the amount of times i’ve heard people say that suicide is selfish is crazy. these people who are saying this don’t understand what it is like to have mental illness and they don’t understand that it’s a real thing. i know that yes it will hurt you’re friends and family tremendously and i’m NOT by any means saying you should do it because people do care and everyone has someone who loves them. but when someone dies from suicide you can not call them selfish, they were trying so hard to stick it out for the people they love but sometimes it gets so hard. not everyone understands that mental illness isn’t something that you can just “get over” or just “be happy”. the two things i hear ignorant people say about someone who attempted suicide is “they did it of the attention” and “they’re so selfish”. you can’t say that to someone who is struggling because it doesn’t make them or anyone feel better it makes it worse. i just wish that everyone understood.