Any reason for thinking that suicide is bad?
I don't think very many actions can be described as good or bad without knowing the motivation behind them. In some instances suicide makes sense, in others it probably doesn't. The category of suicide that I personally consider "bad" would be if it is done out of spite, or is done without thinking through what you're actually going to do as much as you can beforehand. As in acting out emotionally in the heat of the moment.
If I, or anyone else for that matter, should so choose to move to another plain of existence than why is that bad?
To reiterate what I said, I think we'd need to know some more about you before coming to a specific conclusion in your case.
I also personally see no evidence that there is another plane of existence after this one, but I guess that's a different topic altogether.
Sure we all hurt, but some of us can't get rid of that. No matter how hard we try. First we genuinely try every possible way to be happy, and when that doesn't work, we'll mask it. I assure you after both fail, there really is no permanent solution other than suicide.
Makes sense to me, or at least a degree of sense. However, the problem I have with the above is that I don't see happiness as the sum total of our existence or the be all and end all of it. Thus, although I see no reason to live for myself, I admit that I owe several people in my life a duty to continue on as best I can. Whether this sense of obligation will be enough for me long-term is an open question, but I admit that I owe others a duty to keep on living. And I doubt I will ever be able to shake this, even if I do decide to end my life. Under present circumstances I would feel guilt even as I did it.
Of course, the above applies to me and me only. If you've adopted philosophical hedonism as your creed, I guess there's not much we can say to each other. Not that I don't respect such a line of thought, simply that I don't really understand it at base.
Suicide is a choice that I believe should be respected by all.
I don't think any choice or action should be respected or for that matter despised without first understanding the motivation behind it. As in if a millionaire gives money to charity solely so he'll get publicity, you've got a good action undertaken for what I'd consider dubious reasons.
Did I just say the same thing about 27 times? I think I did. :laugh: