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Originally Posted by Paloma
Honestly, since I have dealt with and attempted to console a lot of suicidal people (although I am certainly not going to pretend I am a professional), and I don't think it's selfish anymore. Having been there myself, I can sympathise and also know that no one really wants to die, so it should be obvious what they really want is for their pain to stop. If someone is in so much emotional pain that they want to completely end their life, something so precious and short and unpredictable, it's completely understandable.
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Okay, I can see your point and your side of things but we will have to agree to disagree because I have also attempted myself and I now realize that I was being selfish even though I don't have a wife/kids.
I saw my selfishness on a bigger level. You know like how you walk by a stranger in the morning and you say "good morning" they may have a better day because a stranger said that to them. If I killed myself then I wouldn't be able to say that to that person and they may go on to do something even worse and be in a bad mood or something along those lines. So I was being selfish to society as a whole by wanting to kill myself because just my existence in life may help someone else.