Selfish Effects - Shouq

When suicide does not have a successful attempt it may lead to bad consequences. First of all, the moral of a person who wants to commit suicide is so low that just the fact that they wanted to commit suicide in the first place already sets them at a bad position if they do survive. Surviving a suicide does not make them feel happy at first. They are still depressed, and they are still so low that the thought of being kept in the world terrifies them. Moreover, sometimes the physical damage in a failed suicide attempt may be so bad that the person is never the same. For example, sometimes people try to hang themselves, and in the act a person who walks in on them, and stops the suicide stops them. At this point the person has already lost a lot of blood and oxygen to the brain that even though they do survive, they may spend the rest of their life with brain damage. This than leads to their incompetence leading to even more trouble for the people around them who have to take care of them and live with the fact that that person did not want to live in the first place. There are people who deal with depression, fight for their lives in health related life battles, are indeed alone, and still are able to continue and not let that suicidal tendency dominate their soul. There are many tolls that one throws onto other when they chose to end their lives.

Suicide may also be a result of financial issues. The pressure of being independent, and having to support a family, or oneself are very strong in the US. Although there is help for financial issues, when one is laid off and are no longer able to support their families, they become so stressed that they lead themselves into an interior oppression that sometimes leads to suicide. In a film, “Up In The Air”, there was a company, whom was ironically hired to fire people. When one of the characters fires one a woman, the woman states that she will commit suicide that she will longer be able to live. The company has those types of reaction often and therefore they do not take them too serious, although they do provide a support group for them to regain stability financially. The woman ends up committing suicide, which highlights a few factors. One is that the company who fired her did not take her seriously. This shows that it is difficult to know when someone is suicidal, or when he or she are serious, and therefore making it difficult to provide help. On the other hand, just the pressure of being jobless in this society is high that it may lead to suicide. Financial troubles are very stressful, and when one loses all stability after being stable, they become even more stressed. This illustrates that a great change in one’s life is hard to cope with, it is not easy for many people to be able to deal with being so high and coming down so low in such a short period of time. Our brains cannot handle so much change, and therefore the consequences are costly.

Furthermore, specifically analyzing those who commit suicide who leave children behind, there is an ultimate void within the child’s life forever. When a parent commits suicide, the child starts to feel that they were not worth it, and it affects their self-esteem, and life confidence. In other words, when contemplating starting a family, or when deciding to become part of a certain type of close relationship they might find fear in that they do not feel that they will be able to fulfill the person who they are trying to start a relationship with. It is not fair for someone to have to be affected for the rest of his or her life just because another was too scared to live theirs. Children who are victims of suicide are the worse victims because growing up in the absence of someone who chose to leave them has a big toll on their life. Overall this further illustrates the way in which committing suicide is a selfish act, if one cannot stop his of herself even for his or her child, than there is definitely an introverted, self-fulfillment in this act of suicide.

The burden that is left on the loved ones of those who commit suicide, and the sadness that it brings to the families makes it a selfish act, one may escape their life thinking that are their troubles are gone, however, they just create more trouble. Suicide is selfish, when one commits suicide they feel as though they have found a solution for their problems but they simply have not. If one were to realize that their suicide will only lead to the pain of others instead of only thinking about themselves, than I feel that there would be a lot fewer suicides, however this is not the case, the metal state of a person who will commit suicide is in such devastation that they do not think properly. Suicide is far beyond healthy. Statistic has shown that 70% of elder men, who seek psychological help before when they are feeling low, commit suicide. Overall, ninety percent of all people who die by suicide have a diagnosable psychiatric disorder at the time of their death. This leads to one of two possible conclusions, either this metal disorder is so strong that it is almost irreversible, or the help provided by doctors is not useful.

Traumatically, a family suicide is stuck within the family’s history forever. They are stuck with the experience of the suicide that can affect the youth or adults, as they grow older. Witnessing a suicide, especially from someone whom one may consider a loved one, or a close person makes one feel that they were not their for the person or that they could have done more to help them, when in reality is not their fault. The suicide affects the relationships within the family. There might be children that are forgotten about if the parents or family is still in mourning, and they simply do not understand that they can ruin someone else’s bond and relationship. It is difficult to try to recover form the loss of a family through suicide, and even more so when one feels that there could have been an answer or another way. The fact that this is an unforgettable event for the whole family highlights the dangers of this act not only for the person who commits suicide, but once again for all of those who are inevitably involved