One of the people I know who attempted suicide twice was diagnosed as paranoid schizophrenic. Schizophrenia is a psychosis, which means it is a brain disorder. People with something like this have such a distorted reality that they may actually believe they only have one way of escaping. The one I know experienced auditory hallucinations, and without medication, it was unbearable. He survived both attempts (once, ingesting pills, and another, attempted exsanguination). Sometimes, it isn't about being selfish or attempts for attention. It's one of the few situations where, though I don't condone it, I understand it.

My sister has Paranoid Schizophrenia. She's medicated for it now, but even at her worst times she never really seriously attempted suicide, she just tried to self destruct.
Even though a lot of people would recommend therapy, she says all they ever do is write 'scripts for pills and send her away. She says the real thing you need is someone who you can lean on and a goal. Though she knows she wouldn't be stable without the medication she thinks that religion and her husband help her a great deal more.

I'm sure it presents in different degrees in different people. Part of the problem with psychiatrists is that they are medical doctors, so they have a pill mentality. If she sees anyone, she should try a psychologist and find one with a type of therapy that fits her. That being said, when it comes to paranoid schizophrenia, I'm pretty sure most psychologists and psychiatrists believe it is impossible to treat it without medication because of the hallucinations that can hinder therapy. It's really good that she has such a strong support system to help her. That's important no matter what leads a person to self harm or thoughts of suicide. Everyone needs someone at one point or another.

Wow - your post on how life is 'disposable' and how our government only considers anyone's death as a 'statistic' really made me sad. A
And the fact that you won't be remembered for the next 100 years is also pretty depressing - unless of course, you become famous.
Personally, I think suicide is one of the most selfish things anyone could ever do. It's merely a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Suicide is never the answer, even if things are perpetually going bad. I mean... has anyone who attempted suicide ever consider the aftermath? Like what their loved ones will go through? It's tragic.
& yes, I have attempted suicide but came to a realization that I would hurt my family & friends. Luckily I didn't take the lethal amount of pills otherwise I'd probably be brain-dead right now.
Death of a loved one by something so meaningless makes you wonder every single day for the rest of your life why you haven't seen the warning signs in the first place...

There's so many posts that don't understand suicide that I'll address one.
Most of who who support suicicde, don't see suicide as life being dispobile. We see it as a terrible choice someone might have to make if they are suffering/.
How is it selfish if you are in constant, incredible amounts of pain?.
No, it is not only a "permanent solution to a temporay problem". Unless you are narrow minded and are ONLY thinking of suicicde for emotional and mental reasons without considering that there are other reasons to do suicide.
Really?..never the answer huh?...This would be great if there were no painful ternimal illnesses anymore.
I'm sure the family would understand and accept it if the person does suicide for the right reasons, except the ones who lack empathy for terrible suffering.

@Claudia: I should have considered 'immense physical torture' as the ONLY plausible reason for suicide so I apologize. It actually came to mind after I posted but didn't know how word it (brain fart).
Even though it seems to be the only (unfortunate) choice when choosing the lesser of 2 evils (death by own means or death by terminal disease, torture, etc.) there are laws against it. I'm not saying that I agree with those laws (I don't), but suicide is considered a crime in some countries. I even heard that some religious groups refuse to bury those who commit suicide because it is a sin. I don't know if there are exceptions to this rule but I do remember reading it somewhere, unfortunately.

But I still believe that anyone going through EMOTIONAL issues should NOT take their life. It's not worth it - people are dying from diseases who deserve to live a full life --- they would KILL to have that chance. And we take it for granted...

Suicide.
I tried.
I overdoes on medication.
they were able to save me.
Two people close to me where molesting me without each other knowing it.
It tore me apart. It tore my family apart.
Suicide is your decision.
I don't think it matters whether or not whether it is right or if is it isn't.
I believe in souls. And I believe if a body souls and mind can't take the stress and pain of the world and what has been done to them. They opt out and say I'm not ready for this.
I'm glad I decide to stay. I'm fine now. My life is beautiful.

I'm not sure if this is consitered attempted suicide, but I have tried choking my self. I know it would make me faint, I have also cut myself once before. I get stressed out alot. I see a theripest every two to three months, I'm on medication, and I attend a social skills group on Saturdays. At school, I get picked on, I've been harrased, had people talk about me. I have a mild form of autism called 'Aspergers Syndrom', people think I mean or just weird because I have few friends. I'm sorry if I'm ranting off-topic, but I just feel like a total loser alot and have no idea how to deal with it. I sometimes think about bad things happening to me all the time. I admit I have a problem.

Some of my classmates have encouraged me to kill myself before. As I said before, I have thought about it. I'm too afraid to actualy do it. I'm afraid of pain I'd cause my family. I guess, fear of suicide is one fear I'm not going to try to over come. Once again, I'm sorry if I ranted or went off topic. I don't usually vent like this, I just have a habit of rambling on about stuff (one reason people make fun of me).

In my opinion is that suicide should only be done if you are going to die in a worse manner, much more painful manner. I will take a part from Season 4 of 24. Edgar's grandmother was not able to evacuate from a part of California before a nuclear reactor melted down and created a radioactive pollution which was killing people by cooking them from the inside out. She opted to take her own life rather than suffer from radiation poisoning.

Now, I am not saying that is the only time in which you commit suicide. However, if it is to opt out of something in which you know you will die and will be much worse. Or if you are committing suicide in order to save the lives of other people, basically if you walk into a place in which you know you can do something to save others but you will die as a cause of this action, it may be heroism but you are still creating that death for yourself but at the cost for others to live.

Anyone who kills themselves because life is so hard and they cant take it. Need to suck it the fuck up and fix it their shit.

I have thought about suicide before, but it was mostly in my earlier teen years. Knowing it was just going to be a mere phase in my lifetime, I struggled to discover the positives in my life. Thankfully, I'm still alive now.

Suicide should definitely be a decision if that's how a person truly feels that it is the proper way to end their life. However, I also believe that a person should live their life to the fullest, and suicide should be a last resort type of thing.

@ Bartuc - You know, a nuclear reactor blowing up could be a fun event to hang out and watch happen - so long as one is in the blast zone and not dealing with fallout.

As far as my thoughts on ending my own life are concerned, there was one very bad year where I thought that it would be better to end my life. If I knew there were weapons in my home, I probably would have tried it. However, I developed an attitude that it was better to live my life the way I saw fit, and use that as a type of revenge against those that tried to make me feel as though my life didn't matter. I knew then and know now that it does, and that, to me, is all that matters.

I've lost a few family members to suicide. People who were older and were struggling with some major issues. Tore our family apart both times that it happened. We were all left wondering what it was that we could have done to help them. My kids will never know these people, and that is a shame.

Yeah, Elmira Swift brings up the point I wanted to bring up earlier but just didn't have the energy too. Adolescent suicides are one thing, but those of older people are another. My parents died in a mercy killing/suicide, and as horrible as it was, I can't sit here and go OMGHORRIBLEEVILPERSONOMG.

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I've thought about it and almost tried it, but since I was hemophobic (scared of blood), I kinda put it off of my head...

Well, seeing that I had no friends and I thought I was the most useless person in the world, I thought I'd deserve to be disposed...

Well, looking at it now... not really, maybe it was just a phase that I needed to go through... Hey, I mean now, I have friends... those near and dear to me... :D

God gave you life, and a reason to live, and you shouldn't be the one to end your life, only god is allowed to do that. He put you here, and he should be the ONLY one to take you out.

I've thought about it...and i've tried it, didn't work though!

i tried to overdose myself

Nothing was going right, i was overly depress, i wasn't with my family (not by choice), and i found out who my real friends were. (this was 2 years ago) i just felt worthless.

my life could have been worse...but its not anymore.


i'm happy that it didn't work, i'm happy that i'm still alive today.

There are people who are attention whores, but those people never kill themselves. Those are the people who say they are going to in order to get attention and sympathy from their friends. Trust me i had a friend like this for years and she, to this day, has not killed herself.
Now people who actually commit suicide, to me it's just sad. That's all. I have considered it before, but never tried it. and I do understand emotional pain, but i would hate to hurt those around me.

My opinion is that if the person is that messed up to want to take their own life, then their genetic make up doesn't belong in the gene pool. Those who commit suicide (especially in high school, or young people) are incredibly stupid and selfish individuals. it effects the lives of people around them, and is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
Of those who commit suicide, good riddence, we don't want your depressed genes to carry onto whatever kids you might have.

I was thinking about this the other day, and honestly I think suicide is one of the most selfish things you can possibly do if you want an easy way out because life isn't going your way at the time. It completely fucks up all the people that cared about you, not to mention leaving them to clean up the mess and a stack of bills.
If you have a fatal illness that makes you suffer that's a different story though, in that case you are merely choosing when you are going to die. You should be able to opt for euthanasia medically supervised in a hospital environment. Or maybe soylent green style.

Maybe it's because I believe in reincarnation, If you off yourself, you're just gonna have to do it again until you get through it.

Definitely not what I was talking about, but okay. Your amount of wealth and living situation has nothing to do with your mental health, especially as a child.
However, if you have the inclination to destroy yourself, which is something that is evolutionary wrong, then you obviously have a mental disorder that shouldn't be passed along. This is for extreme cases, which the person actually does kill themselves. Works out well, doesn't it?

I feel that if you think your life is horrible enough and you want to stop living then by all means kill yourself. However, you're just being selfish by doing so. Yes you might not care about yourself or your body. But think of the people that will miss you when you decide to kill yourself.

And honestly...most of the suicides that are close to me are for stupid, stupid reasons. One friend killed himself because his mother yelled at him for getting a "C" on a report card...at least that's what it said in his suicide note. If you really want to die, go out to a forest or some shit where nobody will care, stick a gun to your head and shoot yourself. Don't make a huge flying leap from a building...that's stupid and shows that you obviously want(ed) attention and it's very cowardly.

W/e I don't have a big opinion on suicide. I just think it's a foolish thing to do. And if you really want to kill yourself then you deserve to die. :/

It's because you're taking away... You, from people who love you, and care about you and need you, for something.
You're causing someone pain, that they wouldn't have gone through...
Dear god, i sound heartless, and cheasy, but that's why it's selfish.

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