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I honestly think it is both. Yes it is cowardly because you are running away from your problems by just giving up and taking your life, and no because you have to have a lot of courage to take your own life. It's a very selfish thing to do though.

Side-note: Not I am not suicidal :b My life is great right now, I'm just curious on what other people think about the subject.

Ya gotta agree here it can be either one depending on the situation.

Its not courageous to take your own lofe. People dont look at you as a hero, they look at you as a pussy. If you kill yourself, people press on. It makes me mad when whinny little teen brats say the want to commit suicide even though their life is great. If not, assess the problem and fix it.

Not courageous so much as a hero but courageous in the way that you'd need to have guts to do.

It can certainly take a great deal of courage to go on with life for some people.
If one is not courageous does that make them a coward??
Many suicides are the end result of a mental illness.
There are professionals to help with those illnesses.
Would you call someone who refused to seek medical help when they suspected they had cancer a coward or a fool?

It is foolish to commit sucide, and selfish when their are people that need and love you.

The important thing is to reach out to those that you suspect are considering it and tell someone in their life that they need help.
Too many claim they saw it coming and did not do enough to stop it.
And too many suffer horrible pain alone, thinking no one understands or cares.

Sucide, unless terminally ill, is wrong, but only cowardly when someone knows that there are others that depend on them to be brave enough to seek help and go on with life.

Most of your post is debatable, but the bit I've highlighted in bold is, well, wrong. I don't think you're in a position to say that suicide is wrong if you've never felt as low as some people who consider it a valid option. Also, it comes across as if you mean it morally(the dependant family etc part aside), is that what you meant? If so, quite simply it's their life and they can do with it whatever they see fit. It's immoral to stop them committing suicide if by doing so you're forcing them to forgo tremendous pain and suffering each day, whether that be physically, mentally or emotionally.

Why must you even think of the word Coward when someone commits suicide ? /facepalm
Why is it anyone's choice to decide if it was cowardly or not ?
Why..

I wouldn't say its the cowards way out. Just the idiots way out. If your life is so bad you want to kill yourself just literally start over. Move far away and start your life again. If you can't afford to move just become a nomad. Might as well give it a shot before you kill yourself

Err it's not quite that simple financially. Also if they're carrying emotional pain moving away won't solve it.

It doesn't take 'guts' you moron, it's reaching to the point of depression that you don't care. You're labelling it as if you've achieved maximum man-points for taking your own life for **** sake. Maybe you shouldn't have created this thread as it seems you lack any knowledge at all on depression and what one is thinking before coming near to ending their life, and to be honest it's quite insulting.

Anyway, on-topic. With experience with high depression, no, it isn't a cowards way out. It's the only exit to the person who considers suicide.