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Anonymous asked in Social SciencePsychology · 2 weeks ago

Is suicide a brave thing to do or a cowardly way to go?

I'm thinking it would be a very hard thing to do, to end you life.

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  • Andy C
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    It would totally depend on the situation.   If you wanted to live and yet had to commit suicide in order to save others, you're doing something very brave. 

    All the rest is quite cowardly and unrealistic.   That people get trapped and feel they are forced to act cowardly is something pretty awful. 

  • 2 weeks ago

    Well, it's according to the situation. If someone kills themselves to escape their responsibilities, then that's pretty cowardly. If however, someone commits suicide because physical suffering is unbearable, I'd say that's bravery. Suicide doesn't send a person to hell, purgatory or any state of suffering - it's just an exit out of the body, and it offers the opportunity to reincarnate or enjoy travelling the Universe. Many spiritually advanced people left their bodies, just like that, and never returned.

  • 2 weeks ago

    I would say suicide is brave considering death is supposed to be the worst thing that can happen to someone . 

  • 2 weeks ago

    I'm sorry but the question makes no sense. In most cases this is something a mentally ill person decides to do. Advice for depression and suicidal feelings here -

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqEM_jlDRZI

  • 2 weeks ago

    i'd call it rather 'excess of zeal', life is short in itself and the rush to finish it is understandable only under certain conditions, in my opinion.

  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    living life is harder than taking shortcuts if you ever pretend like your dead or the last person alive on earth while sleeping it helps

  • 2 weeks ago

    It is a very cowardly thing to do.

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  • Anonymous
    2 weeks ago

    You have to beat your survival instinct, so that should at least require some level of strength. Whether suicide is brave, cowardly or neither, I don't think really matters. What I think is relevant is whether or not people should have the right to end their lives, and I don't see any reason for someone to not have this right regarding their own, personal life. It's sad, but I don't think it's wrong or in any way immoral.

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