When is Suicide exceptable if ever?

You do realize what behaviors are deemed to be acceptable will depend on the culture? There is no such things as universal acceptability. (There’s a few examples including incest between mother and son, but those are few and far between). Your question is broad so I’ll try and get to all the contingencies. If a person is dying and physically suffering without any hope of recovery, then I think suicide is the most humane thing you can allow for that person. I cannot possibly fathom how anyone can hold an argument against that (although I know there are many, I personally do not understand them). Then there’s certain cultures where suicide is simply what one does under certain situations. The only one that comes to mind is the Japanese Samurai ‘Seppuku’. To judge another culture based on one’s own is the height of ethnocentrism. So I wont. It is acceptable to them (or was at least) and thus it is acceptable. As for the suicide every one else seems to be focusing on, the suicide that appears to follow depression. I, personally, believe that an individual has a right to their own life. It is no more selfish to kill yourself to end pain, than it is for someone to demand you live in pain so that they do not have to suffer from pain at your death. That is the height of selfishness, to demand someone else’s life. There also appears to be an assumption that depression is caused by a problem. Depression is not caused by a problem. If it were that simple, you’d solve the problem, and life would move on. It may be triggered or set off by a problem, but problems do not causes depression. And for most people, depression is treatable. For a certain few it is not. I would not presume to tell people that they must live in pain for the rest of their lives. But at the root of this all is the question of whether a person has a right to their own personhood, their own being, their own life. And I think they do.

definitely not, you live only once so ending your life short is pointless. besides things can turn around at any point of time.

Suicide is the chickens way out. It is for people that think they can’t deal with life anymore…when in reality they just don’t want to deal with life anymore. When someone commits suicide they think only of themself and what will make their pain go away, they don’t think about how it will affect anyone else.

So no, there is never an acceptable reason for suicide.

As a personal opinion I believe suicide to be one of the most selfish acts any person could do. I know that there ARE variables which are just too difficult to take into account when generalising, but I truly believe that someone who takes their own life is behaving in a way which is only going to hurt other people. The people that love them, even if they don’t seem to realise it. There are times during horrific illnesses where it might be acceptable because life is too LITERALLY painful to keep living… But it’s such a difficult choice to make I just feel it shouldn’t be made at all unless in extreme circumstances.

never do sucide , be careful.

Now thats where your wrong suicide is never the answer. why go to the degree of killing your self over something little that can be fixed you just need to take a day off and think to urself is suicide the answer no. its not its never your scapegoat. ok I know you could be stressed but you just need to think to urself am I happy or not then from there you need to adapt and make changes so that your happy with urself and that you can spread your internal happyness out to others

ok suicide is a form for not like urself externaly and internaly. like how you look and who you r. suicide only happens when a person is on a brink of anger and depression and suicide is some heavy stuff I mean well if you hate urself and you have thoughts about suicide c a doctor cause the doctor could hold you overnight and so you will go through a process of rehabilitation and then you will be just peachy

killing yourslef is never the answer, a lot of people might find it as it but really Is when they have no way out. There is a lot of ways to cope and too keep yourself from taking just horrable ditions. There is always people outhere willing to helo you and reach out. NEVER! is killing yourself ok. You give up a life that could have gone far, you just give up soo much.

no. I think there’s always a way out, even if it doesn’t feel that way. not trying to preach or anything, but that’s just my opinion :) my mom always says, “suicide is a long term solution to a short term problem”

At times I think it is (: