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People say this too often. Why should you let a person suffer more just for your sake? Wouldn't you just let them go if they want to leave? Calling them selfish and then asking them to suffer for you is extremely hypocritical.Related content
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I don't really get where the hypocrite part comes from, however suicide is selfish. I'm schizophrenic and the only thing keeping me alive is my friends and family.
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Um... I might just not be getting it, but what does this stamp mean?
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You do recognize that this sounds like you're advocating suicide, right?
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This is happening to me right nowΒ
and it's making me eeven worseΒ
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Thank you, I consider it selfish to want a suffering person to stay around so that you can feel pleasure, also it's really shallow to want a suicidal person to think of other people when really they need to show more concern for their self and try to do something about it in this critical situation. I wanted to kill myself before, tired of all the mistreatment, but not anymore 
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THANK YOU! I did something stupid and tried to end my life, only to get chewed out by the people I was living with (non-relatives) that I would also hurt my family and shit.Β
I only agreed so they wouldn't yell at me more. What also takes the icing on the cake, is that my friend believed I did it at first, but then practically said I was lying my ass off when I DID try to take my life.
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I'm with Guei-Girl, death is far from the worst fate out there. There are many, many things I would rather die than experience, and people who preach that suicide is never the answer seem to not understand that -- that death can actually be a release.
Yes, I think you're right, calling those who commit suicide selfish is extremely hypocritical.Β
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People think death is the worst thing in existence? Think again.
In some cases, death is a blessing. There are fates worse than death out there.Β
Such as:
The incapability of showing no emotions
Being reduced to a vegetated state
Being terminally ill
Growing up in a loveless environment, being abused everyday by everyone and everything
Becoming insane and never being able to regain your sanity ever again
So in some situations, I can see how someone can be suicidal.
I'm glad humanity never found anything to created immortality, and I hope they never will.
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I agree with you entirely. If humanity found a way to create immortality, I hope they'd lose it.
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Same here hun. Same here.
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Pro-life people in general piss me off. They tell suicidal people not to be suicidal yet judge before they get to know that person's story. FFS if someone wants to commit suicide, LET THEM.
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The thing I hate most about when people say that is what IF that persons family and/or friends are the one causing the hurt?
Why should anyone give a fuck about how anything is going to make them feel if they're so horrible they cause one of their "loved ones" to die of emotional and mental pain?
Sounds more like people who say that are the selfish ones, yeah?
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i thought about ending my life several times because i believed my self to be a hinderance to other people, not because i wanted other people to hurt, i just wanted my torment to end.
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Old post is old, but I know how you feel.
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It's also really stupid to think that suicidal people always realize that people love them. Seriously, a lot of suicidal people don't realize that they're loved, or that someone will be hurt by their death. How can their suicide be "selfish" if they think nobody will care?
My sister, for example, was suicidal for quite some time (thankfully, she no longer is, as far as I know). My dad never really cared about her; he'd always go to my birthdays and special events, but somehow, he was always unable to come to hers. My mom cared about her, but as with everyone, she was really bad about showing it. She had very few friends, and the ones she did have weren't very good friends.
Did my sister wake up one morning and say, "Wow, if I kill myself, a lot of people are going to hurt. But I'm going to do it anyway, 'cause I care more about my own problems."
No. She thought, "Nobody cares about me. Nobody will care if I die."
Was she selfish? No. She thought she was doing everybody a favor.
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Yes, most of the time, suicidal people think that no one loves them or cares about them. I've been there.
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When people say stuff like that, they don't seem to understand that it makes suicidal people feel even worse. :T If someone wants to die, you don't tell them they're selfish or cowardly. That's counter-productive. So saying stuff like "people who kill themselves are selfish" makes suicidal people feel selfish, and it just goes on and on.
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The problem is, suicide is just an escape from problems, not the solution. Problems are temporary, suicide is forever. The hole left in a mother's heart is forever, that suffering never stops. When a person uses an escape method that hurts their families in ways you don't seem to understand, it is selfish. I don't ask that a person who thinks about suicide continue suffering, but look for a better solution. There is always another choice than suicide.
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Yes, you're right. Suicide isn't the answer.
But it of course depends on the person's problems.
If they've done something horrible even the most forgiving
person on the earth wouldn't forgive them for, I don't blame
them for committing suicide.
Still it is hypocritical if you look at it in a simple way,
but once you start looking deeper into it, you start to get why people call
suicides selfish. But I guess it depends on how you view it.
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Except that you're not alone on this planet and you have to take that in account. Someone committing suicide is both a coward and selfish. Unless you're terminally ill (but then it's called euthanesia), no problem is so big that it can't be solved. They damage both their loved ones left behind and the officials that find them and have to deal with them.
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I understand where you're coming from.
But there are people who have nothing left, and are severally depressed.
Of course they should try to solve the problem, but sometimes, it's not that simple.
I just think it is hypocritical in many ways.
Saying to someone suicidal: "You're being extremely selfish, live for me." is very
hypocritical and it does happen. That's mainly what I meant.
Sorry if my comment came out illogical, my logic is like that.
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I'm glad enough you're not immediately bashing (which I was not attempting to though it's a difficult subject to talk about), which makes up for the somewhat odd layout of the comment : P
But if they really have nothing left, there are no loved ones left to be bothered about it so this 'discussion' has no ground left to stand on in the first place.
But really, if someone has nothing left, why not find something new? And yes, life can be hell and it can be cruel and it is never easy, but once they've managed to go through that dark period, there is no greater reward than life.
And I don't really think the loved ones want the other person to live for them, they want the other person to be alive because they can see death is not going to make things better.
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Yeah, I realized that after I posted my reply...
But that of course depends, maybe their loved ones were being unsupportive.
I've been depressed before, and suicidal, not easy.
Finding something new is easy, but it depends on the person.
Some get quickly sick of it and some are that unfortunate to lose everything they get.
I myself, find suicides a bit ridiculous, but if the person wants to end their misery,
I say let them. It's their own fault, even if that sounds somewhat mean.
I'm sorry if my English is somewhat flawed today, feeling a bit slow today. Maybe that's why my comments are illogical.
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I've tried to explain this to people so many times... well said.
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