Killing yourself: Could you do it?

[DuctTapeJedi]

Several answers for different scenarios.

Just me- If it was just me, and no one else was involved (terminal illness, etc.) I'd stick it out, but with lot's of morphine. (If available and in a hospital setting given by professionals)

Survival of a group- If it was one of those 'there's only one life-vest and the boat's going down' situations, I'd like to think I'd be willing to take one for the team to save somebody else. Again, I'd like to think that, but I won't dismiss the possibility that I'd wimp out in the real event.

Just me (braindead)- Keep me alive until as many of my organs as possible can be given away for transplant. After that, pull the plug and help yourself.

 

[lolcatize]

maybe ? i dont realy know

 

[BlueberryMUNCH]

In that case, I'm pretty sure I could, but I doubt I would tbh.

 

[Hashime]

Never. I could never kill myself, I love myself too much.

 

[ElTigreSantiago]

In the case that my death would be horrifyingly painful and prolonged, yeah, I could shoot myself in the head to avoid it, no problem. But if it wouldn't be like that, than I probably couldn't. For example, if my fate was to starve to death, I would probably wait until it was unbearably horrible before I killed myself, simply out of being a wuss.

 

[ManveruAltharen]

Yes, yes I would.

I've also made plans for suicide (assisted or otherwise) when my life becomes 'unlivable' - If I become a paraplegic, if I go deaf and blind, if I'm extremely mentally unstable and am merely costing my loved ones patience, sanity, and money, etc. etc.

However, if I knew that my being gone would significantly harm someone else or lower their quality of life in an immediately significant manner....no, probably not.

Is it wrong that I have fantasies of dying in a heroic manner, just so I can feel like my life meant something?

 

[Infinatex]

Fuck that and anyone who would. There is no excuse. Go out guns blazing or die trying.

 

[Shockolate]

Nope.

I value my life far too much to take it away intentionally.

 

[DaBungalow]

Why do I get the feeling calling the suicidal weak isn't such a great idea?

 

[DaBungalow]

Sorry. Accidental double post.

To make up for it, here's a picture of a kitten:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Kitten-with-tick-damage-visable.jpg

 

[Julianking93]

I've already tried before, so yes, I could do it if I really wanted to.

 

[The Wykydtron]

What if I killed myself then got rescued 2 seconds later, that would suck!

I would miss Mass Effect 3

 

[The Man With the Soap]

I would not kill myself, because then the enemy wins. I would suffer through to the end.

 

[Sangtrain]

If I'm going out I'm goin' out fighting to my last breath. None of this Coward's way out.

 

[viranimus]

No.

Even if the chance of survival is insignificant there is always that chance. Pain is all in the mind. With strength of will you can overcome it.

And even though in a lot of situations I am pessimistic, Some such as this I tend to remain optimistic. So much so that I feel that getting a tattoo on my chest that reads "Dear coroner, please try CPR one more time" might well be a worth while investment.

It just seems weak in my mind. I mean if I were to give up over constant misery and suffering I would have offed myself years ago. I say, be defiant. Steal every second away from death that you possibly can.

 

[LarenzoAOG]

I suppose I could but I wouldn't want to go out like a *****.

 

[jack583]

there is no point to suicide.

never run from a problem, confront it.

only you have the power to choose who you are, you can solve a problem and move forward, or
you can give up and fall behind.

death is inevitable, you can fear it or see it as a reason to leave your mark in history.

 

[deonte9109]

I wouldnt because I would feel that I accepted death. Even if there was a slim chance of survival I still want to be sure that I at least tried. Who knows maybe the astronomical odds against still failed.

 

[The Lunatic]

I'll let you know when it happens.

 

[zfactor]

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 because I don't believe in no-win situations. But that's just me...