Do you think you alone are responsible for your suicidality?

[miauimon]

I'm just wondering. Because everywhere it says that friends&family shouldn't blame themselves for when it happens because they couldn't have prevented it anyway.

 

[skitliv]

Yes

 

[jaemus12]

Yes

Ditto.

 

[Lara Francis]

Once someone is fully committed then there' nothing anyone can do to stop your determination to ctb.

 

[Temporarilyabsurd]

That is a very potent question .

Lots of different answers depending on your perspective .

Culture , family , conditioning , politics , religion , wealth ... genes ?

 

[millefeui]

It is not my fault I was born this way, in this world, in this reality, etc. But it is also not the fault of anyone else.

 

[Temporarilyabsurd]

That is a very potent question .

Lots of different answers depending on your perspective .

Culture , family , conditioning , politics , religion , wealth ... genes ?

The boundaries are fuzzy and stretch from birth to the present.

Sure , we all have responsibility for our own thoughts and feelings TODAY , but how did we develop those ?

what were we mirroring ?

Why did we develop suicidal ideation ?

Why was that such a great idea ?

My harshest judgement on myself is that as a young person in my teens I felt so disempowered , bullied and oppressed that ( on reflection ) eliminating myself was the only thing that I felt I had power over , because everything else was so 'polluted ' with the disagreeable cultural garbage I was filled to the brim with . It was all so toxic I just wanted it all to end .

Participating in the world felt dirty and evil.

I've been trying to figure out why I drew those conclusions for ages .

Intellectually I'm getting a grip , but emotionally I'm still circling that little black hole I formed way back then .

 

[Midnight]

Not at all... It's just bad luck.

 

[Schopenhauer]

It's a mismatch between my psychological makeup and the kind of world we live in. Not anybody's fault, though. And we have to take full responsibility for our choice.

 

[Virgo]

As everything has a cause and effect I find the concept of responsibility irrelevant.

 

[Schopenhauer]

As everything has a cause and effect I find the concept of responsibility irrelevant.

In a physical sense, you're correct. But as far as human interactions go, responsibility is a meaningful concept.

 

[Virgo]

In a physical sense, you're correct. But as far as human interactions go, responsibility is a meaningful concept.

Sometimes.

 

[Trashcan]

I don't think anyone is responsible.

 

[TheCrow]

When I was younger, I would've blamed at least half of it on other people (abusive relationships, etc.). Later, I put more blame on my mental illness, and questioned why I was born with such a disadvantage. Now, I mostly blame myself and my inability to have made enough good decisions to create a life worth living.

 

[Mr2005]

I'm angry at my parents and I 'm angry at the mental health services that they didn't help. No one did. It was down to me and me alone and I didn't do anything so yes it is my fault and I find it hard to live with myself

 

[MKnight]

Hmm that's a good question

 

[RM5998]

It is not my fault I was born this way, in this world, in this reality, etc. But it is also not the fault of anyone else.

Eloquently put. I do subscribe to the idea there, and that was mostly because not feeling the blame felt good, but there is a lot more that happened after my birth that can majorly be attributed to me in an aggregative sense. And I do accept responsibility (again, in the aggregative sense) for that.

 

[ParamitePie]

I'm certain there's a genetic component (family history of mental illness). Furthermore, if my life had gone differently, I likely wouldn't be like this. That said, suicide is an action, and the person who undertakes it is responsible. .

 

[oldgray]

it is my fault if i am like this? my parents? maybe society? i don't know, a mix of all of them probably, even if i don't blame anyone in particular but myself.
i like to think that everyone is made to be alive but not everyone is made to live in the world / society as it is now.