Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Is Suicide Ever Justified?

This is a very controversial subject in every point of aspect in life. The question may shatter many people, but at the same time it might just get many other people very upset. Many situations that have occurred where suicide is the last aspect of the subject, the situation can be very insignificant. For example, there is a time that occurred not that long ago where two young girls committed suicide by placing themselves in the middle of the train tracks. The train eventually took their lives away. The patterned under this problem, was because a young girl had lost her boyfriend and she decided to kill herself. In that thought her 2 best friends were going to kill themselves with her. However, when they set themselves in the train tracks, one of the young girls backed down. The other two, however, lost their lives. In such situation like this one, I cannot consider any thing okay with killing yourself. I am actually a strong believer that suicide is not justifiable regardless of the issues, or problems you might be passing by. We always have to remember that there are many people out there in the world that are less fortunate than us, and they are working very hard to stay alive every day. This is showing us that we cannot let a simple problem take us down. I have fallen so many times in life and I have felt very shattered, but from that, I have never thought about killing myself. This is because I always remember that somewhere out there in the world there is someone passing through worst situations than me. Such as the little kids that are hospitalized for a cancer. This subject always gets me sad, but in reality god has given us an opportunity of life. Unfortunately many of these young kids die at such a young age. This kids wish another opportunity in life, and yet there are those people that think that their life is the worst and is easy for them to take away the opportunity of life they have been given. It is sad, but true and many have to set foot on earth and realize that the world does not revolve after them and everything has solutions, we just have to have patience with life. Other than that, I feel sad when I talk about suicide because many times there is a question that is always asked, “Why did they do this?” unfortunately they leave this world leaving everyone that cared, behind with no answer to their question, just the sorrow of the lost one and the unpredictable situation of why something like this occurred. Although I do not believe that suicide is justified, I also feel very upset for the family, because they have no understanding and just the thought of such occasion can cause many disruptions and false guilt towards themselves or others. Other than that I would consider that many people that have thought about suicide might have an entire different view to life, but this stills keeps me very confused, because while there are people thinking about suicide there are those people that are thinking of a new way to survive.

2 comments:

  1. I agree with you about what suicide does to the people it leaves behind. I knew a boy who committed suicide at the age of 16. After his death everyone was left wondering what made him do it. He came from a loving family, where he was well provided for, and was very popular among his class in high school. His death was very shocking to everyone. It completely destroyed his parents. They became so focused on figuring out while he would have taken his life that it consumed them. They rarely leave their house anymore and don’t have much contact with their old friends. Their story really showed me how devastating a suicide can be. Its odd to me that a person feels so alone but when then die so many people are affected. Being a teenager is definitely a tough time but I wish more teens would realize that it doesn’t last forever and that it will get better. Luckily for me I didn’t never felt SO depressed that I considered hurting myself, but I know that many others do. Something needs to be done to help them get through this time. I think it would be great if schools had some type of counseling that is required for students, just as a precaution to make sure they are ok. Even though not all students would share their problems and least there would be an opportunity for them to do so if they wanted.

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  2. I like that you mentioned the aftermath of suicide in your blog and the effects is has on family, friends, etc. I agree with you for the most part in that suicide is selfish and lacks a greater view of the world. It's true that no matter what we may be going through, there is someone facing much worse. Children die of starvation, disease, and poverty everyday in every continent on the planet and yet those two girls killed themselves over some boy. I don't think we can judge though because I've been on the other side of the fence and while the big picture escaped me, the small one nearly killed me. When someone is thinking about suicide, the last thing they want to hear is how they should feel guilty for being so selfish because someone somewhere is suffering more. That response really would have only made me feel guilty and even more justified in removing myself from society. I never actually tried to end my life, my problems were minor compared to the ones we've mentioned, but I really just gained a new compassion for people in pain. I think we're often so calloused to each other and feel so little love in our lives that there almost doesn't seem a point to any of it, it's like being a ghost and watching other people live real life while you sit in solitary confinement. I think you're a very strong person and you have such a positive attitude that I can't help but admire your values. Great blog.

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