Can one have a good reason to commit suicide?

First, let me just say that the feelings you are feeling are valid and important to listen to and there is nothing wrong with you for feeling this way. Our emotions contain information and you need to find out why you're feeling this way and where these feelings came from.

I can relate so much to your question because I struggle with similar feelings.

What you're going through is the consequence of living in an extremely unhealthy society. You are probably one of the sane ones.

Please listen carefully.
When you feel these feelings focus on something that makes you feel just a little bit better. You can do this by the hour if you need to.
Each and every hour you can connect with something that brings you joy.

Let me ask, what brings you joy?

And maybe that question is too much to ask at this time. Maybe joy seems so far away that there's no way your mind can begin to answer it. And if that is so, then ask what can I focus on in this moment? In this moment, what can you focus on?

You can always decide to kill yourself later. But right now, in this moment, what can you focus your attention on so that you feel just a little bit better? Use this method.

Anytime you feel these feelings, you can always tell yourself that you always have the option to commit suicide later, but for now, in this moment, you can choose life, and focus on something that makes you feel better, even if it's just a little bit better.

God loves you. You wouldn't exist if he didn't.

Ultimately, we have the freedom to take our own lives. But the question is, should we? Should we use our freedom that way? If we did go through with it, and we looked back on our lives, would we regret that decision in hindsight?

Your life is yours. God gave it to you. I have no right to tell you what to do with it. But I'm here to tell you that this is one of those permanent decisions. If you go through with it, then you can't come back.

I'll keep you in my prayers.

 

One of the things that makes life worth living is to love and to be loved in return.

Do you have people in your life who you love?
Do you have people in your life who love you?

Find those people. Seek them out.

*Hugs*

When I feel horrible about my life, I like to listen to this:

 

My great grandmother suffered from Cancer, and prayed earnestly that she had suffered enough and for the Lord to take her.

But still she lingered on, providing witness only to her care giver, her granddaughter. That girl, her "little Nell" was my mother. We (my mother's six children) all were raised in a "Christian home" and we all were baptized, professing our faith in Christ, at that time and forever after.

We cannot see the full impact our our lives, while we are living. And I, like many other believers, hope to die with a minimum of suffering.

I have not (yet) been tested as to my faith that I shall honor God with my service to my last. All I can tell you, that is my plan as it is my understanding of what God wants me to do.

May God bless you and comfort you with the knowledge His grace is sufficient for you.

Van

 

Those people are from your past. You have to find new friends. You have to find your spiritual family. Wherever you go in this world, you will find people who care about you and people you care about.

For now, I think you have to leave those other people in the past and embrace the new people that God will bring to you in this season. I know it's a hard thing to do because I also know the emotional pain that comes with estrangement.

I know it seems like America is a magical place compared to Cameroon but remember we are people, too. Our society isn't perfect either and neither is our culture. We have our own set of challenges and struggles that we face, too. Our world is a fallen world. And it's a hard one to live in sometimes no matter who you are and no matter where you're from.

 

Emotional pain can sometimes be worse than physical pain.

Do you have access to a psychologist or a therapist or a pastor who you can talk to about this?

 

I would suggest finding a good Baptist or Bible Church

 

You know all of my life I asked God, why am I here?... There have many times in life when I could have been pushing up daisies... When it comes time God will take you... There have been so many miracles in my life and the following is just one... Suicide?... I'm here for a reason, because God could have taken me at any time, hear my Vietnam War Story!

I was raised in the Primitive Baptist Church since the age of seven, and came with my parents when they joined... I was born in 1946 and had a war time experience in Vietnam in 1966 with the Marines... Nineteen out of our Twenty-one heavy tanks got stuck in four feet of mud... We got hit while I was asleep outside on the back of our tank... Eye witnesses said a mortal round exploded 15 feet above my head, our tank commander came flying out as all hell broke loose, he thought I was dead and I should have been... We lost three tanks and six men and if not for the grace of God, I could have been the seventh... I came back from Vietnam without a scratch because God had better things in store for me... So when someone tells me God can't save a man, I tell them you don’t know my God… Two years after I got back I joined the church I helped in the construction of when I was twelve, the church I grew up in at the age of 22… At the age of 57, because of death of 99 percent of the brethren, the church had to close its doors… The nearest church of our affiliation was over 100 miles away… I decided to let God lead the way and I’m glad I did… Though no longer with my people I’m still with the people of God… Still serving God at the age of 77 and I guess when God decides to bring me home, he will… Although for some reason he keeps me around, a miracle, when I should have been dead in Vietnam.

This is just one of the miracles and when others tell me God does not exist, I tell them I've seen his face because I've seen his grace, who love and cares for one so insignificant as me... Brother Glen

 

No you are not useless, in fact your testimony and your resilience in clinging to life needs to be used as a model for Christian resistance to the onslaught of evil… so you must not think of throwing away your life. Believe me someone will notice and perhaps emulate your courage. Honor the Lord, walk with that cross if necessary & and be a living testimony to our Christ (who conquered death, conquered sin for our salvation. I will pray for you!

 

Oh Lord, give this person the strength, the stamina & the courage to face the day to day trials that is facing him… so that he displays and emulates our Savior Jesus.

Make no mistake, this is Day to Day Spiritual Warfare you are facing… be strong, face the day with courage…there are unbelievable rewards that await you… God cares for His children.

 

Are you homeless and what are your options to escape physical danger…are there any?

 

Just a suggestion, what about the Red Cross or any Church with the ability to help you… like Catholic Charities?