Have You Ever Seriously Considered Suicide?

[Aupmanyav]

I voted no, but if given a choice between death and submitting to Islam, I would choose the former.

Or Christianity, which is a older somewhat sugared version of the same. Jesus did not have the power that Mohammad had over life and death of people.

Well, I hadn't. Not until I tried to vote on this poll, and the 15 adds that kept popping up causing me to miss the 'no' circle over and over made me reconsider.

Specially, the index.html. Now, I understand that no body likes to spurn money.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

I've been deeply suicidal many times in my life (been in the hospital for it and had the cops called on me for it before, too), but I've never actually sat down and methodically planned it. It's mostly impulsive urges in response to crises.

 

[psychoslice]

The only time I ever wanted to comment suicide was when I had clinical depression that just wouldn't go away, life lost its energy, I would sleep through the day and be crying all the time rolled up in a fetal position rocking my myself to sleep. I was then diagnosed with schizophrenia and put onto the right medication which made life more bearable.

 

[Aupmanyav]

Punished? I never said anything about punishment. It's just that, after you die, you'll still be you. With the same pains, the same problems. You fail Life 101, you have to take the course again... from the start. There's no dropping school here.

Hindu thoughts. Perhaps the influence of a former life, "Samskaras".

So...if life basically set you up to fail....you have to keep on doing it? Ok.

There is always a morning after a night. Why loose hope? I think, the right time to quote from BhagawadGita:

"Mātrā-sparśah tu, Kaunteya, śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ,
āgamāpāyinah anityah, tāḿs titikṣasva, Bharata." BG 2.14

O son of Kuntī, the non-permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.

 

[psychoslice]

The idea of suicide is utterly foreign to me.
I voted <no>.

You are lucky, it may be the stout ?.

 

[psychoslice]

I've known a few who committed suicide.
Guilt never entered my mind.

Dang...I never knew so many of you were on the edge.
Be careful....& happier.

Easy said than done.

 

[psychoslice]

Hindu thoughts. Perhaps the influence of a former life, "Samskaras".There is always a morning after a night. Why loose hope? I think, the right time to quote from BhagawadGita:

"Mātrā-sparśah tu, Kaunteya, śītoṣṇa-sukha-duḥkha-dāḥ,
āgamāpāyinah anityah, tāḿs titikṣasva, Bharata." BG 2.14

O son of Kuntī, the non-permanent appearance of happiness and distress, and their disappearance in due course, are like the appearance and disappearance of winter and summer seasons. They arise from sense perception, O scion of Bharata, and one must learn to tolerate them without being disturbed.

When you are in deep depression no words can bring you out of it, no matter how beautiful.

 

[Saint Frankenstein]

Hindu thoughts. Perhaps the influence of a former life, "Samskaras".

You realize you just made Hinduism look quite ugly, right? What that person was saying is quite awful to say to someone who is suffering. "Oh, well it's the result of actions in a past life". You don't say that to someone in distress.

 

[Aupmanyav]

When you are in deep depression no words can bring you out of it, no matter how beautiful.

I understand your point, some people have that kind of brain chemistry. It is not always in a person's hand. But otherwise, if the verse is analyzed in the beginning, then a person will never go into a depression.

You realize you just made Hinduism look quite ugly, right? What that person was saying is quite awful to say to someone who is suffering. "Oh, well it's the result of actions in a past life". You don't say that to someone in distress.

I do not think so. Though, being an atheist Hindu, I do not believe in reincarnation. But if there is one, nothing much can be done about what someone did in a past life. But the present life is in one's hand as also those which will come in future. Why not try to make them better rather than abandon right action?

 

[psychoslice]

One thing that I hate is when you get idiots who say things like, they are weak, they are selfish, they only thinking of themselves, I just want to punch them right in the mouth, I would like to see them put a gun to their head and blow their brains out, ha, weak scum.

 

[psychoslice]

I understand your point, some people have that kind of brain chemistry. It is not always in a person's hand. But otherwise, if the verse is analyzed in the beginning, then a person will never go into a depression.

I usually like what you say, but this is crap.

 

[Aupmanyav]

I understand, no likes for this post.
Don't get so angry. Perhaps I made a mistake in my understanding. I am only human. Are you not my friend!

 

[VioletVortex]

I have considered it in very emotionally charged circumstances, however, logically speaking, I have never professed to myself that it would be a good idea.

Most of the instances where the thought crosses my mind are in the morning, when I'm waking up for school. It is as if I am possessed by fatigue.

 

[Revoltingest]

You are lucky, it may be the stout ?.

I owe mental health to bacon & anchovies.
And groundskeeping & engineering.
All are essential to life.

 

[Revoltingest]

Easy said than done.

I know.
All I can do is offer my clueless advice &....

I think informal gardens are best for peace of mind.

 

[LuisDantas]

But the present life is in one's hand as also those which will come in future. Why not try to make them better rather than abandon right action?

One who is depressed and suicidal will have so much answer for that question that he or she will collapse under the weight of attempting to voice it.

Quite frankly, anyone who even considers telling such a person that the situation comes from bad decisions in a past life is either incredibly callous, stupid, or attempting to induce a suicide attempt.

Odds are that they have a very poor understanding of what depression and suicidal thoughts are to begin with. Or perhaps more likely, they are actively attempting to disregard and deny what little they know and understand.

 

[Kilgore Trout]

If I had, then you wouldn't be reading this response.

 

[Jeremiahcp]

"There is but one truly serious philosophical problem, and that is suicide. Judging whether life is or is not worth living amounts to answering the fundamental question of philosophy. All the rest— whether or not the world has three dimensions, whether the mind has nine or twelve categories—comes afterwards."

Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus.

One of my all time favorite books.

 

[Shadow Wolf]

It's action-reaction

The whole action/reaction thing is a law of physics. It makes no such claims or predictions about people's quality of life.

the law of attraction at work.

That isn't actually a real thing. It's not a law, it's not a theory or hypothesis. It's a total misrepresentation of science, pseudoscience at the absolute best.

There's no intelligent force behind it - those are (according to my belief) natural laws.

The natural laws are concepts developed from the natural sciences: Chemsitry; biology, physics, geology and astronomy. Other than DNA, it doesn't say all that much about people's lives, a topic better suited for social sciences. But even that doesn't dare suggest "if you are abused it's because you were abused in a past life." Rather, that is the very anti-thesis to the goals of social science.

 

[Spiderman]

The title.

And by "serious" I mean you planned when, how and, if you wanted, left a note.

What made you not do it?

I laid down in front of an oncoming train. The train conductor stopped the train and had me arrested. If he never stopped the train, I'd be on the other side and my body would be torn in half. I think of suicide a lot. I hate to see so much suffering in our world and hate the day to day responsibilities of life. I've just gotta carry my cross daily like Christ said to do