Over the years I’ve seen people get upset whenever someone calls suicide selfish, but the reality is just that, it is.
No matter who you are, someone cares about you, and would be absolutely devastated if you were gone, even if you push them away.
I once heard suicide described as a permanent solution to a temporary problem, and that’s stuck with me for a long time.
I think you're vastly overestimating both how bleak someone's life can get and how compulsive suicidal ideation can be.
I'm here to say that in a lot of cases, there's no way out, no point where life will turn around, no salvation. Only endless perpetual torment.
Those with terminal illnesses that cause constant pain where the drugs that ease the pain also rob you of both will to persist and ability to think cognitively should be granted a merciful death instead of being left to rot.
Those who've done everything right yet find themselves both homeless and abused by every aspect of society meant to help should be allowed to seek a lack of suffering.
Is it selfish to want to stop being dragged through miles of broken glass and fed razors?
I think it's selfish to force someone to keep living when they've nothing left to live for. When there's no one who will Mourne your loss.
It's an incredible cowardice to project your own lust for life upon the suicidally depressed. It shows a complete lack of understanding or empathy.
Our MC isn't in that position, yet many are.
Every autumn, when the trains are delayed to yet another homeless person killing themselves, I remind myself how much being homeless in winter broke me. If I find myself there again, I'll kill myself.
You have no idea.