Suicide - an act of supreme bravery

[Meaninglessness]

There have always been injustices in civilization. The society and politics are far from perfect. Life on Earth is a world of suffering, pandemics, diseases, disabilities, unemployment, homelessness, loneliness, meaninglessness, unhappiness, poverty and environmental problems. How many of us have meaningful work, good economy, good health and someone to love all the time? Everything changes with the passage of time - we will lose everything in life when we live long enough. It is no wonder that humans commit suicide - these poor people just want to get rid of meaningless suffering. It is no wonder that humans commit suicide with whatever method is available when they can´t receive euthanasia.

There is nothing braver or more courageous than to consciously choose death. People who have committed suicide are the bravest people who ever lived - they have committed the greatest act possible - a deed against actual existence. Suicide takes a lot of balls. Death is the most terrifying thing we have to face and suicide is even more difficult because then we consciously choose death at a time and a place which we decide ourselves. Fear of death is the strongest emotion - so how dare people commit suicide? Is it possible to remove the fear of death? People who have committed suicide have probably been in a state of fearlessness or influenced by external motivation. Suicide was a capital punishment during the antiquity. The Greek philosopher Sokrates (469 BC - 399 BC) was sentenced to death by being forced to drink poison. During World War II, many people committed suicide to avoid being captured by the enemy. Our thoughts and actions depend on the environment. It shouldn´t be hard to commit suicide if you were programmed like a robot.

Read more about suicide in the article 3 Quarks Daily Suicide: An Act Of Supreme Bravery.

 

[FuneralCry]

Yes, I think that especially if the method is one that is painful or involves risks then the act of suicide certainly requires lots of courage. I very much envy those who succeed and I admire them for choosing not to delay their inevitable fate and preventing unnecessary torment that would had otherwise been experienced if one was to continue existing.

I think that those who manage to go through with it are fortunate and it's admirable how they found a way to do it in a world that stigmatises suicide, places so much emphasis on prolonging suffering and restricts suicide methods. Suicide is the way of taking control over an existence that we were so unfairly burdened with, so much in this life is determined by factors that we have little control over, so the fact that I could choose when I die is something so incredibly appealing to me. I don't see any value in continuing to be trapped here just to suffer more and I hate the fact that I've managed to exist for this long. It's certainly not surprising that so many decide to ctb in this world and such a thing is perfectly rational and justified, but the tragedy lies in the fact how something so ideal as a peaceful way to achieve this is denied from us, meaning that we have to struggle so much to achieve true freedom.

 

[Meaninglessness]

People have fear of death, the death process and to be handicapped by failed suicide attempt. People have fear of future illnesses and suffering. People can be afraid of almost anything. Fear awakens the caveman in us. Fear is a signal that something can kill us. When all humans were cavemen, fear signaled us to run away from predators - otherwise humanity would have died out in nature. Our bodies are programmed to live by automatically breathing, the pumping of the heart and our desperation for food and water. It is very difficult to stop this process. The body doesn´t want to die. The society doesn´t want you to die. We are living in societies that denies human death. Many people are forced to use brutal and unreliable suicide methods because of the difficulty of obtaining peaceful methods. The train method and jumping require a lot of courage.

All humans are going to die so death should be accepted everywhere. We should be able to die anywhere. Dead birds are allowed to lie on the sidewalk in the cities, but not humans (with the exception of war). People get banned from most web pages if they write about suicide. It is taboo to talk about death and suicide with our family and that´s why we are on Sanctioned Suicide. It isn´t even possible to talk about suicide with the heathcare - then the patient will probably be forcibly detained. We don´t have many places to commit suicide: home, hotel room or public toilet. Someone who lives alone can lie dead in the apartment for months or years. In hotels and public toilets, on the other hand, we are quickly discovered. If you try to kill yourself in nature and someone sees you, he or she will probably call the police. But death is a human right - all people should have the right to euthanasia! We should have the right to decide the time of our own death to avoid years of meaningless suffering. Should people who lack the courage to commit suicide with brutal and unreliable methods be tormented for decades until they die of some age-related disease?

 

[12_Years_Late]

I want to be remembered as someone who actually showed courage and initiative in their final decision on Earth. What better way to show that than the train method?