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Sure, any self-aware individual has the right to choose their own path, but they also need to be fully aware of the long-term implications of that choice. You solve your life's struggles, fine—but then what? Someone in that headspace is usually just fixated on finding a resolution, completely ignoring the fallout. They don't stop to consider whether they might actually regret choosing death later on, once their current problems start looking trivial by comparison... (and honestly, I suspect most people experience that regret at the exact moment it’s too late to turn back, when the sheer terror and agony of the end sets in).
Personally, I don't buy into anything regarding an afterlife or reincarnation, which is why I believe that life—no matter whose it may be or how difficult—is worth every bit of effort. We spent an eternity being dead, and we’ll spend an eternity being dead again; this brief stretch of being alive is all we actually get.
And how much weight should we give to public (or even forum-based) suicide threats? I suspect the vast majority of people wouldn't actually go through with it, even when they seem serious. But isn't it just like those fake bomb threats called into airports or malls? You have to treat them as legitimate, because the worst-case scenario is simply unacceptable...
Personally, I don't buy into anything regarding an afterlife or reincarnation, which is why I believe that life—no matter whose it may be or how difficult—is worth every bit of effort. We spent an eternity being dead, and we’ll spend an eternity being dead again; this brief stretch of being alive is all we actually get.
And how much weight should we give to public (or even forum-based) suicide threats? I suspect the vast majority of people wouldn't actually go through with it, even when they seem serious. But isn't it just like those fake bomb threats called into airports or malls? You have to treat them as legitimate, because the worst-case scenario is simply unacceptable...