Many among us, including myself, reach a stage in life from where rest of the journey becomes vividly clear, and appears totally pointless, having lost all perspectives to living does it makes sense to go on uselessly ? if a person comes to own conclusion and own decision to continue no more, should he or she be or not be granted the scope to put own self out of the misery ?
All opinions in this regard are welcome.
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Great question! Since I am currently conducting my PhD research on suicide ideation, risks, attempts or commitment, I can answer this in my view. Everyone in life has to face hurdles or serious issues at some point. Some people have the courage to confront that and eventually overcome the hardships themselves. Others, on the other hand, does not have either the confidence nor an effective support-system to provide encouragement, and as a result they might decide to harshly take their own lives. Killing yourself is the same as killing others. It is criminal and from some religious perspectives, such as Catholicism and Islam, suicide is forbidden and those who killed themselves will possibly not go to heaven. (derived from catholic and islamic views) I personally believe that, suicidal people do not want to die, rather they want to stop the pain they feel. Some people may have reached out to mental health services or people but nothing changed his/her case. Those are more likely to opt suicide as a last resort. I remember in 2011, when my brother passed away, I started looking at life differently. I lost hope in everything. I dropped out of college for sometime as I couldn't just deal with all what I was going through. I still have some sad emotions and always thinking about my brother, but they are not as harsh as they were 8 years ago. I acknowledge that my life had drastically changed for the worse. I became an introvert and would not prefer to be around people. I would find my serenity by sitting with myself and contemplate about life. Though, I sacrificed my happiness and my mental health overall as I was in the beginning of my twenties. All my friends would blame me for not going out with them. I deprived myself from becoming a better person. That what I would literally feel about myself. I would think a lot about suicide but I know they are just thoughts but I would never do that. Suicidal thoughts had been disturbing my life that I spend the whole day daydreaming about fictional and ridiculous stuff. After a few years, I decided to put an end to this strenuous journey. I went to see a counselor who aided me through my depressing journey. I explored more about my abilities that I can control and orient my life the way I want. I am not saying I have magically been changed, but I am way better than I was before. I am still digging more into self-exploration world to keep my mental wellbeing from being impacted and advance my understanding about how to improve the brain of processing difficult events in a healthy fashion? My only suggestion to everyone struggling with bothersome thoughts is to seek help as soon as possible and never think about being ashamed about yourself or being stigmatized by others. Heal is possible and nothing lasts for ever and I personally would suggest you all to read about Radical Acceptance Techniques (RAT) which is very beneficial and can tremendously help everyone struggling or lacks support. My answer to your question is that suicide is not a right for people to use whatsoever. Everyone has to live a fully happy life and that, problems are a normal part of someone's daily life.
Thank you Ahmed Alanazi for your detailed analysis and suggestions regarding the issue.
Hope your reply does impact deeply the lives of many going through the traumatic phase in life.
Thanks again.
Dear Debopam Ghosh after 02 yrs post doc exp as a chief chemist in QC and 05
yrs Contractual Teaching experience from the last sept ,2018 I am totally jobless
and now I am a crippled JOBLESS / UNEMPLOYED fellow for one yr and today I
see your great question .
Actually after my fathers death I have read WHAT IS DEATH / Ultimatum of life / What is the faith of SOUL . At the age of 47 yrs 06 months my realization tells
soul / spirit passes through a TUNNEL . At the end of DARK TUNNEL a point
source of optics is observed and that is the driving force of every SOUL / SPIRIT .
Thanks .
Dear Jaydip da
I am deeply pained to know about the sad demise of your father and your sufferings , i request you not to lose hope and keep up your research pursuits passionately, there is light at end of every dark road.
Dear Debopam ,
You like people are the point of optics inside the deep tunnel as per my pursuance.
The impuls to commit suicide may fade off within 15 min. Some may go into a church and sit there quit for 15 min. However, there is always an other way to take and God is the final answer. depression is there to give us time to dwell in an emptiness until we reach our spiritual dimension. Perhaps these my papers give you some loving thought because I feel for you.
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