it's a mad, mad world

I’ve seen that a lot of people seem to think that suicide is a controversial subject. For me, it’s a completely different story. I don’t really see why it would be controversial in the first place, it’s not like we’re talking about abortion or stem cell research. I think that suicide is just as much a part of life as death is. After all, it is death, just dealt by yourself instead of nature or someone else. In many cases, people think that suicide is a selfish act and that the person’s soul will end up rotting in hell for eternity. It’s true that some cases of suicide are indeed very selfish, but who’s to say where someone will go after they die? They’re not God, they can’t speak for anyone but themselves. Yes, I think that often times people commit suicide in haste, but I would never condemn a person for being truly unhappy. We’ve all experienced a point in our lives when we just don’t want to even be awake because we’re too afraid of how much we’re hurting and we don’t know how to deal with it. For some people, this stress is too much and they are too weak to fight it. The thing about suicide is that you can never accept it if you haven’t felt that you wanted to die. People are too harsh and selfish to think outside of their own personalities and see that some people just aren’t strong to put aside their pain. I think that some cases of suicide are most definitely justified. Many gay teens commit suicide every year in staggering numbers because their parents and everyone around them are spiteful of their natural tendencies. It’s sad to think that a child should feel so unloved by its parents that it feels the need to commit suicide. To understand suicide, you must think about how many people don’t know what it feels like to be loved, they’re never experienced the happiness that the majority of us are so familiar with. I, myself, am a very harsh person and always tell the truth even if it means hurting someone. Having said that, I’m no exception to the people that make other people feel like dirt, and I’m resentful for that. Many people tend to not see their cruel acts, and so they may hurt someone deeply and never know it. It’s hard to change yourself, but when you think about it, it’s worth it if you don’t want to be responsible for scarring a person for life. Many people need to change in order to prevent things like suicide. However, I’m a strong believer that that will never happen. People are evil and there’s no changing that. So, to help people who are feeling depressed and like they should take their own life, it will be very difficult, but with the right encouragement it may be stopped in some cases.