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Is Suicide Selfish?

Is commiting suicide selfish? If you hate yourself so much then why should you deserve the easy way out? ...?


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  • No, it is not.

    It is not selfish. There are many people who say that it is because they do not understand how a person could be so miserable that they could not have the will to live anymore. If you were NEVER happy, even after trying many things.. therapy, socializing, changing your passtimes and hobbies, even drugs.. then perhaps you could understand why people kill themselves. I do not think that it is selfish because although you are doing it to get away from the miseries in your own life, what exactly is there worth living for in the first place?

    I’ve heard people say that it is selfish because the one committing suicide does not think of all those people that love them and do not think of how large a loss it will be. But in most cases, there will not be such a great feeling of unhappiness in those who were close to the one who killed themself after some period of time (months, years perhaps). Also, if the ones who loved them did not notice that there was something wrong in the first place, that is even more of a reason that suicide should not be considered selfish. Many times suicide is accompanied by depression – and depression is usually quite obvious. If someone does not notice that there is something wrong, maybe THEY should be considered selfish.

    Now, I admit.. there are some times when killing oneself should definitely be considered selfish, but we should not automatically assume it is always that way.

    20%  Voted for by rozz669, SecretAgentJane, sjrlink100, justonewish, brimstone. (14 total)
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  • Yes

    Yes, It is self-centered, pridefully selfish. We owe an allegence to God who thought of us first, loved us first and put us on this earth for good reason. Rather than wallow in self pity, why not pray and ask God the reason for our being. Judas was so proud that he thought himself above repentence; unworthy of forgiveness and chose to commmit suicide. Jesus said it would have been better he were never born. If a son came asking for forgiveness with sincere heart, what parent wouldn’t forgive him. How sad for the parent of a son who didn’t trust in his father or mother’s forgiveness and ultimately waste his life by commiting suicide.

    8%  Voted for by Mary O, silverscent, I-Cry-Silent-Tears, Lstjed, SupernaturalRed. (6 total)
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  • Unbelievably selfish

    It’s very selfish…and stupid. Anyone willing to commit suicide obviously only cares about themselves, and they aren’t thinking about the pain they’ll inflict on family and friends. It also shows just how much of a coward a person really is, being unable to deal with their problems. You’re not helping anyone by killing yourself.

    8%  Voted for by Solaris Darkheart, Locke, Oral Fixation, SenseiRidgway, abuyi. (6 total)
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  • No

    I don’t belive suicide is selfish. The people who force people into the situation where they think themselves useless are selfish.Just a thought: If a person with multiple personalities try to kill themself is it a hostage situation?

    7%  Voted for by rozz669, GothycLullaby, Faerie.Princess, petethemeat, Purrsanthema.
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  • In many cases, but not always....

    Seperating this from religion here – I don’t think that, in all cases, suicide is completely selfish. When people do it, most often, all they care about is escaping – from whatever torture their life has provided from them. Maybe some of them don’t believe anyone does care about them.

    7%  Voted for by Ace Firice, Buried Alive, Bonavox, TheLostProphet, conniev1.
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  • Suicide Is Selfish!

    Suicide is selfish!

    I have gone through a lot in my life. Sometimes I feel like I just can’t go on. But I care about my Dad, my Mum, my siblings and my friends. Although life is hard I don’t believe that I deserve the easy way out. I think that it would be selfish for me to commit suicide because it would hurt too many people that I love. I really hate myself for mistakes that I have made but I think I deserve to suffer and pay for my mistakes like I am doing now. Even though it would be so simple to just end it all.

    Suicide is selfish!

    7%  Voted for by tootsvegan, lost faith, mbbgo, Aedon, abuyi.
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  • Who Are We To JUDGE

    How can one judge this topic..? In most peoples eyes suicide is nothing more than a perminate fix a temporary problem. And so within those shoes yes suicide is a selfish thing. This view is shared by a lot of people, typicaly with good lives so they can't normaly take themselves and place themselves into a suicides shoes. Thus it is rather unfair to jump onto suicides for being selfish, exspecialy if you have no idea what they are really going through. From a holly point of view suicide is a SIN and a ticket stright to HELL. This maybe true no one knows for sure. So in their eyes this isn't selfish or just, it is just wrong. Yet what if that persons suicide is what GOD had intended to happen. Would that suicide still be sent to HELL for fallowing GOD's will? RELIGION can not enter into topics like these. I say this not because I am against religion, I say it because most RELIGIOUS people are BLIND. They wish not to see the world from others views, thus setting them BLINDLY into the world. Finally from the point of the suicide. There are normaly two types of suicideies. The first, Their lives are typically envoloped in pain. They have no way out from this personal HELL of their lives. May it be they are beatin, rapped, alone, ect. They want an escape thus they end their lives. To them this is their only way out, this is their SALVATION, if you will. So to them this is just. They don't mean to do it to hurt those around them, if there are people there. The second are mental ill. They have some sort of chemical unbalence within their body that causes shifts in mood, or bouts of depression. These suicidies most of the time don't want to end their lives they just want an emotional valve. A way to let go of inward emotions. So they harm themselves, and in some cases harm them selves so bad that they cannot recover and die from the injury. Thus making them a suicide. Basicaly what I mean to say by showing these view points is, DEATH is DEATH. Weather it be self-caused, accedental, or just the persons time, DEATH is a natural thing. It will happen no matter what. Who are we to JUDGE a suicide? If you care to JUDGE then please by all means JUDGE yourself, for YOU might have had the resources to help that person. Instead you let them end their life. Then chose to come around and JUDGE suicides. If you have ever known anyone to commit, or even try to commit suicide (Even if it is the kid that sits alone at lunch, that you have never talked to) and you still stood by then YOU are the ones who should be JUDGED you had the chance to HELP, and instead you shyed away. So please do not JUDGE that which you are not ADULT enough to stand and face.

    5%  Voted for by VitreousSoul, alonewithanger, nikadvise, Purrsanthema.
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  • Yes And No

    Suicide is only selfish for the reason you'd be doing it. If anything it's more of a coward approach to death than being selfish. But yeah, it's selfish in some ways, and then it's cowardly in some ways as well. Still, every person has their own reason, and their own view. It's never determined specifically if it's something to be so cold about.

    4%  Voted for by Annabel Lee, writingweirdo, Kevan.
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  • Yes, but who cares?

    Suicide may be selfish, but to a suicidal person this means nothing. I mean, if a person kills himself/herself, he or she won't have to think about what they've done or deal with the people they've hurt. So yes, it is very selfish, but I'm not so sure how much a suicidal person is going to care about his or her image after he/she is already dead. That's the whole point of suicide. To escape thinking.

    4%  Voted for by Bob the Elder, 5th position Gb, snowraven.
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  • "Do or not do, there is no try"

    OK My father committed suicide. I was seven years old. Let me just map out the chain of events for you. I met my father for the first time 3 months before he blew his head off. After the fact my grandmother went nuts. She to this day is in a mental ward. I myself have been struggling with this all my life and I can't get away from it because every time I see a family member they bring it up. So, I have a grandma in a loony bin and I have had serious issues with the idea that I have got completely jipped out of knowing where I come from and who I am. My family drives the knife in me every time I see them. All I have of my father is one picture taken right after I was born and a birthday card. I have no idea where I get my quarks and propensities. I have no clue if I have bad genes although my great grandma on that side is one of the oldest people in the US. If anyone tries to tell you that suicide is not selfish just walk up and punch them in the mouth, please. It is the most selfish thing that you could ever do. Suicide hurts your family and the people that love you. it puts a strain on peoples psyche, and creates more problems that it solves. Let's take religion out of it. Although it is a mortal sin, it creates a shock wave here on earth too. I hate it when people tell me that they are going to kill themselves. I can't stand to hear about how awful someones life is because believe me people you have a whole lot of life left to live. I hear people crying about their parents, school and work. I have never been one of thse people. I look at every situation as a challenge and I have the the hope and the strength in myself that I need to get through this crazy thing called life. I have a strong outlook on the world and I have faith in myself more that the fear of god to drive me forward. I think that people that attempt suicide are weak and hopeless, so I tell people that cry and whine about wanting to kill themself to go outside so noone has to clean up the mess. People who truly want to die don't tell anyone. They just do it and they do it in a way that will work the first time. People that constantly say they are going to off themselves and put little marks on there wrist and pass it off as a suicide attempt, are just looking for sympathy, and attention. If you actually do try to kill yourself and fail well then you just look stupid. So yes it is selfish, the most selfish thing you can do. It shows that you don't respect others feelings and you only care about yourself and your stupid little problems that every other person in the world has had to deal with at one point in their life or another. So, please if you are going to sit and type out that suicide is the only answer to deal with everyday problems please do it now and stop whining, or get over your little sympathy ploy. If you think that is mean or insensitive of me just remember that I have had it way worse than you and I am a stronger person for it. I would never even entertain the thought of punking out and taking my own life. Instead of getting sad get mad and show people you are worth something. I you can't do that well then, , you should just off yourself.

    4%  Voted for by webdemon666, Locke, retreatinggift.
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  • of course not

    Suicide is not selfish. People driven to suicide are not weak, or thoughtless. If you are weighed down, there comes a point when you have to fall, however much you want to stay standing. Would you hold up under torture? I doubt there is anyone on this site with the strength of character to ignore the gut instinct of self preservation.

    4%  Voted for by rozz669, azka, petethemeat.
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  • no more than anything else...

    by being alive and allowing yourself to think of yourself, you are in fact being selfish, therefore when you worry about 'your' pain and 'your' suffering, and you decide that 'your' pain is to great to exist, then yes indeed, suicide is selfish, but not any more selfish than anything else

    2%  Voted for by Throwing The Rocks, allinitsplace.
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  • no

    nope. not even it's a choice either way.

    Voted for by iwantuall2die.
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  • suicide

    a prisoner esacaping from the prison house can be compared to suicide.

    Voted for by susheel.
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  • It depends

    I think that whether suicide is selfish or not is completely upto the motive behind it, I do agree that taking your life is stupid, but only in certain cirumstances e.g commiting sucide because the shop was out of doughnuts I think its very selfish, but commiting suicide after having to endure a great pain like your whole family dying is generally ok

    Voted for by miserypenguin.
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  • Perhaps, but . . .

    Suicide is something one does for oneself, although it may not be entirely pleasent for others involved. Does that make it selfish? Perhaps so, but everyone does things that are selfish, right? Every once in a while, you just have to do somethign for yourself without trying to please someone else. . . . Well, that's all I can think of to say. . . .

    Voted for by AndyHarper.
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  • It's different than selfishness.

    I think it's a weakness. It is sort of selfish in its own right, but it's weakness. The strong people live it out. The weak people give in.

    Voted for by Mia Donna.
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  • Yes

    Simply because I know that there are people in this world who have it harder than me. Like the people who lost loved ones in the tsunami in… Ah Hell!! Where ever that was… They had it really hard, and still have it hard…. And there are some people in this world who have it even harder… I think it is selfish because, why would I ge the chance to get out when they haven’t?

    Voted for by joshuada.
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  • not even
    some people absolutly cannot deal with life at all, their life has been so screwed up and may have so many disorders that they feel like the world they carry on their back is crushing them. its comepletly wrong to keep someone alive who does not want to be here that is selfish
    Voted for by LightWithinDarkness.
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  • nothing more selfish

    it is the most selfish thing in the whole entire world, you are doing everything you can to get youself out of an uncomfortable situation and your not thinking of what other people want or how they feel, and in the process your hurting people who most likely dont deserve to be hurt.

    Voted for by usedfreak316.
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