Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one's own death. I think suicide is the only option that has been left for a person, the only chance at peace that he/ she thinks ever have. It’s as if something will always be missing and life will never be quite right. The life is so beautiful, but why is the suicide decision so easy to make?
For people actually contemplating suicide, like those suffering from depression, it is hardly an easy decision to make. For them rather it appears to them that it is the only option left.
However, for those who attempts suicide to manipulate people, like borderline personality, it may be a easy decision
Can I make a claim for authenticity to those who commit suicide and remove such debates from the pathological? It can be seen as a choice-contributing such finality to depression and borderline personality disorder (whatever that means), etc, taking any legitimacy from that choice. Our culture (perhaps due to its Christian roots) has tended to outlaw suicide in some way or another-weakness, immoral, madness, but none of this necessarily fits the picture. For the Romans it was a necessary duty for political and social failure, Socrates claimed the right to die in respect for the community-it is our culture that demeans it.
It is because of the state the person about to commit suicide finds herself or himself. A situation of no aid, no support, no urge to go on with life but the only solution is to close the door of life through the painful exit of suicide. Owing to the fact that suicide culprits are not thinking straight, their blurred vision and wrong thoughts make them reason that the right path to take is suicide. How sad!
There may be circumstances in which the *only* sane route is self-termination.
Got a terminal illness that robs you of mind, body, and dignity?
Well.
Who are we to say that their 'life is beautiful'? I hope, if I find myself in that situation, that I would have the courage to throw a damned good party and then leave the stage.
It is easy to commit once you are convinced in defence of suicide. Suicide indicates free will and is a choice other than living. So like any other crime, like murder or homicide or even terrorism, one needs a basic level of preparation to change the belief pattern in a way that favors suicide and considers it a viable option to choose.
If you join a terrorist group, you would first need indoctrination with rules of the group which clarifies and justifies the motive of spreading terror. Similarly, justification of suicide is needed by considering it an option that can be taken as whole heartedly as possible.
Suicide has become a taboo due to our fears that if we will talk more about it, then more people will be encouraged to commit it. We want to preserve our life at all costs so we discourage suicidal tendencies. This way we are not making full use of our free will. I would say that suicidal ambitions are yet an unexplored area of human free will for which we need more debates and discussions.
Since we are still living in a disconnected world, so possible isolation of human beings makes it harmful to talk openly about suicides. Once technology will make us more connected and would bring us under constant healthy surveillance, suicide would be easier to carry out without guilt or taboo.
The ultimate will is to commit suicide and we all must prepare for that day when just like birth of babies, we would welcome willingness towards suicides.
Tarun and James, you have my support here. The 'pathological' argument, here and elsewhere, has gained a strangle hold on thinking, limiting and demeaning people's actions. James, if someone's mind is going, certainly if earlier a professor, politician, etc, (but not necessarily) then suicide has to be a justified option and not perceived as the action of an unbalanced mind. Living without dignity is not necessarily living. We have a right to that final choice, what we do with our lives.
I may be introducing here an alternative subject, Euthanasia, but it is part of an overall discussion.
Suicide is not easy for the rational people.
Its for the brain washed, depressed, religious fanatic persons.
My mean is the large number of suicide shows that its prevalence is high.
Suicide is seen as the last option left for the person. When the person is not able to find solution of his problems through other means then only the person thinks of committing such act (especially people with depression, poor coping mechanism, BPD). The decision of suicide is not so easy. The person who commit suicide, actually contemplates for long (weeks, months or so). We get to know about suicidal ideation of the person only when the act is attempted or committed. For us it seems all of a sudden action, but actually the suicidal thoughts were present since long.
Only in case of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) it may be a quick decision bcause they act impulsively on their thoughts. The actual intention is not to commit suicide but self harm, and suicide may take place accidentally while committing the act of self harm.
Suicide is committed when a person feels all doors are closed. Lets open doors for people, even one door if we can.
If we have A feeling OF responsibility for the other needy people, suicide rate will be decreased.
If we play our role of humanity, love and respect each other, the reasons for being alive will be increased.
Since a mental agony is hard to mitigate in a short time and in an easy way such a pain killer, people under severe stress and depression are vulnerable to the suicide attempt.
The main cause of suicide is disappointment and loneliness. Many people under severe stress and depression don not commit suicide, because they have a friend or family member who helps them.
When we pay attention to each others, the rate of suicide will be decreased!
A person with sound mental health can't commit suicide in any situation.
After working as a doctor for more than 10 yrs, my understanding on suicide has increased. Suicide is more commonly premeditated than done in spur of the moment. Stress, anxiety, societal judgments, familial pressures and sometimes for no external reason at all, a person suffers from depression. They can find no solution to their problems alone, it is during this time love, care, understanding of friends, family are of paramount importance. Stigma related to seeking psychological or psychiatric help should be lessened to decrease prevalent depression and resultant suicides.
In the human body, a large number of various processes occur. Some we can sense and control, but many processes occur automatically, without our participation. There are processes that most of the time operate automatically, but can also be controlled by humans. Depression-suicide is a consequence of the malfunctioning of such "semi-automatic" processes. The process can function automatically and a person "forgets" about this process. A person can completely “forget” about this process. Then severe disturbances can occur in the body. The body with the help of depression aggressively informs the person that it is necessary to respond to the violation and eliminate it. But the person has already forgotten about the culprit process and there is an increase in problems. Problems accumulate, negative accrues and suicide logically follows. This is the general pattern of suicide. The brain sees an increase in problems in the body. Current problems cease to be solved, since the super problem has not been solved. Suicide in this case is a way to solve the problem and is an extreme manifestation of depression. Why doesn’t a person die of depression, but does a person decide on suicide? Since the processes that cause depression are super vital in the opinion of the body, but at the same time, in reality, a person can function for any period of time with violations of these processes. Psychological assistance for depression, unfortunately, is only an opportunity to adapt to the abnormal state of depression - the culprit of suicide. On even if it is possible to adapt, destructive processes will still continue to develop.
If a person have an important goal in his/ her life or be hopeful, he/ she will not think of suicide. All of us are responsible to inform people about their abilities, hopes and their purpose in life, and to show the way and help them to be successful in this way.
Human beings should not think only about their own interests and or be indifferent to others. That is the difference between between being good and not being.
The decision to commit suicide or not directly affects the life, hence understanding the reasons that may influence the intensity of the ‘wish to commit suicide' or not is as important as understanding the inspiration, motivational state, or idealization-to-action framework.
The factors that influence this decision-making may be other wishes, certain dysfunctional beliefs, emotional factors, impulsivity, values, motivation, neuropsychological factors such as attention, inhibition and reduced emotion recognition, reduced problem-solving abilities. We should prevent a situation of no aid, no support, no urge to go on with life but the only way is to close the door of life through the painful exit of suicide commitment!
Suicide decision is sometime dormant with mind , nervous temperament & certain respect disturbing & nervous nature in the family . It is in this line I have expressed my views some years back which I submit herewith for your kind information .
'' Person suffering of such sorry episode in his life may call his ending journey at the earliest time .Apart from social standing of individual persons under a silver spoon in his mouth when for the said result lost the fortune & he becomes totally nervous so to say in collapse & break down condition . Due to the lack of confidence of his nervous break down such person decide to commit suicide & ending the journey of his life by creating an unhappy environment for the family & the surrounding members. His tragic end due to the suicide has also created an tragic environment in the family.
This is my personal opinion
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