Is suicide a selfish act?

[Thatrogueassdiaz]

A friend of mine killed himself 2 weeks ago. Dude had been missing for two days. shyt was all over the news in Richmond. Turns out dude killed himself and died alone in a cornfield somewhere in the outskirts of Goochland. I felt real bad about him killing himself, just bc we had had a convo about mental illness before. He had tried to convince me to go to AA because he had been going there and thought it would help with my social drinking.

The fukked up thing about it is my friend had two small children who were both under 3. One was only 4 months old! Everyone was speculating that he killed himself (news didnt say how he died after they announced that they found him), so his wife released a statement saying that his family was thankful for all the condolences and that what breh did wasnt a selfish act

Brehs im super supportive of peiple with mental illness and im compassionate about suicidal deaths, but how in the fukk is my friend killing himself to leave his new born and toddler alone without a father (along with his wife) not selfish? While clinical major depression is a disease that has to be taken seriously, i can't find it in my heart to say that what he did wasn't selfish. I feel sorry for him and his condition and that he suffered greatly, but i couldnt ever kill myself right after having a baby and having another son thats 2.

What yall think?

 

[1970s HeRon Flow]

If you have responsibilities like kids and or wife yes,if not

 

[Tapp]

Hell yeah, you basically told all the people that care about you to go fukk they self

 

[Doobie Doo]

If you have responsibilities like kids and or wife yes,if not

This. And even then if you fukked and terminal maybe suicide isn't that bad.

 

[Malta]

Nah, it's not selfish, nobody asks to be born. If some people can't cope with reality and feel they need to end it

Like @Cocaine Biceps said it's selfish if you got a spouse + kids, but outside of that some people just aren't meant for this world.

 

[b_low_brown]

Hell yeah, you basically told all the people that care about you to go fukk they self

Not really. Unless they were heavily dependent on you, how are you telling them go fukk themselves?

And if those people really cared about you, they should respect your wishes to leave the earth

 

[Solo ✧✦✧]

It depends on each individuals life situation. If someone has one or multiple people in their life who love them such as a spouse, partner, kids etc... then it is selfish for them to end their life and leave those people behind. If someone mostly gets treated like garbage then I don't even blame someone for ending their own life. Of course people will then care after it's too late.

 

[The Mad Titan]

Yes, but If you've never dealt with someone that has had serious depression you won't really be able to emphasize.


There are people that live in pain hooked to life support spending all their money and resources trying to hold on to one more day of life or get hope to get better.

And then there are those that take there life. Again, if you havent really dealt with someone that suffers from serious depression and really spoke with them about it you can't empathize.

 

[blackestofpanthers]

If he has a mental illness how the fukk can you even think to blame him or even comprehend what he was going through to even suggest his decision was selfish?

 

[aXiom]

One of the fukked things about being everyone else's rock is when the time comes and you need need a rock it feels like you're trapped and you've got no one to talk to.. no one that'll understand.. like who you gonna look to for support? The same people that look to you for it? People underestimate just how hard it is for some folks to open up.. that's why some people's suicide hits you like ..even though shyt may seem sweet on the outside.. it's the opposite on the inside...

Is dude selfish for leaving his wife and toddlers? On this side of the bridge it's easy to say yes, but that's a simple answer to much more complicated question... the more important question is what led him to the point where he felt that suicide was his only option... everyone's threshold for pain is different.. i don't judge.

 

[Tapp]

Not really. Unless they were heavily dependent on you, how are you telling them go fukk themselves?

And if those people really cared about you, they should respect your wishes to leave the earth

nah breh, if yo mom commit that (lord forbid) you prolly gonna feel pissed off and like your opinions and ties to her dont matter

 

[Arc]

You know...i used to think it was cowardly, weak and selfish but now i think it actually takes a lot of courage to commit suicide...think about it. Taking your own life and jumping into the unknown is scary..what's after this life? if anything. Remember saddam being taken alive? Or all those people who climb to the top of a structure but chicken out? I'd say just withhold judgement, deem it tragic and move on.

 

[b_low_brown]

nah breh, if yo mom commit that (lord forbid) you prolly gonna feel pissed off and like your opinions and ties to her dont matter

That doesn't answer the question I was asking though. How is suicide an act that says "fukk you" to family? Does your personal opinion on whether you want to live not matter?

 

[Knuckles Red]

I think it takes courage to confront the reality that you want to leave this earth, and go through with it. I think its cowardly to spend years, and years dragging out the inevitable trying to piece together a life that will never be. Sometimes saving a life means ending it. RIP to your friend, but he's in a better place than this cold earth.

 

[SemiEnlightenedBum]

nah,not at all..

i'd prolly do it but i got more demons who want me dead than alive on this plane,so being the astral a$$hole that i be i make thine dhamic cycle a very act of rebellion to these evil earwigs and on their very existence with triple darkness magick...

so,i settle for drugs and if thoust grime god should perish then ,just don't bother weeping if you never bothered to bring me drug offerings whilst eye twas hurr..