Fact of the matter is, no matter how bad things get. Most people really will just want to live and push on, even when logically death is the better outcome, which realistically it almost always is.
I mean I’ve always known this, and there are many factors as to why people stay despite their odds. Fear, survival instincts, religious belief, family, hope, etc. The reasons can go on, even something as simple as feeling the texture of a leaf could be enough to keep someone going. Most people don’t really want to die, they want their ideal life.
But I feel as though opposing death in nightmarish conditions is mostly an emotional response. Life is all we’ve ever known, it’s all we ever will know. And facing whatever is on the other side is scary no matter what you believe. For many, the boldest decision they will ever make is ending their own life.
It’s very existential and final, it’s enough to make people believe they have hope, or even if they don’t really believe it deep down they want to. When you’re on borrowed time everything feels like it matters, and you are a machine with no easy off button, only way out is destruction.
But opposing death doesn’t mean that death isn’t a logical solution to every problem life gives you. I think suicide is most justified when a desirable future cannot be achieved with the time we have here, then death is the number one choice. Or when a certain quality of life can no longer be accessed.
Maybe you could say this is subjective, but the alternative is suffering for decades. Time is relative so when you suffer, you will feel every second to every minute. It will drag on and feel like an eternity. Time will feel like it’s moving slowly but quick all at the same time because you’re aging.
And when you look back, you see a world that has lived without you. Completely indifferent to your existence. You were given your cards, nothing can change this. You will never have a better playing hand, no matter how much your brain tries to make you think you have a chance.
I mean I’ve always known this, and there are many factors as to why people stay despite their odds. Fear, survival instincts, religious belief, family, hope, etc. The reasons can go on, even something as simple as feeling the texture of a leaf could be enough to keep someone going. Most people don’t really want to die, they want their ideal life.
But I feel as though opposing death in nightmarish conditions is mostly an emotional response. Life is all we’ve ever known, it’s all we ever will know. And facing whatever is on the other side is scary no matter what you believe. For many, the boldest decision they will ever make is ending their own life.
It’s very existential and final, it’s enough to make people believe they have hope, or even if they don’t really believe it deep down they want to. When you’re on borrowed time everything feels like it matters, and you are a machine with no easy off button, only way out is destruction.
But opposing death doesn’t mean that death isn’t a logical solution to every problem life gives you. I think suicide is most justified when a desirable future cannot be achieved with the time we have here, then death is the number one choice. Or when a certain quality of life can no longer be accessed.
Maybe you could say this is subjective, but the alternative is suffering for decades. Time is relative so when you suffer, you will feel every second to every minute. It will drag on and feel like an eternity. Time will feel like it’s moving slowly but quick all at the same time because you’re aging.
And when you look back, you see a world that has lived without you. Completely indifferent to your existence. You were given your cards, nothing can change this. You will never have a better playing hand, no matter how much your brain tries to make you think you have a chance.
