Discussion Can someone be "saved" from suicide?

[juststitches]

I was scrolling through the forum section on this app I use to meet people and I found the "daily question of the day", basically a section that serves the already titled purpose. The question was "What is the most soul-satisfying thing you have ever done in your life that left you with a sense of contentment and peace within yourself?", I thought it was a great retrospective idea to see how people perceives growth in themselves, until I saw the top comments. It was followed by a thread of a bunch of people saying" saving someone from suicide" was the most satisfying thing. And, I don't know if it's the idea itself or the way they worded it, but it made me feel so sick and enraged. I dunno, they were talking about us like we were animals. I personally don't believe someone can save you from suicide, because suicide is caused by a lot of factors most of the times and in a lot of cases it's been a recurrent behavior for years, so the idea of a particular thing or person just coming into your life to magically solve everything seems like an unlikely fairytale. Sure, you can HELP someone to think twice and ENCOURAGE them to get help, to not commit in that moment and see other solutions, but the whole "saving" someone sounds like a way to glorify themselves and simply savior complex. I think the only person who deserves to be called the one who saved someone's life is oneself. Unless the suicidal person is implying and mentioning someone might have "saved their life" (a close person, a thing, or even something the person enjoys/someone they admire), the phrase "I saved someone from suicide" is fed by selfishness. What are y'all thoughts on this topic?

 

[Covalite]

I've been saved from my attempts before and its the worse fealing in the world. The shame, the mockery, the questions and worst of all them telling every one about "how they did such a good thing for you" Fuck people who do that. Its just extended my suffering and make me more isolated.

 

[leavingsoon99]

Sure. That's not unusual. Humans are programmed to WANT to survive and live. If you can sell them on some sliver of hope, regardless of how well or unfounded it may be, they'll snatch it and hold on for dear life.

 

[hungry_ghost]

It happens, for sure.

Some people are grateful to have survived suicide and they turn their lives around and change their perspective.

It's not the case for everyone, though.

 

[FuneralCry]

Interfering with someone's suicide attempt against their wishes really is such an incredibly disgusting and unacceptable thing to do, people should have no right to do this as it's not their life. Those who wish to die should just be able to exit in peace and pro suffering people can just go and enjoy being tortured by old age. The fact that so many people are anti suicide just proves that this world is hell, to want to stop someone from taking control over their inevitable fate and deny them the choice to leave really is insane to me, it's extremely cruel to want to force people to be trapped here with no way out. "Saving" someone from suicide could only ever be prolonging suffering.

 

[jerry545]

Yeah, no one can truly proclaim to "save someone from suicide" unless they've fixed all the problems that were contributing to that person's suicidal impulses. The only way someone could save me from suicide is if they fixed all my medical, financial and psychological issues - everything else would simply be a band-aid on a gaping, festering wound.

 

[Sluggish_Slump]

It really depends on what they mean by "Saving". Maybe they did talk someone out of suicide who was temporarily in a bad head space but actually did want to live. But nonetheless restricting someone from ways to get out is not "saving", because suicide is not always a "cry for help", but sometimes a rational action to put an end to oneself's own suffering and find peace.

 

[Mirrory Me]

Some people naturally want to help others, others make it their profession.

If someone is honest about this feeling, do you find it disgusting?

 

[mypersonalhell]

It's just virtue signaling on social media.