Venting Why is suicide described as such a “tragedy”?

[FuneralCry]

Because in reality suicide is something relieving and the thought of permanent non-existence comforts me, there's no sadness in being able to sleep for all eternity, it's not tragic that one cannot suffer anymore in this harmful world.

Suicide is self care as it's the choice to find freedom and relief from this existence, it's suffering prevention and I see suicide as the best way to die, it disturbs me the thought of decaying from old age, I don't see how it's such a devastating tragedy if one chooses to be spared from that.

Instead of relief from suffering and permanent peace as being the tragic thing, I see the existence of life as being the horrific tragedy as it's the cause of all harm and cruelty.

Those who are gone are who I envy as they can no longer be tortured by existence, I often read of people finding it devastating that people decide to ctb but I only feel envy when I hear of those people, they are the only fortunate ones to me.

In fact I see beauty in the eternity of death, the peace of non-existence is all that's desirable to me, I don't see what's so "good" about existence in order to make it such a devastating tragedy if one chose to prevent all future unnecessary suffering.

 

[Lulzacruel]

because people aaaaare scared of death




also, they people that have to discover your dead body will probably be traumatized if its very gorey

 

[mind3de]

Well you lose someone if he/she commits suicide. If that person was important to you, you're sad. That's why people see it as a tragedy.

 

[TheMetalhead]

I reckon that's because most people consider life as a beautiful thing, for example fresh moms, pretty sure most of them are the happiest after giving birth to a child.
However, ending a life is a pretty sad thing to experience were it someone close to you, duh even if you simply knew that person from the neighbourhood.
Suicide is a different thing - it's ending one's life on purpose, thus leading to even more sadness and tragedy.

 

[permanent_solution]

well, first of all, because they(pro-lifers) make it a tragedy, by restricting our choice/methods. they make dying a painful process. a tragedy, horrifying to even think about. they are at fault for this one, it doesnt have to be a tragedy in that sense, but pro lifers fucking want it to be, i assume. they think it will deter us like insect repellent deters bugs from eating your carpet. second - the circumstances that drive people to suicide (and most want to live, its just the truth) can be very very tragic, its hard not to feel bad, esp. since they made it a painful process. you have to think just what kind of circumstances have to take place for a person to off themselves with the remaining violent options. and third - death and the unknown is scary, if you try to live as long as you can, you can shut that thought down a bit, with useless crap they'll say we missed out on. the fact that some quickened that process is tragic to them. these are barebone reasons, i think. i have to be missing something like grief because i cant imagine anyone giving a rats ass when i ctb.

 

[Forever Sleep]

Because ultimately- people can't imagine the full extent of another person's pain for the main part. People tend to view other people's lives differently to their own I find. Haven't we all heard that ridiculous platitude- 'the world is your oyster'? People seem to assume that others can still turn their lives around- no matter how bad things are. So- THEY find it tragic when we don't. Weirdly though- they seem to find it less tragic if we continue to struggle like hell but remain breathing. They seem much better at ignoring that but I suppose that's less obvious than a rotting corpse.

After the event, they also somehow seem to believe that this was a decision that person made while they weren't thinking clearly. I think what makes this all the worse is that- people don't feel able to talk about how they are truly feeling- so, their sudden suicide may come out of the blue for their loved ones. Honestly- how do you think your family would react if you did it? Are they as comfortable with it as you? I'm guessing not- if you don't feel able to tell them.

For me though- it's probably more about the tragedy of life than it is death. Death I suppose should be seen as their happy release- but ideally- things shouldn't have gotten to be so bad that they wanted to kill themselves in the first place! It's any circumstance that leads to suicide which is the real tragedy in all this.

This is going to be triggering for you to hear but there's also the FACT that some people enjoy life. Whether they are 'delluded' or not, it's probably the more comfortable experience overall. I think this whole thing about 'tragedy' is about missed, stolen or tainted potential. Many people perhaps would have had happier lives if certain things hadn't happened. It's tragic when stuff happens to people that destroys their life. Suicide is the exclamation mark in a way at the end of a whole bunch of other tragedies.

 

[ultrasharpy123456]

It's a tragedy because some people don't even want to die. Some just want to experience what they want to experience and have what they want to have, even if they don't know what it is. Some people want to enjoy what life can bring even if in reality that is impossible (for example, I want to reality shift).

And then you find out because of circumstances (internal or external) you have to die. Or you just get tired of how evil life is and want it to end. And now you can see for these people how this can be a tragedy. At some point for these people it becomes a blessing because at least you don't have to put up with life and people and their nonsense. At least you won't be mocked or made fun of, or it at least you won't have to deal with the mundane problems of living.

For some it's a tragedy, for me I couldn't be happier to die. I used to be the former, but after life kicked my ass I just had enough and now I just want to get out of here.

 

[Already Gone6]

I think God is just a seriously sick fuck.
I keep wanting to kill myself lately, in a hurry to do so, and survival instinct kicks in every fucking time. There is nothing I want more than to just die and I can't do it...
Hopefully I can move soon where I can just do full suspension, no stupid ass survival instinct to come into play there.
I guess my point being that IDK but it just confuses me how we ourselves consider it one apperantly, cause a lot of the times we can't even go through with it

 

[Lost Magic]

I'll be honest, I am deeply saddened that anybody feels that they need to die in order to relieve their suffering, but I see it as a necessity (especially for people who are terminally ill, dealing with extreme pain, or have deep psychological problems). Society is so backward when it comes to euthanasia except for a few progressive countries (and even they have limitations). I am a member of the Dignity in Dying organization which is demanding change for people who need help with assisted dying in the UK. We should start there, at least. Reach out to these organizations, if you can. Change only happens if we demand it, and I have seen Terminal illness and suffering up close and personal. It's deeply psychologically scarring. I have developed PTSD as a result. We can and must do better.