Discussion: Is preventing a person from committing suicide selfish? - Page 2

Icarus

"Brave"?

it's incredibly selfish and a really awful thing to do

cancer

Absolutely not

Instead of supporting them to end their life people should do everything in their power to get treatment for that person.
The real selfish thing to do is to be like "Oh, you want to kill yourself? Go right ahead."

Temporal

No??

Chill Bill

Suicide is never the answer. It doesn't end the chance of life getting worse; it eliminates the chance of it ever getting better.

That being said, I think it's also wrong to call suicide "cowardly." Calling someone a coward for committing suicide is like calling someone weak for dying of cancer. Suicidal depression is a disease that should be treated like any other.

Kiel D-01

Would you prevent your mother from committing suicide? If yes then my answer to your question is no. It is a very selfish act to do and will only cause grief to the person's loved ones.

Oxygen

I wouldn't call suicide brave at all. As others have said it's running from your problems instead of facing them. Only circumstance I can agree with suicide is euthanasia but only through a strict regulated process to make sure that it's the only option. I think it's rude to imply that people trying to help that person is selfish, as having dealt with it before all that was on my mind was their safety and wellbeing. Not mine. It would be seen as a terrible thing to do to not intervene or to even help them commit suicide, as it can amount to assisted suicide that can lead to a criminal charge.

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Originally posted by Chill Bill

Suicide is never the answer. It doesn't end the chance of life getting worse; it eliminates the chance of it ever getting better.

Exactly.

Golden

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Originally posted by Nano

This is the thing though, why do you even give a **** what a person does with their own life? In what way does it affect you? Mental illnesses do not have a cure. If you're born mentally ill or if you developed it, you will never get rid of it. Even if you just have depression and get better, you are very likely to get it again. I recommend you read this (also added the most important quote):

You have such a careless, insensitive and black and white perception concerning the act of suicide. Suicide is NEVER the answer. In most cases, people who commit suicide are depressed to a certain degree and that can be treated. If handled accordingly, that person who thought of taking their own life could take matters into their own hand and find happiness again in one way or another.

It's extremely ego-centric and quite frankly heartless to let someone just take their life like that. If say, you see someone on the edge of throwing themselves off a cliff - would you not care at least the slightest bit to stop it? Wouldn't you want to at least find out what this person's drive to suicide is? Everybody has their own life story. Everybody has their own personal issues. And that's OK.

I believe it's apathetic and selfish to say suicide is a ''selfish'' act. However, deliberately forcing someone to live a life full of pain and suffering is selfish. But there is no objective measurement of misery. We live in a world where depression is one of the most common disorders. Everybody in their life time will experiences suffering and pain in one way or another. It could affect one to a greater extent than another.

You live in a gray and cold-hearted world if you think it should be that easy to let one commit suicide. Not trying to sound like a random hippie, but there's so much joy and happiness that life brings.

Jan

This is a very hard subject to discuss.

It highly depends on whether suicidal thoughts can be cured in 100% of cases. I have no idea, but I believe that it's not true. Suicide should be discouraged and people who attempt this should be treated. But if all fails, they should be let leave this world, if what is bothering them cannot be solved in any way.

And is it selfish to keep them in this world to cure them and make them feel better? No.
But it is selfish to keep them just for the sake of keeping them.