Suicide - think about it
In not-so-recent news, one student from TPJC and another from VJC topped themselves. Reactions on the blogosphere were mixed. Some refered to it, but refused to talk about the students' names, mode of death, their lives or anything. Some pretty linguistic acrobatics were used - the words 'death', 'suicide', 'funeral', 'jumped' and etc were never even used once in many of their posts.
On the other hand, other blogs provided some interesting information. They mentioned that those 2 suicidees (is there such a word?) never appeared as though they were going to kill themselves. They were rather popular people, it seems.
Many of the bloggers called suicide a selfish and irrational act. However, did they actually think about why people kill themselves? I bet not.
Statistics show that most suicidees have had mental illness. While I won't deny that mental illness can make a person make an illogical decision, we still have to look at 2 points: 1. Does mental illness make suicide a logical decision? 2. Teen suicidees do not fit the profile of the typical depressed or schizophrenic suicidee. What's with that?
1. Mental illness may be emotionally harmful, but there are many more mundane reasons why a diagnosis of mental illness may make suicide more attractive. For example, patients with mental illness are often unable to secure a good job, simply due to their medical history. In addition to having friends and family ostracise them, and the mounting psychatrist's bills, those factors can send a totally sane person to suicide. It's a logical decision to deem one's life worthless, if one's quality of life falls so drastically that the advantages of death are greater than the advantages of life.
2. There is limited evidence on whether the 2 abovementioned teenagers had a abnormal psychiatric history. There are also 2 teen suicides I heard of during my younger days, and there was no evidence of psychiatric history too. The following will be pure speculation.
I therefore guess that the typical teen suicidee in Singapore doesn't seem to have overt mental illness, as opposed to the typical suicide demographic of obviously depressed or otherwise ill people. So how does this tie in?
Minusing off those who commit suicide because of their inability to cope with extreme emotions, it seems that these teen suicidees might have logical reasons for topping themselves. There's no other explaination.
What are these so-called reasons?
Before I elaborate, I shall simplify things a little. For a logical decision of suicide to be made, some criteria must be fufilled:
1. The net advantages of death must exceed the net advantages of life.
2. These 'advantages' must be analysed comprehensively, not forgetting questions such as: "Will continued life be advantageous to one's existence after life?"
3. Each individual places different value on the various aspects of life. This is to be respected. e.g.: If a person values honour above all; when he is forced to commit dishonour or kill himself, killing himself would be a logical decision.
Possible grounds of suicide in teens:
Failing grades
Failing grades may seem to be a temporal setback at first glance, but it has great implications especially in Singapore. If one fails to make the grade, he will lose 1 year of his life having to repeat the year at the very least. In the worst case scenario, his ability to succeed in the workforce will be severely hampered, and life may end up beig a struggle to pay off one bill after another. In the extreme of cases, that may not be a life worth living.
For example, if I were to fail my exams this year, I would definitely consider exiting my life altogether, as life would turn pretty nasty. I would have to repeat the year, which brings enormous financial costs, in school fees, living expenses and loss of potential income. In addition, it would also mean that it is very likely that I might keep on failing and never get to graduate, ending up with a hefty loan to pay off without a job. It is also a burden for those who have invested their time and money in me. In that case, death would be relatively advantageous to life, therefore suicide would be logical.
Family problems
It may not necessarily be worth it for some to live through two decades of hell just to lead another 50 unhappy years.
Poor health
Physical incapability, financial incapability, burden, etc. It's obvious in many cases.
There are many grounds for reasonable suicide. Of course, that is if you're not religious.
So do any of you still feel the inability to empathise with those who have had to choose suicide?
What we need to do is to tip the balance such that those who are considering suicide get to see more advantages to living.
Befriend them. Talk to them. Don't leave them feeling that they're all alone. I for one can swear that having great friends in my secondary school days made a difference.
Don't be a fucking judgemental prick.
Help them whenever you can, you'll get a friend in return.
And if all else fails, understand that they probably had a good reason to top themselves. Most people don't kill themselves on impulse.
On the other hand, other blogs provided some interesting information. They mentioned that those 2 suicidees (is there such a word?) never appeared as though they were going to kill themselves. They were rather popular people, it seems.
Many of the bloggers called suicide a selfish and irrational act. However, did they actually think about why people kill themselves? I bet not.
Statistics show that most suicidees have had mental illness. While I won't deny that mental illness can make a person make an illogical decision, we still have to look at 2 points: 1. Does mental illness make suicide a logical decision? 2. Teen suicidees do not fit the profile of the typical depressed or schizophrenic suicidee. What's with that?
1. Mental illness may be emotionally harmful, but there are many more mundane reasons why a diagnosis of mental illness may make suicide more attractive. For example, patients with mental illness are often unable to secure a good job, simply due to their medical history. In addition to having friends and family ostracise them, and the mounting psychatrist's bills, those factors can send a totally sane person to suicide. It's a logical decision to deem one's life worthless, if one's quality of life falls so drastically that the advantages of death are greater than the advantages of life.
2. There is limited evidence on whether the 2 abovementioned teenagers had a abnormal psychiatric history. There are also 2 teen suicides I heard of during my younger days, and there was no evidence of psychiatric history too. The following will be pure speculation.
I therefore guess that the typical teen suicidee in Singapore doesn't seem to have overt mental illness, as opposed to the typical suicide demographic of obviously depressed or otherwise ill people. So how does this tie in?
Minusing off those who commit suicide because of their inability to cope with extreme emotions, it seems that these teen suicidees might have logical reasons for topping themselves. There's no other explaination.
What are these so-called reasons?
Before I elaborate, I shall simplify things a little. For a logical decision of suicide to be made, some criteria must be fufilled:
1. The net advantages of death must exceed the net advantages of life.
2. These 'advantages' must be analysed comprehensively, not forgetting questions such as: "Will continued life be advantageous to one's existence after life?"
3. Each individual places different value on the various aspects of life. This is to be respected. e.g.: If a person values honour above all; when he is forced to commit dishonour or kill himself, killing himself would be a logical decision.
Possible grounds of suicide in teens:
Failing grades
Failing grades may seem to be a temporal setback at first glance, but it has great implications especially in Singapore. If one fails to make the grade, he will lose 1 year of his life having to repeat the year at the very least. In the worst case scenario, his ability to succeed in the workforce will be severely hampered, and life may end up beig a struggle to pay off one bill after another. In the extreme of cases, that may not be a life worth living.
For example, if I were to fail my exams this year, I would definitely consider exiting my life altogether, as life would turn pretty nasty. I would have to repeat the year, which brings enormous financial costs, in school fees, living expenses and loss of potential income. In addition, it would also mean that it is very likely that I might keep on failing and never get to graduate, ending up with a hefty loan to pay off without a job. It is also a burden for those who have invested their time and money in me. In that case, death would be relatively advantageous to life, therefore suicide would be logical.
Family problems
It may not necessarily be worth it for some to live through two decades of hell just to lead another 50 unhappy years.
Poor health
Physical incapability, financial incapability, burden, etc. It's obvious in many cases.
There are many grounds for reasonable suicide. Of course, that is if you're not religious.
So do any of you still feel the inability to empathise with those who have had to choose suicide?
What we need to do is to tip the balance such that those who are considering suicide get to see more advantages to living.
Befriend them. Talk to them. Don't leave them feeling that they're all alone. I for one can swear that having great friends in my secondary school days made a difference.
Don't be a fucking judgemental prick.
Help them whenever you can, you'll get a friend in return.
And if all else fails, understand that they probably had a good reason to top themselves. Most people don't kill themselves on impulse.
posted by K. C. at 8:41 PM
4 Comments:
I agree that suicides are controversial.
Some people do it out of their religious beliefs, like some of those publicly denounced cults. Now if those guys had a constitutional right to worship, suicide would be an acceptable course of action, and non-prosecutable. However, in Singapore, suicide is an offence. So, does the constitution over-ride the law?
The law was never meant to be fair, but to make governing easier, that's what I think.
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