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Killing yourself is NEVER the answer...


... no matter what hollywood and movies like this try to imply.

Keep fighting the good fight, even the severely disabled have a lot to contribute. NEVER give up! It's taking the test and passing it that bring rewards on the other side of all this pain.

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I believe it is THAT persons choice. It may not be what you would chose, but I feel everyone should chose for themselves. I think it's selfish of other people to tell an ill person that they are selfish if they want to end their life. The non-ill person doesn't know what the ill person is going through.
Just my opinion

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Geez man. SPOILER ALERT!!

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Easy for you to say. You're just typing crap in the internet, not suffering in an abhorring way. Judgmental people like you are the ultimate sociopaths, utterly unable to feel empathy, to put yourself in one's shoes.

Spare us the lecture.

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I completely disagree, if someone is in constant pain, complete misery and there will be no cure, no hope they will just live their life in agony they have every right to end their life if that is something they choose. Who are we as healthy people to tell someone in such a condition to not give up when we do not feel their pain. I worked at a nursing home when I was younger and a woman was blind, deaf, had no mobility, could do absolutely nothing for herself and was in constant pain, had no visitors, nothing to look forward to who are you to tell her that she should not consider euthanasia if that was something she chose?

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I've come to the conclusion that any human who in their heart has no hope should commit suicide.

I don't give a sh!t about money.

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You say that now, but when you end up in a state where you can't do anything on your own without the help of others then ask yourself if you want to live with the state you are in? And remember it is your choice.

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Have you ever been on a point in your life where you are so unhappy, so depressed and desperate that dying seems less painful than staying alive? I doubt it.
And no, I'm not talking about your ordinary nonsense people whine about. Nonsense such as losing your job or having a horrible day where everything goes wrong.

I'm talking about a true longing for it all to end.
I been there. When I spent 5 months in jail, being isolated 24/7 with no human contact and staring at a blank wall for hours on end, while receiving death threats from other inmates and no future to look forward to.
I met myself there, and my limitations. I realized what I can endure and when my breaking point is reached. If they hadn't let me go, I would certainly have opted out. I am very serious about this. When you lose fear of death, when you move closer to the point where you are convinced you wanna end your life and when you sit in your cell inspecting bars and stuff to use as an ankerpoint for your self made rope so you can hang yourself, taking in consideration the height for a "safe" drop... And above all, when you quit alerting people about your thoughts and plan to do it without anyone knowing it beforehand...

I absolutely HATE when others who know jack shiat tell others to not end their life. What the holy hell do you know about it?
Everyone has the right to live. But also the right to die.
I am stunned that euthanasia isn't globally an option, for everyone, regardless of physical or mental health state.
None of us asked to be born into this world. If someone isn't happy with this life, it should be their damn birthright to choose to leave this world sooner than nature had intended.

That is common sense. But of course the world is full with idiots claiming there is always something to live for. Ultimately dictating others to live on and endure some more horror while it's not theirs to live through. How pretentious can one be? The right thing to do is to respect ones choice to step out of this life and by all means, support him or her with that choice and doctors, please guide such a person through the last moments in peace and respect. It'd be much nicer if people could just die with an injection rather than go hang themselves with a rope or slit their wrists, blow their brains out against the ceiling and more of that.

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What a stupid thing to say. This isn't science. There are no facts here. That is simply your opinion. My opinion is that death is an inescapable chapter of all life, and one which we all one day arrive at. When you go, or how you go, is irrelevant. We all go. If someone wants to kill them self, let them. Its there choice. If I couldn't move my body I'd probably want to die too. And I wouldn't want some uneducated, fool like you trying to talk me out of it. I know people who have killed themselves. So I know what I'm talking about. What's more I've thought about killing myself multiple times before. And I'll probably think about it again someday. Shame on you!

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I don't know if that's right or not, but I do think it's never okay to tell someone what to do with their life... Obviously if mental illness is involved or the person is unstable and not thinking right for a reason that's different

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