How do you react when someone says you are coward for wanting to ctb?

[TimeToBiteTheDust]

In my case, I get angry and stop talking. Peace/hugs

Dust

 

[http-410]

I don't tell anybody about this in the first place.

If someone said this to me, I would probably cut off contact.

 

[nerve]

I guess they're entitled to their opinion.

 

[DyingAlf]

Sometimes tell them to FO

Sometimes tell them it's clear that they've never been suicidal or they would know how stupid they are for saying that.

Sometimes just walkaway.

 

[woxihuanni]

I tell them they are a coward for cowering before their owner's blackmail and for not keeping their promise to me. They say their cowardice is their problem.

 

[Valon]

I tell them to shut the fuck up. They don't know me and the shit I've been through.

No but seriously, I don't tell anyone anymore for this reason.

 

[Ghost2211]

They never tell me I'm a coward. I've been accused of being weak for giving up. They sure as hell couldn't walk in my shoes, and they don't make things easier.

 

[Futile]

It doesn't even make sense, going against your own survival instinct is one of the bravest things you can do. The truth is that these people never had any real problems but still want to feel brave for putting in minimal effort

 

[L I F E T O L O S E]

hitting the head on something

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Tell them that cowardice is a human-made concept and that it does not exist. Cowardice is a word used to control someones behaviour - to get them to do what you want through shaming; based on whatever values or principles you hold.

For example: if someone hangs themselves we call this suicide, and it is considered cowardly by many. On the other hand if a combatant gives their life in a war it is not considered suicide but instead "self-sacrifice", and it is viewed as courageous, at least from those who are on the same side. Why is this? Both individuals are willingly ending their own lives. The difference is that dying in a war is considered socially acceptable so it is given a positive label; whereas taking your life in a more "traditional" way is not seen as acceptable so it is given a negative label: suicide.

Cowardice is what we call suicide because it goes against group values, and self-sacrifice is what we call suicide when we do not want to call it suicide.

 

[Life_is_comedy]

I'd tell them to switch places with my life and see if they will still say the same thing. Of course, I'd probably punch the person in the face first before I get the chance to say anything.

 

[HappyMstake]

I wouldn't really care all that much. I know who I am and what I've been through, they don't. Also I wouldn't talk to them anymore.

 

[Dude1983]

I explain my pain to them, then they get scared and without words, cuz they see how ignorant and cowards they are

 

[catalepsy]

I laugh at them like a maniac with baked beans for brains.

 

[GreenTree]

Tell them to go fuck themselves and say who are you too judge.

 

[Georgii]

Well the irony is that I'm too coward to completely go through it.So yeahhh .

 

[Nightmare]

yeah and living like pawns and slaves and animals especially in muslim countries and north korea over taking the hard route of ending it is considered bravery?

 

[NihilisticTendencies]

In my case, I get angry and stop talking. Peace/hugs

Dust

What I do? Probably end up getting into a fight. Stuff like that makes me angry on a whole other level.

 

[XYZ]

If, and only if, I told someone about my plans and they called me a coward I'd feel hurt for a while and after that simply cut them out of my life because I entrusted them with my biggest secret and they shat on it.

I have enough problems on my hands. I don't want to add to them by arguing with someone about something as personal as suicide. I would most definitely not try to convince them of anything.

 

[lostangel]

If I heard that I wouldn't even care to respond because they are so close minded there is no hope in talking to them.

 

[snowman626]

i know you are but what am i?

 

[scorpiooo2]

I don't tell them in the first place, people that would say something like that are ignorant, entitled jerks who could never understand what it's like to feel the way we do.

 

[Dude1983]

I laugh at them like a maniac with baked beans for brains.

Hahahahaha

 

[yep]

Here's how I see it, it's like a transfer of pain. You feel pain and you get rid of it by ctb. Then that pain transfers to people who like and love you, naturally people try to avoid pain. So it Comes down to whether your selfish enough to give your pain to others, or whether others are selfish enough to make you keep it.

 

[Life_is_comedy]

Here's how I see it, it's like a transfer of pain. You feel pain and you get rid of it by ctb. Then that pain transfers to people who like and love you, naturally people try to avoid pain. So it Comes down to whether your selfish enough to give your pain to others, or whether others are selfish enough to make you keep it.

Being not selfish and going out of my way to help others is what led me to this predicament. My parents were abusive a-holes who psychologically tortured me non-stop. Nothing was ever good enough for them. If I got a 90% on my exams, they would tell me, "Why not 95% or 100%?" Looking back, it's why I act the way I am. I am always looking for validation and respect I was never given when I was still a child. Maybe it's time to be the selfish one just this once. Maybe I should be the one dishing the pain instead of me always receiving it.

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

I would say they're right that I am a coward but that telling me that doesn't change anything since I've always been a coward.

 

[yep]

Being not selfish and going out of my way to help others is what led me to this predicament. My parents were abusive a-holes who psychologically tortured me non-stop. Nothing was ever good enough for them. If I got a 90% on my exams, they would tell me, "Why not 95% or 100%?" Looking back, it's why I act the way I am. I am always looking for validation and respect I was never given when I was still a child. Maybe it's time to be the selfish one just this once. Maybe I should be the one dishing the pain instead of me always receiving it.

Ya, do what's right for you. I don't think being selfish is a bad thing, I think it's needed. In life if you aren't selfish then people will take advantage of that. I'm sorry your parents were so hard on you that must have been tough.

 

[Giraffey]

I quietly remark that the real coward is he who is afraid of free will, and then I walk away.

 

[TAW122]

I never had this discussion with people IRL since I never outright mention CTB let alone my plans to CTB in the future. It's just too much of a risk to my freedom and civil liberties to do so. As for the question, yeah I would be offended and give them a piece of a my mind if it ever came to it, by telling them they are ignorant and stupid.

 

[lobster salad]

I tell them they're right. That's the whole point ain't it? If I weren't a coward I wouldn't be doing it. As if telling me I'm a coward would change anything lol