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Originally posted by Raisins31
This forum is horribly depressing. All you people need to go out and fly a kite or something cause life is too short to be worrying about death, suicide and pain.
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Even though that wasn't the topic of the thread, that's a fair comment, and reasonable in the context. I think Raisin31's answer to the question of justifiable suicide would be sort of a "no"
As far as my own opinion ....
This is a
profoundly personal and subjective issue. For me, there is no justification for suicide. That's for me, not for the person suffering from cancer who only wants to end their pain, or the victim of years of abuse who wants some way to escape the fear, hatred, and self-loating. I have looked this issue pretty much head-on, since I tried to kill myself about a year and a half ago. I did it basically because I was very depressed and angry about where my life was, and unable to think my way through to see any solutions. The split second I saw blood, though, my immediate thought was "What the
fuck did I do that for?" Thankfully, 911 was called, doctors patched me up, some time was spent in a mental ward, and I'm not much worse for the wear.
The best thing about that whole mess was the simple fact that I
know I want to postpone my death for as long as possible. It's a good tidbit to know when you are having troubles and feeling otherwise