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I always see this in many threads when people saying things like this:
"You can do whatever you want, it's YOUR life."
"I can do what I want, it won't affect anyone else"
"Leave me alone, I'm independent and can do what I want."
Are all of you guys orphans who grew up raised by wolves or monkeys?! There is ALWAYS somebody there that cares a little for you, otherwise you still wouldn't be alive. When some pothead tells me they can do whatever they want nobody cares so leave me alone, I reply: "What kind of shit do you smoke?" Do you think you can do whatever you want, whether it be bad or good and nobody but YOU will be affected?
People say that it's victim blaming when saying people who commit suicide are assholes. People get mad when you keep people from doing drugs. People say it's child abuse when a parent is too hard on their kids for grades (read: Asian parents). But I say it -blam!-ing isn't wrong to do such things.
People who commit suicide over money situations, abuse, -blam!-, depression, war, bullying, etc. believe that they live in a bubble. I think they cared too much about their image, or their money, or the pressure got to them and they forgot about reality. I understand that you may be in a horrid situation, I'm not denying the fact that there is suffering in this world. But when people kill themselves over it, their statement is lost in the wind. When a girl kills herself because she posted nudes and they've gone viral over the internet, and then kills herself...what the actual -blam!-. Why give HER sympathy? Why make it a sob story?
[url=http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2012/01/navy-seals-rescue-two-aid-workers-in-somalia-in-daring-raid/]We had aid workers held hostage by Somalians[/url] for three months! Did they go through hell? Most likely more hell then any angsty teenager in Europe and the US. But they waited, and waited, and waited...and then...SEAL TEAMS SIX -blam!-ING SHOWED UP! Had they killed themselves they would look quite dumb in 20/20 hindsight, and there would be some sob story on the news, oh and we'd never have gotten those Somalis.
And before somebody makes up some hypothetical situation in which some poor little kid is getting beaten all day and -blam!- all night by his dad, why don't these stories ever make the news or the paper? Nobody hears the screams? Do they live in the middle of Antarctica or the Sahara Desert!? I mean what the actual -blam!-?! If you MAKE UP the most horrific situation and use that against me, do me a favor and screw off or cite something.
tl;dr: My point is stop thinking your actions DON'T have repercussions. The people who helped keep you alive by raising you have invested time and money, and I daresay love, to keep you around. Don't -blam!-ing waste it by kicking the bucket ahead of schedule. Power through damn it, if you're going through hell, keep going.
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I agree with your overall point, but not the entire post. I had knew someone who almost killed them self. They had an extremely shitty up-bringing and one night deiced they were going to overdose on some pills. Apparently while in the process of taking the pills, they stopped because they realized what it would do to their friends. The reason that person didn't die is because they didn't want to hurt the people that cared about them. But, from what i've seen, suicide can't be rationalized the way we think it can. I've never been in a dark enough place to even consider suicide, and i'm not going to pretend i understand what it's like. But i imagine it's similar to when you get carried away with some strong emotion, like anger. There was a time when i was so mad about something that i physically wanted to hurt someone. The only reason i didn't is because i wasn't around that person. When something like that happens you're not thinking of anything beyond the feeling and the moment. A lot of people can probably relate to that. Now imagine that the anger is replaced by some terrible sadness, and the desire to hurt someone else is replaced with hurting yourself. It's easy to get carried away with thoughts and emotions. I do it all the time. But if it's the wrong combination of circumstances, people can die. So i disagree with the bit about people who killed themselves not being victims. You're right, it is selfish, but i doubt that even occurs to them. It's not as black and white as we'd like to believe. Nothing is. However, i do completely agree that more people need to realize that all of their actions have repercussions that go beyond their own personal lives. We cant even comprehend the effects of our actions and they shouldn't be taken lightly. A little bad can turn into a lot of bad, and on the other hand, a little good can turn into a lot of good.