Should you be allowed to take your own life? *Edited*

should suicide be allowed?

yes?	66.9%	[ 507 ]
no?	33.1%	[ 251 ]
Total Votes:			[ 758 ]

[MarlaCorbin]

I am Videl

I think that you should not be stopped if it is your deesire to take your own life. No one really knows how bad you are suffering, no one else is in your head. Besides, you are not out to hurt anyone else, you want to be relieved. Its kind of like taking medicine if you are sick, only that the suffering is permanently gone.

I tried quite a few times to take my own life because i was hurting so much, and if you want something bad enough, you'll get it....

technically your killing everyone who loves you too. Yes I agree that if you want to kill yourself, you'll do it, but by making it legal, there would be no chances for anyone to get better, we'd have a lot of unnecessary death

Suicidal people tend to be blind to all else but depression. I've been suicidal, I've tried to kill myself countless times, and when someone stopped me, I hated them because I figured I hurt too much to live and that I would never get better.

If I hadn't been stopped, If I hadn't been helped, I never would have gotten to where I am today. I'm finally happy

If suicide where legal, I would have died years ago, and it would have been an unnecessary death

someone else commented saying, that all other methods should be tried, every possible way that you could survive should be tested, before you should be allowed to kill yourself.

[gastropod]

Yes, you should. The government has no place to tell us whether we can die or not. It's your choice. If you decide that the bad things in your life outweigh the good, it's your decision to act on it or not. And yes, it may hurt people, but that's part of life. I know that sounds harsh, but it's true. It's your life; you are able to choose what you want to say, where you want to go, what you want to do with your time here, how you want to make money, what you want to eat, wear, etc. You should be able to choose whether you continue living or not.

edit There are many chances to help someone get better before they resort to ending their life. It's up to the people around them to help them, and if they have to, to put them in an institution, before something bad happens - especially if the person in question is so depressed they don't want to get better. If it's so bad that they want to die, it's probably going to be obvious before they try to do it, and if everyone around them is ignoring what's happening to that person then they're partly responsible and should have been talking to anyone who could help.

If all else fails, I think it's alright to decide how and when we want to die. We all do, so it's not like it wouldn't happen, and family and friends involved are going to be distraught no matter how or when. At least it should be some consolation to them that they didn't die in a worse way, or that they weren't emotionally dead anymore. I would rather someone I loved take their own life than someone else take it, a car crash, a prolonged and painful, incurable disease, etc.

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MarlaCorbin

~lost~ in thought

MarlaCorbin

for everyone who voted that suicide should be allowed. If someone you loved tried to kill themselves, would you try to stop them? or would you stand there and let them die

Loving someone means letting them go. I've never been in the situation before, but I would hope if they've thought it over, I would not be so selfish as to make them live for my own personal happiness.

you wouldn't say, hey let me try and help you first, because once you make this decision, theres no going back? you'd just say ok go ahead?

Of course I would. But there comes a point where I'm asking them to suffer through a life they obviously don't want to live. My advice would be to wait a few months and see if it blows over.

[MarlaCorbin]

~lost~ in thought

MarlaCorbin

~lost~ in thought

MarlaCorbin

for everyone who voted that suicide should be allowed. If someone you loved tried to kill themselves, would you try to stop them? or would you stand there and let them die

Loving someone means letting them go. I've never been in the situation before, but I would hope if they've thought it over, I would not be so selfish as to make them live for my own personal happiness.

you wouldn't say, hey let me try and help you first, because once you make this decision, theres no going back? you'd just say ok go ahead?

Of course I would. But there comes a point where I'm asking them to suffer through a life they obviously don't want to live. My advice would be to wait a few months and see if it blows over.

thats what I wanted to know. because a lot of people are making it sound like if someone wanted to kill themselves they would just say ok, they wouldn't try to convince that person to hold on, they wouldn't try to get them help first, they would just let that person die.

[MarlaCorbin]

gastropod

Yes, you should. The government has no place to tell us whether we can die or not. It's your choice. If you decide that the bad things in your life outweigh the good, it's your decision to act on it or not. And yes, it may hurt people, but that's part of life. I know that sounds harsh, but it's true. It's your life; you are able to choose what you want to say, where you want to go, what you want to do with your time here, how you want to make money, what you want to eat, wear, etc. You should be able to choose whether you continue living or not.

edit There are many chances to help someone get better before they resort to ending their life. It's up to the people around them to help them, and if they have to, to put them in an institution, before something bad happens - especially if the person in question is so depressed they don't want to get better. If it's so bad that they want to die, it's probably going to be obvious before they try to do it, and if everyone around them is ignoring what's happening to that person then they're partly responsible and should have been talking to anyone who could help.

If all else fails, I think it's alright to decide how and when we want to die. We all do, so it's not like it wouldn't happen, and family and friends involved are going to be distraught no matter how or when. At least it should be some consolation to them that they didn't die in a worse way, or that they weren't emotionally dead anymore. I would rather someone I loved take their own life than someone else take it, a car crash, a prolonged and painful, incurable disease, etc.

I can see where your coming from. I like the fact that you didn't just say, yes they should be allowed, or no they shouldn't/

[20 Shades of Crazy]

As sad as someone killing themselves is, I think it should be legal. Sure, people should be allowed to stop them from doing it, and they should be given treatment and therapy if they try, but your body is your body and no one else's, and you should be allowed to control it because of it.

Bodily integrity is the foundation of freedom. Without it, we aren't free at all.

[iRayneMoon]

This is a hard topic to discuss. So many "what if" questions and exceptions...
Okay here it goes.

1. Euthanasia; I believe it should be legal. My grandfather died 3 years ago of heart failure and at his death his heart was only functioning 10%. He couldn't breath, fluid was building up around his lungs because his heart couldn't pump fluid anywhere else, and from what the doctors say it feels like you are suffocating as you gasp for breath feebly. I believe my grandfather should have been able to go more peacefully as it was obvious he was dying. If they are in their right mind let said person sign a waver with a family member and/or legal expert present at the time as witnesses.

2. Suicide by choice; This is more complicated for obvious reasons. If this person has a mental disorder such as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, etc. then someone should tell the person ways to feel better. Medicines, therapy, counseling, hospitalization, and so on. The reason for the said suicidal feelings should also be asked. If it is a reason that they can overcome with proper help then try everything to help them first. If it is something that can't be explained or helped such as a loss of will to live then maybe the person really does feel the need to leave not because of "clouded judgment" but just because they truly feel something must be done now and they have made up their mind.

On that note I have severe depression and moderate to severe anxiety. I am only 16 years old and have been on prozak, zoloft, cymbalta, trazadone, and lunesta all before to try and help me. None of them work 100% and I still feel terrible almost all the time. It is not my depression. It is other reasons but I have learned to deal with the pain and just live with it.

[BaeKim]

Yea it should be illegal, unless you terminally ill and on your death bed, but honestly that would only be a small amount of the suicide. But if some is depressed then they shouldn't be allowed to kill themselves.

[iRayneMoon]

BaeKim

Yea it should be illegal, unless you terminally ill and on your death bed, but honestly that would only be a small amount of the suicide. But if some is depressed then they shouldn't be allowed to kill themselves.

I HAVE depression as a mental disorder but how exactly can you prove I was depressed during the time of me wanting to die? What if I found out that I was terminally ill and then wanted to die? Someone could just say that I have depression so I must be depressed. Then I must live...

[BaeKim]

iRayneMoon

BaeKim

Yea it should be illegal, unless you terminally ill and on your death bed, but honestly that would only be a small amount of the suicide. But if some is depressed then they shouldn't be allowed to kill themselves.

I HAVE depression as a mental disorder but how exactly can you prove I was depressed during the time of me wanting to die? What if I found out that I was terminally ill and then wanted to die? Someone could just say that I have depression so I must be depressed. Then I must live...

Boo ******** hoo! WAH I'm depressed! Get over yourself I doubt their one person on the planet that at one point hasn't consider suicide as a way out when they've been depressed. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. And if you are depressed then you aren't in the right frame of mind to make any major decisions like that.

[Boundless Fury]

why waste the resources of the living on those that would rather be dead?

Let them die, ship the meat off to Africa.

[iRayneMoon]

BaeKim

iRayneMoon

BaeKim

Yea it should be illegal, unless you terminally ill and on your death bed, but honestly that would only be a small amount of the suicide. But if some is depressed then they shouldn't be allowed to kill themselves.

I HAVE depression as a mental disorder but how exactly can you prove I was depressed during the time of me wanting to die? What if I found out that I was terminally ill and then wanted to die? Someone could just say that I have depression so I must be depressed. Then I must live...

Boo ******** hoo! WAH I'm depressed! Get over yourself I doubt their one person on the planet that at one point hasn't consider suicide as a way out when they've been depressed. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. And if you are depressed then you aren't in the right frame of mind to make any major decisions like that.

. . . Depression isn't about getting over yourself. You really have no idea what the human brain does during depression do you? Allow me to cite a medical website.
From:Health.Harvard.edu
"It’s often said that depression results from a chemical imbalance, but that figure of speech doesn’t capture how complex the disease is. Research suggests that depression doesn’t spring from simply having too much or too little of certain brain chemicals. Rather, depression has many possible causes, including faulty mood regulation by the brain, genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, medications, and medical problems. It’s believed that several of these forces interact to bring on depression."
I'm so sorry that I can't get over myself long enough to tell my brain to work properly. Also depression is permanent. At the level I have it I will have it my entire life, so no, it is NOT temporary.

[MarlaCorbin]

Boundless Fury

why waste the resources of the living on those that would rather be dead?

Let them die, ship the meat off to Africa.

thats horrible but I still lol'd

[BaeKim]

iRayneMoon

BaeKim

iRayneMoon

BaeKim

Yea it should be illegal, unless you terminally ill and on your death bed, but honestly that would only be a small amount of the suicide. But if some is depressed then they shouldn't be allowed to kill themselves.

I HAVE depression as a mental disorder but how exactly can you prove I was depressed during the time of me wanting to die? What if I found out that I was terminally ill and then wanted to die? Someone could just say that I have depression so I must be depressed. Then I must live...

Boo ******** hoo! WAH I'm depressed! Get over yourself I doubt their one person on the planet that at one point hasn't consider suicide as a way out when they've been depressed. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. And if you are depressed then you aren't in the right frame of mind to make any major decisions like that.

. . . Depression isn't about getting over yourself. You really have no idea what the human brain does during depression do you? Allow me to cite a medical website.
From:Health.Harvard.edu
"It’s often said that depression results from a chemical imbalance, but that figure of speech doesn’t capture how complex the disease is. Research suggests that depression doesn’t spring from simply having too much or too little of certain brain chemicals. Rather, depression has many possible causes, including faulty mood regulation by the brain, genetic vulnerability, stressful life events, medications, and medical problems. It’s believed that several of these forces interact to bring on depression."
I'm so sorry that I can't get over myself long enough to tell my brain to work properly. Also depression is permanent. At the level I have it I will have it my entire life, so no, it is NOT temporary.

I know plenty about Major Depressive disorder I'm a Psychology major. And I know that on its own depression will go away in 2 years, but in between medication and therapy will help. Unless your suffering from Dysthymia disorder which is far less sever and easily treated with SSRI's.

[xpxlain]

No...I think its being selfish.