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thalakos315 · 04-11-2005, 01:52 AM

there really isn't anything easy about suicide, believe me. as human beings we are born with a knack for self preservation. knowingly choosing to end your own life goes against the very fabric of who we are as human beings.
no sir, there isn't anything simple and easy about that. as for the reasons, i do believe that there have been, and always will be, people who do this for seemingly stupid reasons.
my best friend shot himself in october of 98. we, his close friends, saw that he simply didn't find any enjoyment in life anymore. there were no stupid reasons, only ones we couldn't understand. would this be considered the easy way out?
i myself, am bi-polar, and i'm not ashamed to admit that i've thought about doing the same on many occasions, for quite similar reasons. i'd like to think that if ever decided to follow through with it, that i wouldn't be remembered as the guy who took the easy way out.

i do believe that there are occasions where i find myself agreeing that a person's suicide isn't justifiable. in these cases there is usually an imbalance within the person, or other reasons nobody is aware of. i myself don't agree with the apparent wide spread belief that suicide is in anyway, an easy way out. i will however, concede that a suicide may not always seem justifiable to everyone else.
in the case above, i can understand and sympathize with the man. however i'm pretty sure that i wouldn't follow suit. ending your own life, because of the loss of another, to me just doesn't make sense. you wouldn't want them to kill themselves if you were lost to them. so why should you do it yourself. i do think that in this case it was a little selfish (if that was his only reason for doing what he did)

i can only imagine what the wife is going through, and what something like this would do to her mental/emotional stability. even though none of this was through any fault of her own, i'd be willing to bet money that she is experiencing a level of a guilt we can only imagine. she is goign to need some serious support from those close to her to be able to maintain some semblence of a normal existance.. i can't imagine having to be in that position.

04-11-2005, 01:52 AM	#27 (permalink)
thalakos315 Tilted	there really isn't anything easy about suicide, believe me. as human beings we are born with a knack for self preservation. knowingly choosing to end your own life goes against the very fabric of who we are as human beings. no sir, there isn't anything simple and easy about that. as for the reasons, i do believe that there have been, and always will be, people who do this for seemingly stupid reasons. my best friend shot himself in october of 98. we, his close friends, saw that he simply didn't find any enjoyment in life anymore. there were no stupid reasons, only ones we couldn't understand. would this be considered the easy way out? i myself, am bi-polar, and i'm not ashamed to admit that i've thought about doing the same on many occasions, for quite similar reasons. i'd like to think that if ever decided to follow through with it, that i wouldn't be remembered as the guy who took the easy way out. i do believe that there are occasions where i find myself agreeing that a person's suicide isn't justifiable. in these cases there is usually an imbalance within the person, or other reasons nobody is aware of. i myself don't agree with the apparent wide spread belief that suicide is in anyway, an easy way out. i will however, concede that a suicide may not always seem justifiable to everyone else. in the case above, i can understand and sympathize with the man. however i'm pretty sure that i wouldn't follow suit. ending your own life, because of the loss of another, to me just doesn't make sense. you wouldn't want them to kill themselves if you were lost to them. so why should you do it yourself. i do think that in this case it was a little selfish (if that was his only reason for doing what he did) i can only imagine what the wife is going through, and what something like this would do to her mental/emotional stability. even though none of this was through any fault of her own, i'd be willing to bet money that she is experiencing a level of a guilt we can only imagine. she is goign to need some serious support from those close to her to be able to maintain some semblence of a normal existance.. i can't imagine having to be in that position.