I wish suicide wasn't such a taboo

[Sadbanana]

I would say our societal view on suicide is not very mature. On one hand I would say most people understand, that some people have situations where they would be better off dead, but they still try to ignore it.

I hate how impossible is it to talk about it with anyone. You can barely talk about this topic with your psychologist. It is so censored in media. You can't talk about suicidality with chatbots, because they will immediately list you 20 hotlines and tell you to hang in there.

I wish I could watch some youtube videos about these dark topics. Sometimes I just get a need to think about suicide, but there aren't many places (except for this website) to do so.

I remember one time Dr. K said that most suicidal men he worked with didn't have history of mental illnesses and simply didn't have life worth living. He got lot of backlash for that statement, because it's supposedly pro-suicide. When he was just saying truth and trying to raise awareness.

I'm pretty sure that the biggest reason we can't have euthanasia is that it would make non suicidal people uncomfortable. It's so stupid that they have a privilege of having life, that they actually want to live, but they also have to snoop nose into other's autonomy to end their own.

I'm not saying this to hate on people (although I do a bit), I understand why it makes them uncomfortable. I would probably also be sort of anti-suicide like 5 years ago. But it just feels very alienating and isolating to be suicidal in this world.

 

[LighthouseHermit]

In my opinion, it is rather primitive how suicide gets treated. What is the worst thing for someone that is suicidal to experience on a social level? Isolation, loneliness, judgement, ignorance, and so on. They literally treat suicidal people in the worst way possible. The opposite of how they should treat us. It's infuriating.

 

[liquid jen]

Unfortunately its nearly impossible to engage in serious suicide discussion on most places online or with doctors because they need to save their own ass. It's not, and never has been, in the peoples honest interest. Advertisers don't want their products associated with shit like this, and doctors fear being held responsible for a patient's death if they "felt it was coming." And this further creates the echo chamber in even personal interactions. People dont know how to talk about suicide in a manner other than "awwwwhhhh no you shouldn't" because that's all they've seen and its not an active thought for most. It's bullshit. I think suicide is a beautiful thing, and discussions around it can be highly beneficial. Inb4 1984 lol

 

[fazzle]

I agree. Every mainstream narrative is that "we must end suicide" which is a stupid broad umbrella for alot of situations. it's the biggest reason for death in men under 45. It doesn't need to be fixed. It needs to be understood and supported for those that choose it after careful consideration like I have. We will all die, that's a fact, I believe having a choice when we die will one day be normalised.i hope anyway, maybe not in my lifetime. Maybe when the robots take over they'll let's us die by choice of we refuse to serve them, lol.

 

[coralreef]

I agree with everything. One thing I'd like to add is how cruel it is when they won't let us die in a dignified way. Why can't they just understand that not all of us want to live, and that we have valid reasons for choosing death?