Venting Cowards ctb

[ojinzo]

It really grinds my mother effing gears when I hear or read this. How dare you?! People claim it takes courage to live but I also think it mother effing takes courage to die! A friend of mine just posted something on facebook saying "I'm glad my mom didn't raise no weak bith. Only weak bithe's give up". I am so mad at him but I'm not going to respond because I don't need anyone twarting my plan to die.

I am so scared. I have no clue, only hope, as to what will happen once I drink deaths cocktail and someone has the audacity to call me a coward?! It takes more courage to do something the majority of humans fear most and that's to meet death.

 

[makethepainstop]

When one does or accomplishes something others are too frightened to do, should not that be considered bravery of the highest Calibur? In a war or a fight the brave are lauded and honored. People who are to afraid to fight are vilified and shunned in fight or war scenarios. Bravery is subject to individual interpretation. Love and peace to you.

 

[Hope:-)]

I think both choosing to live this life and choosing death, (although I do feel backed into it,) take courage.

 

[FuneralCry]

I think that if people say things like ctb is 'cowardly' then it's best to take no notice of them, they are delusional and talking complete nonsense. They have clearly never researched ctb and if they did they would know that it can be very difficult. All humans are programmed to survive as well which can mean that it's hard to ctb. There really is nothing wrong with suicide, after all it's a personal decision when to leave, we will all die eventually and be forgotten about someday so I see it as being preferable to exit at a time of my own choosing rather than dying at a time out of my control.

 

[LaVieEnRose]

The only time I might consider it cowardly is if people do it to evade punishnent. Even if that makes sense for them to do.

It's considered cowardly because it's seen as running away from life. That stigmatizing way of thinking implies that other people have to deem trying to resolve or adapt to their problems worthwhile. So I don't really think that as regards facing your problems or choosing to forfeit the notions of courage or cowardice are all that meaningful.

 

[SunshineAndSuicide]

Only cowards say stuff like that, imo, because we never know what might happen in our lives the very next moment. Sudden mental or physical illness might befall one and boom suicidal feelings happen. Killing yourself takes so much courage, because we literally have a built in survival instinct that tries to keep us alive.

 

[emgrl]

I never thought that about suicidal people, always thought it took a lot of strength… never knew how much, until I became one myself.

 

[brokensea]

Killing your self is one of the hardest things anyone can ever do. It takes courage to go to an unknown void. They think there is something worth trying for if you just try harder and it's just ridiculous. They're lucky enough to never have felt that way and their problems are not the same as others. It's ignorance.

 

[Sun n showers]

It really grinds my mother effing gears when I hear or read this. How dare you?! People claim it takes courage to live but I also think it mother effing takes courage to die! A friend of mine just posted something on facebook saying "I'm glad my mom didn't raise no weak bith. Only weak bithe's give up". I am so mad at him but I'm not going to respond because I don't need anyone twarting my plan to die.

I am so scared. I have no clue, only hope, as to what will happen once I drink deaths cocktail and someone has the audacity to call me a coward?! It takes more courage to do something the majority of humans fear most and that's to meet death.

Absolutely

It really grinds my mother effing gears when I hear or read this. How dare you?! People claim it takes courage to live but I also think it mother effing takes courage to die! A friend of mine just posted something on facebook saying "I'm glad my mom didn't raise no weak bith. Only weak bithe's give up". I am so mad at him but I'm not going to respond because I don't need anyone twarting my plan to die.

I am so scared. I have no clue, only hope, as to what will happen once I drink deaths cocktail and someone has the audacity to call me a coward?! It takes more courage to do something the majority of humans fear most and that's to meet death.

Absolutely

 

[botch3d]

I do also think it's the « cowards way out » to end one's own life , unless you are so severely ill or disabled that there really is no other way around it. I however also think it's very hard to end your own life so quite a paradox. A perfectionist who can't accept the situation and how difficult it has become. Life is unfair and hard , natural selection is a real thing

 

[theboy]

It takes courage to make ctb

 

[anthony97]

which is weird because we all know how much courage it takes to CTb

 

[Sprite_Geist]

"Suicide is weak" - a weakness of what?

Cowardice implies fear; not every suicidal person ends their life because of fearfulness. Imagine this: you are in a relatively small room, and there is a very pungent odor coming from inside this room; the smell becomes so strong to the point that you can no longer ignore or tolerate it. What is the next course of action that many people would take? They would leave the room. It is not that you are scared of the horrible smell you just do not want to be around it, or to "deal" with it; nobody would (or should) blame you for wishing to leave in this situation. Now take this analogy and apply it to suicide: you are not afraid of living, but rather you simply do not want to live.

 

[carnivore]

I'm a coward and this is only reason why i'm still alive

 

[AliceTheGoon]

It's just a platitude. Your friend has taken something he's heard many times before and re-posted it as if it's his own thought. Safe to ignore.

 

[AerialBoundaries]

It absolutely takes immense courage to take your own life. Our intrinsic instinct is to survive at all costs, so you essentially have to go against your body and mind's natural safeguards in order to take your own life.

If suicide was easy, the number of deaths due to it would be frightening.

 

[Al0neAlwayz]

"Suicide is weak" - a weakness of what?

Cowardice implies fear; not every suicidal person ends their life because of fearfulness. Imagine this: you are in a relatively small room, and there is a very pungent odor coming from inside this room; the smell becomes so strong to the point that you can no longer ignore or tolerate it. What is the next course of action that many people would take? They would leave the room. It is not that you are scared of the horrible smell you just do not want to be around it, or to "deal" with it; nobody would (or should) blame you for wishing to leave in this situation. Now take this analogy and apply it to suicide: you are not afraid of living, but rather you simply do not want to live.

Very well said. I do not want to live any longer because I have destroyed my life with mistakes in my past that I will be forever reminded of. I paid the price for my mistakes, and there is no hope of my situation improving, so I don't want to live anymore. Simple. I was depressed and suicidal before and now it is 1000 times worse.

 

[CTB Dream]

Coward mechanic keep body alive get resource morev therefore ctb not coward ctb end body. See coward use other call brave his interest , it all biology game nonsense, they say ctb coward only serve interest if stay alive can use shield get resource etc die get nothing emotion chemical release sad, coward say ctb coward coward not want see truth

 

[ForeverLonely82]

So fucking what?! I say. When I am gone there will no conscious to give a damn what someone feels or think of me. I'll be decomposing,free from my flesh prison while that self righteous son of a bitch will continue to suffer and be a wageslave while none of that will no longer apply to me. Since when is it important to have validation from some shmuck when it comes to life? Fuck them.

 

[ojinzo]

Very well said. I do not want to live any longer because I have destroyed my life with mistakes in my past that I will be forever reminded of. I paid the price for my mistakes, and there is no hope of my situation improving, so I don't want to live anymore. Simple. I was depressed and suicidal before and now it is 1000 times worse.

Same for me

So fucking what?! I say. When I am gone there will no conscious to give a damn what someone feels or think of me. I'll be decomposing,free from my flesh prison while that self righteous son of a bitch will continue to suffer and be a wageslave while none of that will no longer apply to me. Since when is it important to have validation from some shmuck when it comes to life? Fuck them.

Thank you #gutz

 

[Cerulea]

Cowardice is such an interesting concept. I've been in a thought tunnel about this since last week. I set myself up to take a leap off my roof and couldn't do it. Earlier that day, I had read an account from a person who talked about battling the inner survival instinct they had. Each time they had failed to take control of that internal conflict and the reptilian part of their brain won. Our brains are, generally, trying to keep us alive and out of distress. That part of our brain isn't exactly a voluntary function. The part that I find curious in this debate is when someone can tell me that following these requests from our brain, instead of perhaps making an independent choice, is the absence of cowardice. By what standard? I don't think people really hear themselves when they talk about the bravery or courage required to stay here. Like, do y'all hear that you're referring to an existence so enmeshed with conflict that it takes constant, active bravery to participate? The whole thing sounds wild to me. I believe in consent and I believe in autonomy.

I guess I can't be bothered with someone thinking I'm coward. Go right on ahead, I guess. If it's not a reflection of themselves, if it really is how the feel about me, it isn't the first time I've encountered someone who remains insistent on misunderstanding me. It may hurt to hear or see people talk like that but I definitely don't marinade in that thinking. It's not even an interesting argument to have anymore.