Should suicide be legalized?

Question

I mean, the person who should make a decision on whether or not they want to live anymore is the person. My life is falling apart. My father has the doctor's word that in two years he will be dead from COPD because he can't stop smoking. My mother always argues with my father and prevents me from ever doing anything because she still thinks I'm a little baby! I've lost over 8 different best friends, one tried to cut me with a knife, one tries to rule my life and tell me what I can do and doesn't let me decide for myself, one died in a car accident in pre-school, one moved to Texas, one tried to get me to do crazy things I didn't want to do, one molested me so he's no longer allowed to interact with me (long distance relationship anyway), one has nothing to talk about except the one who molested me so I'm not letting him in, and one more kicked me to the curve and became more friends with my brother. And girls keep acting sarcastic toward me, calling my hot and s**y and all of that ****, but I know better. Guys keep controlling me and acting like g*y wads toward me for their own amusement. I literally have no one in this neighborhood, yet all four of my brothers are living their high school years the way everyone should: socializing and enjoying time with other people their age and having fun. I've made up my mind that my socialization skills are deplorable and there's no way I'm ever going to find ONE decent friend, and all of my once great talents and skills are going off into smoke. I seriously think this is where my world is going to end. I'll never get married, have another best friend, get a job, get my license, or even move out from the house. Death can't possibly be worse than what's probably going to happen next. And there are other people like me who are bleeding inside and are seriously in more pain than anyone should have to live through. They say if an animal is suffering, it's best to kill it in order to put it out of its misery, and you'll feel better about that. Apply that theme to the law against suicide. Should suicide be legalized if the person truly feels that it is what is best?

Answer 1

First off, yes. I do think it should be legalized. How free can a man be without power over his own life? In saying that, I do not support suicide at all. No matter how bad it gets you have to keep the mindset 'No where to go but up'. It really helps to think positive and not drown in negative thoughts like 'I will never have a best friend again'. The best way to make friends would be to find common ground. for example, go to a bar during a sporting event and you will meet like minded people. Also, people only really 'put down' physically suffering animals. During times of depression the human mind does not think the way a healthy, positive mind does (obviously) and therefore someone cannot truly make the decision to take their own life in this mindset. Maybe a big change is what you need. A fresh start. You sound young and have your whole life ahead of you. Move to a different city, go to a training course and study your passion (not what others want you to do!), get that job and you will find like minded people and make new friends.

I hope this helps

Mike    

Answer 2

a person generally decides to commit suicide in the most stressful times in their life.  here's the thing about stress, your mind is not thinking clearly when it is full of stress and anxiety.  therefore, how could you possibly make a decision about life and death when your mind is not as crisp and focused at it should be.  you are trying to make a decision based on your emotions versus practical thought.  it's okay to be an emotional thinker.  I am, but you should always look at an emotional decision a second time and think about it practically and unselfishly.  Death is easy.  Living is a challenge, but it does get better through time.  trust me, i have been through many tragic things in the last two years.  be patient, life works out, and when it doesn't you pull up your boot straps and move onto the next part of your journey.  Life is not always about joy but also about the lessons that come from pain.  You should see a counselor or find a trusted person to talk out some of these issues.  you sound very intelligent and articulate based on your question.  But you also have a flair to how you write.  maybe you should pursue writing in some way. Anyway, just take a moment to think about your family.  it isn't fair to just skate out on them.  then they have to live with questions and pain for the rest of their lives.  why would you be willing to do that to them??  AS far as your dad goes i totally understand.  my dad passed away sept 28, 2006.  he had cancer and it was awful.  what it did to him was so sad and unfair.  i hate cancer. but my dad had to quit tobacco as well so he could get chemotherapy.  he did he made that choice and he had used tobacco for more than 40 years!!  I don't know if any of this helped but you should just be patient with life.  it is a journey, after all.  love to you

Answer 3

wow.

you should call someone on one of those help hot-lines. And I'm serious. You really need to talk to someone outside of your normal day-to-day people. Maybe they can help you see things in a different light.

Be strong. Don't give in. Suicide is a coward's way out of life.

Answer 4

NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO NO!!!!!   If U commit Suicide you will go to h**l!!   Im not trying to be mean but if u commit suicide u will never see friends, family, neighbers, things, house, etc.

Answer 5

You need to go talk to someone NOW!  I felt the same was as you when I was in high school.  Luckily, I talked to someone and got through it.  Now I am happily married and living a good life.  There is light at the end of the tunnel, I promise!  Death is very permanant... try something a little less drastic and more reversible.

Answer 6

Anyone who considers suicide is not mentally stable enough to make such a decision.

Answer 7

Suicide isn't illegal.

I know where you are coming from. High school isn't as carefree as people on the outside think.

My teenage years were MISERY.My father abandoned us.

I spent most of my time alone. I put blankets over my windows to make my room completely black.

I used to cut myself and pour whiskey over the suts to make the outside pain worse to numb me inside.

I tried to kill myself twice; once with a mixure of alcohol,crack,weed, and valium. My parents were drug-addicts.

My mom's boyfriend got me drunk and raped me when I was 14. He was 30.

I was doing crack cocaine and drinking by the time I was 14 and a half.

Boys thought I was weird. I had no female friends.

I used to sit in my room and burn myself with candles because it felt better than the inside pain.

Only kids that have been there understand when I say that you cry so hard your soul comes through your pores.

I wanted to die. I promised myself that at 18, if nothing was good in life anymore, that I would end it.

I didn't think it was possible to hurt so very bad. I thought that I would die of heartbreak  or have a stroke I had so much misery inside me.

My best friend at 15 years old was an old stuffed bunny rabbit that I cried on. I would wrap her stuffed little arms around my neck and pretend that someone was hugging me.

I never thought I'd live to see 28 years old. And, yet, here I am.

Married with four beautiful babies. I have real hugs now.

Life happens, girlie.

Just remember that. No matter how much it hurts right now, life will happen for you.

Good luck, hon.

Answer 8

If i were u i woudn't do it

cause then your gonna leave your parents with a HUGE mess

just dont do it

Life is Beautiful

You only got 1 Life