This is going to sound wrong, but suicide is a fact of life. It’s not something that has to happen, but it does.
Odds are that each one of us knows a friend or relative who, by their own decision, exited life prematurely. I have known a couple.
But I want to know something. I want to know your thoughts. I want to know, if you knew someone, what you thought of that person after the thing was done.
One of the most common thoughts about those who commits suicide is that they were “cowards.” In other words, instead of facing their problems, they “took the easy way out.”
Was the person you knew a coward?
To be honest, for one thing, I think it takes a great amount of courage to put one’s theology to the ultimate test and risk eternal damnation. Then there’s the question of what method to use. Whatever the choice, does a coward take that fatal jump or pull the trigger without being forced?
What do you think of that person’s character? Obviously, taking one’s own life is not a good thing to do. So, do you now think of that person as bad or morally deficient? What about selfish? Prideful?
Did the person you knew abandon you or someone else?
What emotional attachment did you have? Did you love that person, or were you just an acquaintance? And what do you feel now, hate? Bitterness? Resentment?
Finally, did your opinion of the deceased change after their death? Did you at one point hold them in high regard? Did you lose all respect, or do you still recognize what had been their redeeming qualities?
If it is not too difficult, try to leave a comment below. Your input would be helpful.
Thank you.
The Recovering Legalist 
I think Suicide first off starts with believing there is no solutions and that your life is spoiled, ruined and there is no fixing it. Its only a perception. One thing you have is, You get to be on your own side. So you might think your drowning and have to throw your life away but the fact that you are thinking proves you are not drowning.
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This is such a tricky subject, and I know that as my life has changed and pain has increased, I view this option differently.
I used to think suicide was the selfish cowards way out, and I felt such anger towards the darkness’s victim, because of the sadness and mess which is left behind for family and friends.
I do now realize though, that in reality suicide takes more courage than I can possibly imagine. Do I think this is well placed courage, no absolutely not. But having experienced days, weeks, months, of unrelenting pain, trying to seek a way to continue living rather than just existing, I came to realized that even if I didn’t hold the truth that my life was a gift from God, and to refuse to live it, to give it back to Him as unworthy, was not an option for me, I didn’t posses the courage necessary to end it.
But the Lord thankfully, as my relationship with Him evolved into a bedrock solid dependence on Him, holds me tight and keeps His light shinning in the dark corners of my mind where despair could fester and grow out of control if left to its own devices. I learned to talk to someone, and I include Jesus in this someone, for words shine light into the hidden darkness.
I have had to ponder because you asked, whether I would have made it though to the other side the swamp of pain, panic, and despair, if it had reached the crescendo point of why Lord, why me, before a good and merciful God taught me to trust Him implicitly in and for everything? I know if I had been younger, less experienced in living, I just might have found the courage because of lack of understanding the preciousness of life. The longer I live, the more precious life becomes.
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There is no single answer to this question. But many (probably most) people who commit/attempt suicide are in a state of extreme emotional distress due to physical or mental suffering. And the latter is, more often than not, a clinical state in which they are no more able to reason clearly than a schizophrenic person. Answers, treatment (if it’s not too late) and prayer help. Judgment doesn’t. And, yes, those who’ve endured a loved one’s suicide need all of the above as well. ❤
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