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cowardly
because u are bascially getting ride of your life
you’ll be courageous if u get through you’re life instead of ended it

Meh, I would say cowardly.

It’s not brave because your chicken enough to back out of life rather than face it.

Neither.

It has nothing to do with being a coward, nor beying a chicken.
Actualy suicide has nothing to do with death. More so about not being able to cope with life anymore.

When you get to a point where all is against you, you get abused every day and you don’t see a future, you hope heaven or hell is a better place then earth. And finaly you make the discision to say goodbye to those you loved, those you cherished.

And you end it all. No more pain, no more abuse. Freedom in a way.

and yes i have been there, twice.

the japanese method of slicing open your own guts with a sword. It’s brave from that samurai point of view but not from mine. Live and learn, I think that’s better.

I would say the Japanese suicide is probably a brave way.

I wouldn’t brand suicide as an act of courage or cowardice, but one of desperation and confusion. I am glad that help.com has built-in the ability to remind people that help is only a phone call away. Please, pick up the phone and dial the number if you are contemplating suicide on any level.

SirTannen wrote:
It’s not brave because your chicken enough to back out of life rather than face it.

I agree with you. If there’s a problem in your life, try to solve it. Suicide isn’t an answer, it only means missing some of the happiest days that may come and hurting the ones that love you.

Anyway, I’ve thought about suicide myself quite a lot of times - and each time because of the most stupid reasons you could think of. I’m glad I never had the courage to get through with it. Yea, I don’t have the guts to kill myself, too :)

Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.

That’s an OLD saying.

Old but true ;) Sometimes it’s all some people need to hear.

I am not happy. I suppose I should be. I have a beautiful son who iw 21 but he no longer needs me. I spent the last four yearw putting other’s neEds ahead of mine. I CHILD WITH CANCER DURING THAT TIMRI was a full time student trying to become a teacher.But Hear I am , so far in dedt, 8 weeks from finishing and I can’t do it. I can’t stand being in my diastorouvous house or my husbands criticsm. I want to givre up. I havr tried antidepressants. worked for a year

Take a break and finish. It seems to me that caring for children is your inspiration from what you said.

Neither, life is beyond our experience and expectations, in fact our feeling are almost irrelevant, its a “state of mind” which really is another subject all together.

It seems all religions and believes, keep repeating the same tantrum, what goes around comes around or expect a reaction from all your actions.

I believe that if you take a doll, it has no energy except that which it is made of, which makes it an object without a life force.

A Human Being is unique, an animal may have limited feelings and instinct, but we have an energy in us which I believe does not disappear after death.

imagine how the life force will be when you end it, will it be positive or a negative life force, I believe that your life force is connected to something far bigger than anyone can imagine and uprooting it would make it a negative life force, which would be quite the opposite of what you are trying to do by trying to end it, it would be almost impossible to fix, and I don’t think you will lose “yourself” so you will be aware of what is going on;

I think that suicide is not an answer, to anything, I have felt horrible in my life but realized that if I can’t get it together in this life, I should not think the grass is greener elsewhere, sadness follows you where ever you go, so really its not about not daring its about no point if it only makes things worse.