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taisetdanse — suicide is not a joke
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My mom makes jokes about suicide because I am suicidal and she thinks its funny to joke around like that when in fact its just plain horrible. 👍: 0 ⏩: 1
i know its probably been a while but shes an ass. sorry for my language but i hope your alright by now.
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I'm okay now. I'm a lot better C:
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When people...make jokes about suicide I can't understand why or how something like this can be 'humerous' to some people. I feel sorry for anyone who's ever had to go through this horrible thing, I've been down that road before and it's not fun at all.
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You're right it's not a joke.
It's a very selfish act :/
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Not necessarily selfish. There's a quote by David Foster Wallace that sums up pretty well why it isn't a selfish act as much as a desperate one.
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The please, do tell why, in your opinion.
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These people have families and probably even friends who care about them. Knowing someone you loved chose to end their life is horrible, and anyone who chooses to do so is showing they really just don't give a shit about anyone else but themselves.
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Some people kill themselves because they don't WANT to hurt people anymore.
And some people don't realize that their family and friends do care about them.
Holy fucking shit, open your mind up.
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Holy shit calm down, yes I have such a closed mind because I recognize suicide is stupid, how horrible of me. Sorry I've had someone I cared about do it and watched their family go to pieces because of it, no I'm just a closed minded jerk
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Augh, yes, but you have to see it from THEIR view. You cannot POSSIBLY understand suicide unless you've been through it, and even then, it's different for everyone. Some people are so ill that they don't believe anyone cares about them, and that they can't see it. And some people DON'T have anyone that cares about them, and some people just can't cope with everything.
Selfish? Well, maybe a little, but that's too strong a word. You're not the only one that has had someone you know commit suicide, grow up.
These people are ILL. They are very rarely in a correct mindset. Suicidal people need help and support, not people telling them they're selfish.
How is it selfish to want to end a life of suffering and pain?
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Been through what? Suicide? I would be dead then
It is selfish to cause your loved ones pain when most likely your problems can be fixed over time, rarely do I see justifiable suicides.
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Suicidal thoughts are normal, a lot of people have them.
What I mean is actually been to the point where you nearly attempt suicide. Or do.
Think about it. These people have been through a lot of pain and suffering. As I told you, they're rarely in a healthy state of mind when they do it. You cannot say it's selfish when these people's judgments are so impaired that they do not know if anyone does love them or not.
Why would people want to wait for it to get better, when they're in horrible agony NOW?
Think about it like this. If you hurt your foot pretty badly, you take painkillers, yes? However, the pain in your foot will probably go away. But do you care? No, because it hurts AT THAT MOMENT.
Suicidal people live with these thoughts. Every. Single. Day. Almost all the time. Sure, you may have them, but do you know what it's like to have voices screaming at you, telling you to do it almost all the time? I highly doubt you do.
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And killing yourself because you feel pain at that moment despite of you will hurt your loved ones isn't selfish? (it's like: "better they suffer than me") Or not recognizing that someone cares about you is not selfish? What is selfish actually? I think is that you don't care about anyone but yourself. Bu if you care about someone, then you will realize that he/she cares about you, cuz care involves attention too. I was in depression too, and people with suicidal depression can be selfish! Of course, they are ill, they don't have clear logical thinking, but that doesn't mean that suicide is not selfish, selfishness is part of their illness (yes, sounds harsh and mean, but illnesses are not Hawaii trips... :/) and it doesn't need logic to care about how you hurt those who cares about you.
I could write this forever, but the conclusion is, that ending your own pain to hurt others is still selfish.
And for your foot/painkiller metaphor, what if you would hurt your foot pretty bad, and another person would hurt for e.g. his arm really bad? Would you take the painkillers, or hand it to him/her? What a selfish person would do, and what a selfless person would do? And again, it's not a matter of logic, it's a matter of care.
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"I could write this forever, but the conclusion is, that ending your own pain to hurt others is still selfish."
people sometime kill themselves so they DONT hurt others
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Maybe, but that applies to a very few cases.
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Their family would be selfish if they wanted them to be alive and suffer more.
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You know, I saw an interview once with a psychologist. He said, that if he's talking with a person who wants to kill himself/herself, then he tells that person to go to live in an isolated place alone for some time (like a farm or something). Can bring for e.g. stuff to write but not anything to read, so only output-based stuff, along with something to kill themselves with. But if they return from there, without suiciding, then don't complain. Cuz before that, those people were thinking about life as a prison, that you cannot escape, but there, they realized, that they can end their lives anytime they want, it's no longer a prison.
Also, the cause of suicide is not simply sadness, but two opposite feelings battling inside one person, and this causes a crisis. But when the crisis happens, people might do things even they regret. How do they know that they won't change? They cut friendship and family ties in seconds, while it is still possible that it was a temporary problem, not a permanent one.
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Have you been in that position, though? Generally speaking, someone who commits (or considers) suicide doesn't do it because they don't care, they do it because in their mind, it really is the only way out of whatever hell they are living through.
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I have, but then I realized what a selfish cunt I was being and knocked that shit out.
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Still, though, explain to me how it's selfish to be in that much pain, that much agony, and want to get away from it? In this case, the point where suicide is the only way out? It doesn't mean the person in question isn't aware that they're hurting people by leaving, it just means that they really see no other options.
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There are other options, unless this person is terminally ill and in constant pain suicide is never the right choice. Chances are they can overcome whatever is wrong and not throw away their life and forever traumatize their family.
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For the record, I agree with you. >->''
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Other options often don't occur to people with a severe mental illness like depression, especially when help is unavailable or has failed in the past. So of course there's a chance, but of often as not, someone in that position really does see death as the only way out.
Not to mention that sometimes, someone won't care about their family or their family won't care about them (or they'll feel that way). It doesn't occur to every single person who's considering suicide that they're going to hurt people in the process.
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i seriously agree. I recently (like approx. last september) lost my father to this monster, and everytime someone says "suicide" in a joking manner i just want to smack them and say that some people are sensitive to that word. Sorry... ranting.
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thanks; much appreciated
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See now this is one of the things that truly piss me off about humanity, they joke about the most serious subjects that SHOULDN'T be taken so lightly, I've had to talk about 20 people out of suicide already,it's NOT a joke, I can't see how people can't understand that.
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True.
A friend of mine said: "Is the pain you're taking now worth to take your own life?" That opened my eyes...
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it's bad that people take this as a joke [don't mind my username, please] My best friend committed suicide, the next day i saw people kidding about shooting themselves in the head.
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Thank you for creating this stamp. Its suprising how many people take suicide lightly.
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Thank you for this stamp! But I also agree with with saying how people joke about it because they're uncomertable. When I was being diagnosed with depression, the doctor asked me about sucide and I felt like couldn't say anthing because my mom was in the room...
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Yeah, it's become a taboo. People don't want to talk about it because of it.
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I learned the hard way that suicide isnt to be taken lightly. 2 years ago I'd gotten so depressed I'd considered it but I had good friends who talked me out of it, and plus I wasn't really the type who had the nerve enough to go through with it. Then only a month ago I learned my little 15 year-old cousin committed suicide and I was heartbroken. She was a wonderful girl gone way before her time and then I learned how serious suicide is.... unfortunately too late. This day in age almost everyone considers it, but it hits you hard when it actually happens especially to younger people who didn't know how to handle their emotions. I guess all I'm saying is that we should help people close to us understand they have plenty worth living for even if it doesnt feel like it: talking can really make a difference.
Sorry for burdening you with my story, but I just would like people not to learn how serious this is too late like me. Wonderful stamp <3
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My grandpa and cousin shot themselves (not at the same time)
The girl I'm in love with swallowed half a bottle of painkillers in an attempt and lived, but has probably tried it multiple times
Yes, occasionally, I might go "I'mma go kill myself now", but I hate how lightly suicide is taken nowadays; thanks for this stamp
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It's mostly the younger generation faking it now, but I agree very much with your stamp
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I've actually attempted it, but someone intervened. After they did, I fell to the ground crying because I was so afraid because I had come so close to losing my life when in reality, I never wanted to die. I was one of the lucky ones, I decided to turn my life around and I rose from the ashes like a phenix.
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suicide is never the answer it leaves everyone you know in pain... I speak from experience...
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