(May 25, 2014 at 1:51 pm)rasetsu Wrote: Simple question, is suicide wrong, morally or otherwise?
I am confused. Why do you ask that question?
I think suicide is very wrong on all levels. It leaves your loved ones to clean up your mess; it leaves them in grief and it makes them accuse themselves for what you have done. If you do not understand how difficult this is to cope with, you have not experienced the death of a loved one where you were responsible for taking care of and dealing with what he or she left behind.
I read an article quite some time ago about suicide prevention. The researchers had asked many suicide survivors about the act itself. A majority of them said that they experienced an acute feeling of regret when they realized that there was no way to stop what was happening. Suicide goes against the basics of human nature.
Almost as bad as attempting it is hinting/threatening to commit suicide. I had an x who did this several times and I was forced to shut her out completely. I regard this as a serious form of mental abuse that is often used as a form of extortion.
