the signs and what they could have done to prevented it. Suicide is torture for loved ones.