Originally Posted by Dr_Strangelove

http://www.depressed.net/suicide/suicidefaq.txt

This link contains information about pretty much every method of suicide possible. Why am I posting it? People who don't know anything about suicide and have not really had much experience with it (most of the people in this thread so far) in my opinion need to know how difficult a choice it is. It's not the "easy" or "cowardly" way out that most people think it is.

To be prepared to commit suicide you are preparing yourself for what is potentially the worst pain in your life, and you have to deal with the fear and the uncertainty of an afterlife, or lack of it. Look at the section on paracetemol. It's the most common method of suicide in Britain. To do this they have to go through nearly 2 weeks of fucking intense pain. Would you be able to cut through your own flesh to reach the femoral artery?

People who are able to do this because they feel as though it is the only way out of their situation are not cowards. It's not just a case of "sorting your life out", I don't think it's quite that simple. For things to get this bad with somebody's life, bad enough to leave behind your friends and family and go through the ultimate pain, it just is not possible to "just sort your life out". So ignorant. People like this need help, not a vague comment telling them that they need to improve themselves.