I don't know how could someone would put a gun to his/her head and pull the trigger. I myself had a couple of tough times( worst even tried to do it) but i couldn't do it...I know life can be suck sometimes, but killing yourself won't make better. I understand some did for some kind of religion affiliations, but why?
In the Islam people commit suicide for the name of god. Like you said you had "tough times", people have these "tough times" but way more tougher than yours, yours is 1% of their tough days "toughness". People don't just decide to end their life because their in a bad day. Most of the people who suicide are teenagers because in these years what people think about you is very crucial, and if you get "banned" from the people around you, and you have no friends around you, you feel so bad and unsuccessful, and it makes you think. I also blame the music; metal and emo music, that also encourage teenagers to commit suicide.
Not something that worth killing for. I don't think musics are part of the problem. I agree that being lonely can be factor to that, but no point for someone to put a end to it. I think all people in this world have been to thou tough times in their life but most of them just dealt with it and bounced back, and some don't try or try hard enough to deal with it. Life is not perfect, but dying is also not perfect either.
Applying a Long-Term Solution to Short-Term Problem The rate among adolescents is increased by the fact that they just havent yet figured out that what they think is of earthshattering importance right now doesn't mean a damned thing in the long run. If they avoid applying a long-term solution to a short-term problem, the day will come when they figure out that being snubbed by some cool social group or suffering a humiliating breakup with a boyfriend/girlfriend is just part of the journey and doesnt do permanent damage. Personally I don't give suicide a second thought (why make the buttheads in my world happy?)... but homicide sure as hell sounds inviting some days.
It's easy to imagine, I don't see suicide as a bad thing. People didn't have a choice in being born, they often were made simply because their parents wanted a baby to build or increase a family, or sometimes just 'by accident'. So people didn't have any choice in coming to life, but after that, they have the choice of ending their life whenever they want BEFORE they'll have no choice. So personally, at the moment I didn't chose to end my life, but I know I have this freedom until an accident happens, like a car accident or a murder, or until illness and olderness gets the better of me. The problem also is that we as human are privileged to not be allowed to have easy way out, suicide is not easy to do and people will try to prevent you from completing your task if they have an opportunity. Even if you're really ill, they don't care.. If your pet is too old, too ill and about to die, you can make it easy for it to die, by going to a vet, but you're not allowed this for yourself, you have to do it by yourself and take care of doing it right because if you let an opportunity to other people, they'll try to prevent you from being successful at your suicide.
We live in a world where people will kick you when you're down, and take your money, that's why. When you realize this IS hell, and there is no need to anticipate it after you kill yourself, problems become manageable. People think this is supposed to be an easy stay on earth, and parents don't bother to inform their offspring otherwise, so when shit hits the fan to those who don't know the ropes, they get tangled up in the ropes and hang themselves. We're quick to jump on those who've done it as weak people until we find ourselves near the same place. Then you can't really blame them, this is a miserable ball of fuck we live on and to think otherwise is to not think at all.
Oli3l .... I wouldn't say that every Muslim has a life 99% tougher than everyone else; I don't think you appreciate the fact that unbearable suffering is a worldwide problem. Also I daresay that "those in Islam" do not commit suicide so much as homicide in the name of their God - those are two different things. (The suicide is more just accepted as part of it, I believe.) Jonas18 - the answer is incredibly logical, and also one of my favourite quotes when depressed; "Suicide is not chosen. It is what happens when pain outweighs resources for coping with pain."