A selfish act

I never realized that any of my friends would think I would consider committing suicide. Heather, a good friend of mine, joked that we're not friends anymore, so as a joke, I said "Fine. I'll just leave then since I have no one else to talk to." and signed off of Yahoo! before signing back in. She was worried that I would commit suicide after that.

Honestly, committing suicide would be a little hypocritical of me as I have tried to talk many people out of it, telling them that it's a selfish act. People may not agree with me that it's selfish, but here's my reasoning on why it is a selfish act. There is always at least one person out there who cares the world about you. Sure, if you kill yourself, all your troubles will be gone, but what about the one or more people who care the world about you? Do you ever think about them? They will have to live the rest of their lives with the pain of your loss. I know because I've had a friend commit suicide, and it hurts.

So, to all the suicidal people out there, seriously think about what you're doing. You may be hurting. You may think no-one cares about you; that no-one would miss you. But, it's not true. Someone always cares dearly about you. Think about how much pain you're going to cause that person by killing yourself.

I'm sure I'm going to get some hateful comments on this entry for calling suicide a selfish act, but if you truely think about it, it IS a selfish act.