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Something that has got me wondering is why do humans have the capability of getting to a point of suicide?

From what little i know of biology our main jobs are to survive and reproduce , there are many things such as pain that prevent us from doing harm to ourselves or to help stop others do harm to us , but why does our body let us intentionally kill ourselves?

I don't condone suicide or any self harm , I'm merely asking a question that has intrigued me.

Thanks to all answers , and I apologise in advance for the mistakes I have made , science has never been my favourite subject.

-Ed
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have you ever felt sad if so times that by a hundred and make it contsant and thats why people do suicide thats what most cases are
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The reason being is because the certain individual is having a difficult time in there life. many people in the world do it because they feel like they are not contributing to society. Depression gets involved and they feel like suicide is the only option. Bullying is the highest rates in teen deaths. Again suicide is felt by many teens across the globe for a better way of life. Cyber bullying is a whole new story but i would go way to deep into it. But the individual mainly feels isolated out of life and they feel like they have no purpose of living. So they commit suicide. Sorry about all of the details i just graduated my first semester in the degree of health!
But hope this helps and helps explain more!
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We are able to commit suicide because of our ability to have abstract thoughts.
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I was wondering this same thing.

But I was viewing it on why not how. Like I know being sad and angry sucks and all but you are feeling something. If you die there is no coming back and you never know what happens or anything.

I can tell a lot of people really don't understand death when they make suicide jokes and that type of stuff.
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It's a good question mate. We as humans (generally) don't like pain. However, why do some people self harm? It's the same situation with suicide like you said. Personally i think it's because get to a stage where they feel so worthless that they think it's a better option to kill themselves. That must be at a very severe level because even though like all of us i've been angry in the past or didn't like the life i was leading i would never resort to killing myself.

Here's a question for you...

Is suicide selfish?
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Suicide can be a selfish act. yes i agree. leaving the world because of a problem within life can be. Now i dont hate people for doing it but i wish they wouldnt do it. i mean its sad. but it kinda evens out because they left the world because they couldnt take it anymore because of their problem.
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