Would you rather have some some one loved dead or do you want them alive to watch them suffer?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

How about instead of watching you try to help with whatever's going on?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

People may want to help you, but commiting suicide is a last resort. People don't commit suicide just for fun, it's when they've tried everything else and it hasn't helped, when they are beyond the help of others

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(Better d): Trust me, I know. One of my friends killed himself on May 19th, 2009. I know. Thing is to everyone around him, he wasn't suffering, he was happy as could be. There wasn't a single person that said Sean tried to talk to them about it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

we'll then he didn't really trust anyone, which means he must've have been really lonely. Even if he did tell someone and that someone tried to help him but couldn't, imagine how guilty that person must be knowing that Sean wanted to commit suicide and he knew but didn't get help for Sean. If i was that person i wouldn't tell anyone i knew

by Anonymous 12 years ago

(BetterDea.....): true, neither would i. i don't know it's a very touchy subject you know? like in one sense it looks selfish in another it doesn't. all to their own opinion.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I think OP is obviously speaking of suicides that don't involve medical illnesses, not euthanasia type of situations.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I don't understand when people say this because there are people who commit suicide simply because they DON'T HAVE a loved one! Whose parents abuse them, who gets teased at school, and is a total loner,, how can you call them selfish?

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Obviously the OP is talking about someone with loved ones since they specified that. Honestly I think everyone has at least someone who loves or cares about them, they just feel like they don't, which is sad.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

People who are depressed don't understand that it's a selfish act. They just feel that they're in this loop of never-ending pain and they want anyway they can to get out of it. It certainly does seem selfish, but the person who is suicidal doesn't realize that. And it's not because they're so caught up in themselves or they're stupid; they've got a legitimate chemical imbalance in their brain that's causing them to feel so awful. Until you yourself experience depression and suicidal thoughts, or know someone that is depressed or suicidal, please don't call them selfish. It's sort of ignorant.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

studies show that people most likely to commit suicide are those who are alone and cast out from society. (loners).

by Anonymous 12 years ago

What's truly selfish is trying to force someone to endure the unimaginable pain that they go through every hour of every day just to avoid inflicting a little pain on yourself. You wouldn't be saying this if you actually knew what it was like to feel that way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Wanting a loved one to stay alive with you and not commit suicide is in no way selfish, nor an act "just to avoid inflicting a little pain on yourself."

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I understand why some people are saying that it's not fair to call them selfish, because they can't see it that way (due to chemical inbalances, etc). But (and this is an extreme example) that's like saying Hitler can't be called bad because he didn't see his actions as wrong. I have the utmost sympathy for those who see suicide as the only option, but I also have the utmost sympathy for those they hurt, the ones who will have to continue on living with the pain.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That's weird...I said almost the exact same thing, word for word, about a week ago.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah, it really hurts and all, but it irks me to no end when people call it "selfish". It's selfish to only think of the pain you feel when someone commits suicide. Obviously they were the ones who felt pain..

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I have been on both sides of this. I have been suicidal, and in my job I have seen the huge effect a person's suicide has on their family, friends, communities, and even just acquaintances. Yes, it absolutely is a selfish act. Yes, you may be hurting and feel like there is no way out. I am telling you that this is ALWAYS wrong. A vicious lie told by the media and society's victim mentality in general. No matter what your reasons or excuses for doing this, it is totally just about yourself. I am saying this because I have felt it and I HAVE been there. The people left behind are absolutely devastated and are never the same, and never get over it. And I don't think that true loners (those who TRULY have nobody) are the ones who kill themselves. The majority of the ones I have seen are people who feel like loners, but are actually surrounded by people.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

LOL. If I were to commit suicide, it would be because I don't even have people who love me. If you're really concerned for someone, show them you care.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It's really sad that a lot of people commenting here think that suicide is the answer sometimes.. :( No good person deserves to feel that way.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Suicide isn't selfish... Bullying/abusing someone to the point where they don't want to live anymore is selfish.

by Anonymous 11 years ago