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I used to think the same way you do. Then I grew a brain and learned something beyond my own understanding. I don't think anyone should respect someone who commits suicide. I do pity them because they have reached the end of their personal rope(no pun intended).The anti-depressants are huge on that part, but that's a different issue.
We are more in agreement than I thought however, how you said regarding the depression and the attention grabbing ones, they usually knew what they were doing and never considered what effect their actions would take.
My point is, why does someone who takes his own life deserve respect or pity? They took the easy way out, ignoring consequence.
Of course there are exceptions, but barring medical reasoning, they just plain punked out.
I think you are minimizing the situation when you say it is the "easy way out". I can't think of a decision anyone could make that would be harder.
I don't know if it's so you don't have to admit that some people aren't what you think they should be or that everyone should be as strong as you think you are.
Have you every had a long serious talk with anyone that fought and , for the most part, defeated deep depression? Well, I have, more than one. Some with drugs, some with faith. I sure do not understand suicide, I can't even imagine anything happening in my life that would make me want to kill myself. People are all different, with different experiences, levels of faith, various levels of teaching for childhood on. Then there are the clinical depressed and that is a whole other subject.