Romanticizing suicide

[Martymcflyismydog]

Does anyone else romanticize suicide or war deaths?

 

[Pale_Rider]

Nothing is more intimate.

 

[kittypanova]

idk about "romanticizing" but i guess i've had kind of a morbid fascination with it for a long time. i think it's interesting as a political/philosophical issue. emphasis on the political for me, i think. there's a really good book by Ian Marsh that looks at suicide through a Foucauldian lens. the writing is dry as cardboard but the content is interesting, looks at the history of suicide and different ways it's been conceptualized/politicized across time periods and cultures. if anyone's interested i can hook y'all up with a pdf was hastily scanned using my phone from a university library book before i dropped out but it's legible

 

[Polyxo]

I don't really romanticize it. My goal is to die in whatever way is the least painful. That's it. I have no sentimental connection with any specific method. Plus, my death will negatively impact the people I love. I feel bad about that.

e: expanding on thought

 

[Martymcflyismydog]

I don't really romanticize it. My goal is to die in whatever way is the least painful. That's it. I have no sentimental connection with any specific method. Plus, my death will negatively impact the people I love. I feel bad about that.

e: expanding on thought

That's understandable. I know I won't hurt anyone too much when I'm gone. I've lost friends and family one after another and they aren't even spoken of a year later. Just gone..

idk about "romanticizing" but i guess i've had kind of a morbid fascination with it for a long time. i think it's interesting as a political/philosophical issue. emphasis on the political for me, i think. there's a really good book by Ian Marsh that looks at suicide through a Foucauldian lens. the writing is dry as cardboard but the content is interesting, looks at the history of suicide and different ways it's been conceptualized/politicized across time periods and cultures. if anyone's interested i can hook y'all up with a pdf was hastily scanned using my phone from a university library book before i dropped out but it's legible

I'm one of those few young ppl who watch ww2 documentaries, live black metal DVDs, and war videos on gore sites. I come from a military family but never joined myself due to a heart condition.

 

[Anonymousa]

I definitely romanticize the idea of me dying as I see that as the least risky way to avoid the long term suffering of life. I don't know about other people suiciding tho as while i don't see death as a bad thing at all cus no suffering, what lead to it is tragic and the dying process can be scary and painful.

Definitely don't romanticize war deaths. Often times the person didn't want to die nor want to suffer battling in a war.

 

[treestumpisland]

idk about "romanticizing" but i guess i've had kind of a morbid fascination with it for a long time. i think it's interesting as a political/philosophical issue. emphasis on the political for me, i think. there's a really good book by Ian Marsh that looks at suicide through a Foucauldian lens. the writing is dry as cardboard but the content is interesting, looks at the history of suicide and different ways it's been conceptualized/politicized across time periods and cultures. if anyone's interested i can hook y'all up with a pdf was hastily scanned using my phone from a university library book before i dropped out but it's legible

That'd be cool, i'd love to read that!

 

[LastNite]

romanticizing suicide is kind of weird or it is weird I dont know about other's opinions but I think those who romanticize it also have a connection with those who have a weird fetish for SH and Suicide.

I dont think theres much to romanticize about it...it's just someone ending their life. That person isnt "happy" they never wished to end up like that. They just got into some bad situations and then ended up stuck without proper help. The only form of suicide that I think is okay to romanticize is suicide with a cause which almost never happens irl. Like in those movies where someone blocks off the zombies and tells his or her buddies to leave and let them die even though realistically speaking they couldve all made it lol.

 

[bankai]

I think suicide is wonderful. I think it's romantic. The reason for that would be old age strips you of all dignity. I've seen my parents age and it's not pretty. My mother can barely move now. To be able to exit at a time of your own choosing is a beautiful thing. I mean old age is your only other option if you don't choose suicide.

 

[Romanticize]

Have someone called me?

 

[Forever Sleep]

Not really war deaths so much. I think soldiers are very brave certainly. I think to sacrifice their life for their country is very noble. I can't help but suspect many of our leaders are corrupt or psychopathic though. What did they end up dying for ultimately? Because some psychopath somewhere decided they deserved more land or resources and they were told to either take it or, defend it? It just seems such a waste to ultimately make other arseholes richer.

Plus, there's the whole other monetry side to things. I have no doubt the whole military machine- armies, artilary, vehicles, equipment generates a huge amount of money for more rich arseholes. They need the threat of war to be real in order to justify the creation and purchase of all these weapons, the training of all these soldiers. So- how many wars are 'created' simply to keep the industry running? In which case- should their deaths really be celebrated or seen as a tragic waste?

But suicide? Again, it kind of depends really. Certain suicides I tend to romanticize in my mind. Others seem tragic. Others incredibly shocking. Some, I even have mixed feelings about. Maybe I need to romanticize it in order to persuade myself to do it. I've wondered that before.

 

[Griever]

Suicide is the only solution to all my problems

 

[_Maya]

Death is the ultimate end, we all will face it eventually. And when we do, we will finally be free of this pain.

 

[GeminiButter]

I definitely used to romanticise suicide when I was a teenager, when my own mental health issues were developing/worsening, and I was discovering writers and artists like Sylvia Plath etc. I felt very isolated and that I was destined to eventually die like that. It was a very lonely time.

I'm a lot older now and - whilst still dealing with the same shit I was managing then - I don't romanticise it at all. It's not romantic. It's not glamorous. It's not special. It's a deeply sad and upsetting thing that people will only do when they are desperate to end their suffering and have lost all hope. It is indescribably tragic and sad, and I say this whilst recognising the irony in the fact that I know I do want to be able to end my life, despite knowing that it will have a very negative impact on people I care about.

This old PostSecret had a big impact on me as a teenager and I still think about it.

 

[vitbar]

What does it mean to romanticise? To see something as more desirable, attractive, and ideal than it really is?

Some would say any positive talk of suicide is romanticism. It all depends how you see suicide, and any other potential options.

Imo it's a mix on here. I'd say there is overall a more grounded view of the practical side. I do think some, myself included, see it as ideal in part because of how depression can blinker you from all options besides self-destruction.

I also think some methods are romanticised over others.

 

[JesiBel]

Only my own end and salvation, seeking death to free me from this world.

I do not wish wars or for other people to suffer.