Someone once brought this up in a chat room: Is it better to permanently lose hope or physically die?
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As a Christian, physical death is nothing that i fear.  I would be more afraid to lose all hope in something.  The only way I feel that I could ever lose all hope is if God abandoned me.  That is veritably the description of hell--eternal torture and the absence of God.  \n  On a more secular note, death is at least a form of ignorance.  Hopelessness may have no cure, and the only relief may actually be death.
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You mean there is a good way to die??!! Is that an oxymoron? I noticed that the concensus is " In your sleep". Actually I think a lethal arrythmia would be my guess, you know something like V-tach or  V-fib. You would  just pass out and never wake up.
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Depends on how serious I think that person is. If she/he sounds pretty serious to me, if I think it is a cry for help else than being a joke then I would get her/him to a professional. But if it is just depression talking I would try to cheer that person up and make him/her see how beautiful life is and death is not.
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I'd rather not live forever and enjoy life as much as I could. There's a reason why nature has a negative side to kill off the humans with diseases. Not only this, but if one was mortal, one would feel that he/she should try his/her best to achieve life to its fullest. Besides, who are we to play God and say that this person should live forever?
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I think its wrong to kill your self, just because it makes you seem weak. When the only thing wrong with you is depression and you attempt to commit sucide you give up trying, but you never really tried. now for sickness: When your going to die anyway why should you deal with the pain and die slowly?
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if i thought you were serious i would give you advice, not long ago you asked for advice on someone you had a crush on. suicide is not something to be taken lightly, so don't take the mickey. my brother committed suicide 18 years ago, and if you knew the feeling it gives people you would not make stories up.
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I think that the worst thing that could happen would  be living forever while in some sort of unending pain. It really doesnt matter if the pain is physical, emotional or mental.
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The only refuge at this point is peace of mind & spirit. I have been in this situation more than once & it really also depends on the person. I think once they have emotionally "given up" their health deteriorates rapidly. I have seen someone I love on the verge of "the end" & recover to some extent due to a "happier" mental state. They felt supported & uplifted by that support. Once they saw the genuine fear in our eyes, they basically gave up. It was only a matter of weeks afterthat. During those weeks we assured them that we would carry on their work within the family, & do our best to to come together as a "family unit"  (that was their biggest concern). They left this world in peace, knowing their legacy would carry on. I'm not sure if that answered your question adequately, but I hope it helped. God Bless!
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Nothing is worth dying for.\n\n\n\nPS> Hi huntjames. How are you?. You are still my friend.
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Many people think about suicide when they are hurting. They just want the pain to stop, be it physical or emotional. I haven't done this myself but I once watched a friend try to kill herself without being able to lift a finger to help! She ran across two lanes of traffic than got down on her knees and sommersaulted across the meridian and two more lanes of traffic. When she got to the other side (thank god!) she turned around and sommersaulted her way back again. There were too many cars passing for me to do anything but grab her before she could try it again for a third time. She had a guardian angel looking after her that day. They say God takes care of fools and drunks and I believe it now! I swear I lost five years off my own life that day, watching her go! She was horrified at what she'd done when she sobered up of course. Friends should always stick with friends when they are trying to drown their sorrows. You never know what they might take it into their heads to do while they are intoxicated. Not that I was much help at the time! It all happened so fast that I was caught flatfooted. You are lucky your friend was there to help you and I'm glad that you appreciate it, and that you are both still good friends. Many people avoid others after displaying such abberrant behaviour in front of them. That's what happened with me and my friend. I reminded her too much of what she'd tried to do and she was ashamed. Not that I said anything mean to her about it, but she only had to see me to remember everything and she didn't want to be reminded.
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I think as long as there is breath in your body life is worth living. There is always something new around the next corner. As one who was "morbidly" obese and had surgery to fix that I can say life is much better now however life wasn't so bad then just harder. Peoples attitudes were the hardest things to deal with when they would look at you with disgust in their eyes or just make rude comments... heck they didnt even know me or my medical conditions!!!!
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i am a huge fan of this theory.  just like the old saying "if you love something let it go.  if it never comes back it wasn't meant to be but if it does come back, love it forever".  go with your first instinct.  it's usually the correct course in action.
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Don't give up. Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Things will get better. No matter how bad things seem right now, they will get better. Don't give up. Don't give up. Don't give up. Don't give up. Don't give up. Please don't give up.
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That is a real good question.It takes time, but one day after I lost not only my faith,hope but belief in anything,It hit me that faith,hope,belief all involve risk,and that is a risk I don't think I will ever take again.To believe in anything or have hope or faith is to set yourself up for hurt or disappointment.
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Hey, I've been there.  That was how  I got my wife to marry me. I didn't think I was good enough for her either,but I spoke from the heart and told her how I felt. She could have laughed at me or made fun of me in front of her friends,but instead,she was shocked at how I expressed myself.\n The next seven years were the best time of my life till the day she died and I don't regret  for one minute that I spoke up  to tell her how I felt. Yes,it is worth it. The worst she can do is say no or "get lost loser!". Take a chance.
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There is no right answer to this question. Either way, someone dies. You are still left for the rest of your life, knowing that you either killed your own child, or a train full of people.  If push came to shove. I'd have to be selfish and save my child. It's easy to say you would save the train. Fact of the matter is. Unless you are in that situation, you will never know what you will actually do.
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OK. Why not?  Are you in control of when you die?  We can all "Kill Ourselves" if we wanted to.  Obviously, more people than not, don't want to die by their own hands. Other words, today is just as good of a day as tomorrow, except, we don't say when it ends.  Fate does.  Or call it what you will, but really any day to die is bad.  There's a good phrase that derives from the "American Indians" which says "Today is a good day to day".  And believe me, If we're all gonna die, isn't even a possibility.  WE ALL ARE GOING TO DIE.  NOT IF.  BUT WHEN.