People who commit suicide - are they considered weak/cowards?

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Posted: 10 years ago
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This might be a sensitive topic, but I wanted to see what people thought of this. A lot of suicides happen in the world. There is no excuse to take your life. But, what gives people the right to judge? You don't know the person. Their life could have been so awful they want to end the pain. Are they considered weak and cowards? Please share your thoughts. 😭
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Posted: 10 years ago
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I'm not going to say they are weak and cowards. But killing yourself is not a way to solve your problems. If not yourself, think about your parents, your siblings, your extended family, your friends, your co-workers, your colleagues, your professors, your acquaintances - basically all those people that know about you and sincerely care about you. Think about all the pain you would inflict upon them. God has given you this beautiful life. Some people don't even get to see really live their life and they are taken away from us so soon. Innocent people die so often. Those people don't ask for death, but misfortune comes upon them. I've lost a friend in the Virginia Tech massacre. I've lost two friends from a car crash. All of them were just between the ages of 18 - 26. You don't know when death will come knocking at your door. Life is never meant to be easy. You'll have to struggle, you're have to go through pain, you will have to overcome obstacles, you'll have to face challenges. It's all a part of life. I know sometimes it gets overwhelming and you feel like the best option is to just die. But instead of solving your problems, you just create more for those close around you. I'm no one to judge, but I just don't consider suicide an option. I've gone through a lot in my life...I've even almost been at that suicide/depression stage. But then I steered away from it just thinking about the consequences.
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There are many people who go though depression and have a lot of problems in their life but ending your life is not a solution to your problems. No matter what happen, you should never end your life. At least think about your love ones. By killing yourself, you're not just ending your life but you're also hurting your family.
God has given us this life so we all should cherish it, and if we are facing some kind of problems then we should face them. There is no problem that is so big that it forces you to end your life. At least think about those who love you and if no one loves you then live for yourself and if you don't want to live for yourself then live for the sake of it.

Maybe I am being judgmental but I still believe that ending your life will never solve your problems. Instead, it will increase problems for the people you love.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Shanti, I will also say those who commit suicide are not weak and cowards.

Well said, CutepieRani!

Definitely God has given all of us this beautiful life. And most importantly the life is beautiful because I can have a lot of love for others and I can be with others, present to them and be available to them. And I can be caring, compassionate, gentle, tender and understanding towards people.

What about those who commit suicide? it could be possible, they haven't got the proper love. They were ridiculed, belittled and put down consistently. They were never understood. They never got the due care, compassion, gentleness, tenderness and understanding. They would have tried to express their pain to the persons who are close to them. But those persons would not have given any importance to what the person who made the decision to suicide has to tell. The worst part of this World is there is a lot of hatred in this World. There is no fairness. Even in a family, one sibling is given more importance. And one sibling could abuse and bully his brother/sister and the parents do nothing for that. They too probably would abuse that boy/girl. Definitely this person could become depressed and end his/her life. Or if it is a girl, she could find someone who shows care, gentleness, tenderness and understanding towards her and she is drawn to him and he uses her and leaves her depressed. What could she do?

Definitely killing oneself is not the way to solve the problems. But how could it be possible? The only way I learn is accepting my feelings, listening to myself tenderly and with the firm belief, God is always loving me and I am special and I deserve to be loved always. I have to accept that I am not to end my life because some mean and unloving persons could not understand my value. of course at times I find things are painful and I will have the feelings of being overwhelmed. But then I could be loving to myself in those situations and know that I am operating with some of the false beliefs. Even Sri Rama was overwhelmed at one stage and talked about suicide when Seeta was abducted.


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Posted: 10 years ago
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Very nice topic.
I wont outcast them as weak. As we don't know what circumstances they were in. Once I attended workshop on psychological dealing way of suicide.they told in workshop every suicider needs a counseling as he is going through a bad spell and he/she is in last stage of depression.
They should think about there parents ,siblings and loved ones ,children.killing yourself is not a solution.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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It's Really Sad that some people commit suicide just to put an end to their depression and other problems ...I don't think people commit suicide because they are weak or cowards there has to be something more which is not explainable ...I mean everyone loves their lives and no one wants to hurt themselves ..There has to something extreme for which some people take this drastic step ...I think it's because of this mental disturbance that time which may result from failure in various categories like personal life, business or something

In fact In my life i have seen some cases like that and it's very Sad 😭
Anyways Gaurav I don't think they are cowards or weak it has definitely to something with their environment or something ..I mean the people who commit suicide don't even think once about what will happen to their parents and Family ..It is definitely something extreme which forces them to commit suicide

By the way did you heard about a famous twitter Guy committing suicide He use to make everyone Laugh but he himself was the target of depression 😭 And this is really sad
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Anyways very nice topic 👍🏼
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Originally posted by: ShantiAshtangi

This might be a sensitive topic, but I wanted to see what people thought of this. A lot of suicides happen in the world. There is no excuse to take your life. But, what gives people the right to judge? You don't know the person. Their life could have been so awful they want to end the pain. Are they considered weak and cowards? Please share your thoughts. 😭


Actually those people can't handle their different types of EGO's, they try to commit suicide...ego feeds off your desire to be something else... eg:You are poor and you want to be rich or without lover you cant live or Am fat or black...blah blah...ego absorb ur energy...people try to fulfill their ego...Try to understand the ego. Analyze it, dissect it, watch it, observe it...Be happy...Happiness is the death of the ego...😊


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Posted: 10 years ago
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Partially yes. Suicide is mostly decided on the spur of the moment. Give the problem a day or two and look back at it, it will look relatively smaller than earlier. In most cases, people do it on impulse and regret it later.

One of my cousin's colleague kinda burnt himself and when he realized his mistake and went for help, 80% of his organs were burnt and he died within 5 hours that night. The reason was just a fight with his wife. I get angry when I listen to such stories. They really are cowards to ruin their life and the people associating with them forever.
On the other side, suicides because of poverty, debts and the peer pressure are something I am really afraid of.

I strongly believe proper counselling and optimistic attitude will solve a lot of problems in our life.
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Posted: 10 years ago
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we should never judge unless we are in their shoes

too easy to say..how did he..why did he..i wouldn't have

Say it when you are in their shoes..coz only they know what a nightmare they may be living in

the thing is..we say think about this and that etc etc but a person taking his life..you think his mind is in any normal working order? Depression kills serotin production in the brain..there is a massive chemical imbalance..attimes you even lose the sense of right or wrong..you even lose the feeling of being loved..feeling love..feeling emotions..you feel numb..how can such a person think about others..i know he should..but just imagine being in his shoes

Also many drugs or antidepressants can also make a person suicidal

i am against suicide..i don't think any life be ended that way but to judge them..no..we cannot imagine what it is like when your mind stops talking to you..and until we are in their shoes..we shouldn't
Edited by cougarTown - 10 years ago

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