i cannot condone suicide as a viable course of action, nu-uh, noway. i have been on the brink of taking the easy way out myself (crippling depression over the shit state of affairs my entire life was in for close to 2 years) the temptation to give in was horrendous, but one thought always has, and always will sustain me through the shit times and it is that i cant bear to be beaten. that means that if i topped my self the world would have won....FUCK THAT!
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.
Indeed.
The fear of dying, coupled with self-preservation instinct, is strong. Confronting it isn't exactly the most cowardly thing i can think of. I believe the majority of people who commit suicide aren't "afraid" of life per say - they just can't outweigh the suffering it brings with pleasure, and see no compelling reasons to go on. Nevertheless, it is a selfish thing to do if one has people close to him.
There are miserable people who have no potential for future improvement, and live out of fear of death. Now, there is cowardice.
Nietzsche presented that sentiment nicely when he compared them to rotten apples who are too afraid to fall down.
At one low point in my life i also entertained the idea. Even did the research on most fail-proof accessible methods. I didn't commit to it more than that, though: it was just hovering in my mind as a possibility.
Then it all got better, and here i am, competing with all of you for resources
Last edited by Odlov; May 22, 2010 at 03:03 AM.
Originally Posted by m0o
Depression is an invalid reason, because it involves delusion due to chemical imbalance in the brain. I feel sorry for middle-aged people who kill themselves due to depression
While i agree with your general notion about teenage suicide, depression at any other age usually has concrete external causes (a shitty life, usually). I don't know if pumping yourself full of happy pills is a solution.
Last edited by Odlov; May 22, 2010 at 04:56 PM.
I found something else out today, he had a kid coming, and his girlfriend had just left him...So he left a note in his car a suicide note/Apology Letter....
