Suicide ever justifiable?

WT #2 PG. 1211

Suicide is one of the most selfish things someone can do. The family and friends of the deceased are the ones who are going to suffer and have to deal with the suicide of their loved one. The person who took their life took the easy way out and doesn’t care about the feelings of others. They don’t have to deal with it so who cares, what a coward and very self centered. I can only think of a few reasons how suicide would ever be considered justifiable. One is when someone gives their life to save the lives of others. This occurs from time to time but mainly in the movies to make the character seem heroic. When this occurs, let’s say in the military, a soldier can jump on a grenade to save the lives of his troop. He or she will be seen as a hero and noble for his or hers self-sacrificing act. This suicide in my opinion would be considered justifiable. Another way suicide would be considered justifiable to me would be when someone is terminally ill and they have a very slim chance of pulling through. If their treatment and life support is going to hurt the financial well being of their family or if the patient is going to be in excruciating pain. This would be costly and more emotional to their family than if they just decided to pass away. It would also make the patient go through pain for nothing if they are kept on life support but have no chance of surviving. These types of suicide which are selfless and justifiable should be called something else, not suicide.
On the other hand, committing suicide just because your depressed, going through a hard time in your life, or you get made fun of is very pathetic. Most of these people who feel like suicide is the only way out need immediate treatment. Who would take dying over life? But the others are doing this just for attention. As I said in the beginning of my blog these people are selfish and cowards, the only people truly being hurt are their loved ones. After people attempt to commit suicide but fail, a lot of them are glad they didn’t die. In the movie The Bridge, they interview people who have attempted suicide and they also show a lot of people actually doing it by jumping off the golden gate bridge in San Francisco. I had to watch this movie in a previous class and I learned a lot from it. Whatever the case I don’t think there is to much else we as a society can do to prevent and discourage suicide. If they want to do it they will. Already there are tons of hotlines, information, and medication to help people in that situation. Most of the time the people who want to commit suicide don’t tell anyone or if they do, the people or person they tell, don’t take their claims seriously.