Suicide is a choice, and probably the most selfish choice there is. I will be out of pain but my family and loved ones will suffer the demons of Hell wondering if they were at fault or could have done more to help.
Suicide is a the ultimate form of self-centered behavior.
Suicide behavior seems to affect the whole family. From an article on CNN in 2009, I found this:
” A first-degree relative — a parent, sibling or child — of a person who has committed suicide is four to six times more likely to attempt or complete a suicide, said Dr. David Brent, psychiatrist at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Studies on twins have shown that suicidal behavior is between 30 and 50 percent due to heritable factors, he said. Suicide victims’ biological relatives who were adopted away also show an increased risk of suicide, he said.”
I personally believe that choosing suicide as a way to deal with life’s problems encourages impressionable members of the family to consider it as a way to solve problems, not that they necessarily will, but the option is on the table. That, to me, is the most damning thing about suicide and while we can understand that someone is depressed and feeling hopeless, it is a terribly selfish act and instead of lauding Robin Williams, maybe the media should stop slobbering on and on about what a wonderful human being he was and state clearly that suicide is a cowardly act.
Suicide is painless
it brings on many changes
and I can take or leave it if I please.