Killing yourself: Could you do it?

[CrazyMedic]

Suicide is for self-absorbed whiners.
I would never do such a thing if I think it would cause someone grief.

god people like you piss me off. lets say your father is a solider in a vietnamese prison camp, he has bamboo shoved under his finger nails, his are teeth drilled down to the gum line and all while doing this they are breaking bones and he is given a shot at killing himself, you think he is a whiner because his family might be sad, you sir are self absorbed if you think he shouldn't kill himself.

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I would because hey if I am going to die might as well speed it up and avoid pain although I might do something cool like I dunno try to become known as someone really eccentric and deep then leave some coded suicide note that isn't coded at all or something along those lines just to leave my mark on the world.

 

[neoontime]

No, I'd try but it could never happen.
Ugh, I don't like where this threads leading to.

 

[Yostbeef]

G'day my fellow Escapists!

Around 1½ months ago I made a thread [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/read/18.236269-Committing-Suicide-Could-you-do-it#8417957] posing a question which is very exactly similar to the one I will ask you in a moment. However, in that thread I was disappointed in the fact that many posters seemed to take my initial scenario/example too close to heart, disregarding, what I meant to be the point of the thread.

Therefore, I initially decided to pose the question again, albeit a bit differently, but I thought some time might have to pass first. So here we are;

If a situation should arrise in which you found yourself face to face with imminent death, the situation being perfectly clear to you and the chance of survival being infinitesimally(endlessly) small - could/would you take your own life to spare yourself any unnecessary pain?
[sub](Whether it is disease, torture followed by death, starvation, dehydration, the eradication of all human life or an otherwise unavoidable situation.)[/sub]

No,to be blunt I find it to be completely and utterly pathetic.The only scenario I see myself being able to do it is if it meant losing my dignity which to me is worse than dying.You know things like not being able to clean yourself up,bed ridden,constant agony due to disease and other beyond fucked up situations.I would never kill myself over a situation in my everyday life as long as I'm able bodied and breathing that is all that matters to me in the end,life is a gift and we have no idea what occurs afterward so I'm gonna hold on to it as long as I can

I say this now but have never experienced certain extreme circumstance that the only release is death but have still experienced plenty of personal tragedy in my life but I never once thought of taking my life to make it go away or ease the pain I'd like to think I have the will to go on no matter what.

Dammit OP you got me thinking all deep and philosophical like,I want to go to bed!

 

[Katherine Kerensky]

-All Hail Britannia Snip-
Yes, guy, the first thing that comes to my mind in a gaming forum is people getting fucking tortured in a war that ended 35 fucking years ago. This argument could have only been cheaper if you used Godwin's law.

It doesn't change the fact that you're calling that soldier, who would make that choice, a "self-absorbed whiner".
And then you have to throw in your cuss words to try to reinforce your point.
I think CrazyMedic was right, and you're just the whiner here.
Now excuse me while I go to clear my mind of all the crap I read in your posts.

 

[the rye]

In the right circumstances i would kill myself to avoid a painful death, I also might feel i have to kill myself if i have done something very dishonorable,bad, or because i choose death rather then betray my principals and beliefs.

 

[Admiral Stukov]

Maybe.
I'd prefer to go down fighting if the situation allows it however.

 

[Nexoram]

If it (the situation) is very grim and my chances of surviving are that low i would kill myself. BUT only if it was quick and painless, or at the very least quick. For example a gun would be easy.

Step 1. Point gun to head.
Step 2. Shoot.
Step 3. Profit (well not really)

On the other hand if it was something messy like a knife or two pieces of chalk and a toothbrush, i wouldn't do it. I would be too much of a chicken.

 

[Nanaki316]

Absolutely, I'm a complete coward. Like if I believed in the whole 2012 thing I would just top myself in advance but it's not that easy as I'm a mother of two, makes the whole thing a bit more complicated.

 

[Cazza]

I really don't know. I want to say no giving me at least a chance no matter how small. I think torture would be the only situation I would. Disease, starvation, dehydration, the eradication of all human life(ELE), capture(war pow) no way I'm offing myself.

 

[Jezzascmezza]

I would if it equaled a less painful death than whatever was inevitably in store for me.

 

[Vault101]

No there is no way to do it painlessley even a gun to the head isnt as risk-free as youd think

anyone thinking about it should read the 10 minute suicide guide by david wong it gives alot of good info

http://www.cracked.com/article_15658_the-ten-minute-suicide-guide.html

 

[Redlin5_v1legacy]

Never. I will never kill myself intentionally. If I do something stupid enough to trigger an instantaneous death I'd deserve it. I hope I will die of natural causes after a long, fulfilling life. I have too much to live for in this world.

Incidentally I recall a quote from the book "The Walking Drum"

"There is no cause worth dying for that couldn't be served better by living."

Speaking as someone who once contemplated this (I never attempted but I was thinking it) it is not a solution. What it is the cowards way out. Life has consequences. If you force yourself into a corner, you have to fight your way out one way or another. Even if you die fighting your way out of the situation, you still have tried your best.

No there is no way to do it painlessley even a gun to the head isnt as risk-free as youd think

When I was contemplating it, I thought this would be the best way:

[sub][sub]But seriously, bad form providing a link to suicide tips.[/sub][/sub]

 

[EldritchCarrot]

Really depends on the situation. For example if it'd bring hurt to my loved ones then no I wouldn't, if living would bring pain to my enemies then I'd do that. As I said completly depends. Currently if I had my mind set on suicide I could do it. I don't currently want to but that is another matter.

However I'd like to take a moment to cheer on our anti suicide advocates. Those whos only argument is;

Suicide is for self-absorbed whiners.

Hip hip hurrah, because there is no situaion, ever, in which suicide can be used to spare people pain, or spare your loved ones pain, or even spare yourself emmense amounts of pain. Never. Ever. And anyone who would ever consider it is weak, especially soilders in a war situation. Silly n00bish soilders.

 

[Kwaren]

No. I would fight till the end.

 

[PoliceBox63]

I think about it as if I were sliding down a pit into lava with no hope and I had a loaded gun then Yes I would probably spare myself the pain.

 

[theevilsanta]

In that scenario I would want to, and I want to say yes. But the human instinct for self-preservation is so strong I don't think I could do it, even if certain horribly painful death was imminent. I'd accept the pain with some totally irrational part of me hoping against hopes.

For example. I'm sure I'll save one bullet for myself in the coming zombie apocalypse. But when the time comes, and I'm surrounded by hundreds of zombies, back to a corner, and rescue by a squad of marines is impossible because they zombies are literally inches from my supple flesh, I'll wuss out and shoot one more zombie in the head and earn a terrible death being eaten alive.

That sucks. Come on future me, be more rational.

 

[drdamo]

No, but not because I can't, I simply don't want to.
Any natural disaster I'll embrace; envelopped by the sea, consumed by fire, struck by lightning or crushed by the earth and any torture, be it removing my nails forcibly or a heated pot with a rat taped to my chest, I'll undergo it with a smile, laughing, begging for more.
Perhaps a long and painful end will give me the knowledge, the clarity to understand the big picture in those last moments of my life. Despite not being able to share that information; if there is a truth and there is a chance to know and understand it, I shall accept the price, any price!

 

[Brandon237]

Live on, fight on, strive on. To the bitter end. You never know what would have been if you don't give life the chance to let you see it. If all hope is lost, hope for some hope damnit. And if you die anyway, at least you died trying.

And I'm weak and very afraid of death.