My (Japanese) girlfriend's sister committed suicide, and I've learned through experience not to even mention the word around her.

Personally I think suicide is more "trendy" (for a lack of a better word) in Japan than countries where poverty etc. is the major factor.

Japan seems to have a lack of support for mental illness. Hell, going to a psychologist in Japan will cause raised eyebrows.

masaman Wrote:

Ryuujin27 Wrote:Anyway, color me genuinely surprised that a forum of people learning about Japan and Japanese could not seem to know about how romanticized suicide was in Japan for a long, long time (yes, even up to the modern period). Apparently no one here's ever SRS'd the word 心中.

O Romeo, Romeo, Wherefore Art Thou Romeo?

Heheheheh perfect retort.

Raschaverak Wrote:I'll probably go to japan in the next 1-2 years, and commit suicide there
Just to better the statistics

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_forest

Be sure to leave a large amount in cash in your wallet.

Eikyu Wrote:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suicide_forest

It's a nice tip thanks!

Eikyu Wrote:Be sure to leave a large amount in cash in your wallet.

Nope, I don't like cash. Credit cards on the other hand.....

Ryuujin27 Wrote:Apparently no one here's ever SRS'd the word 心中.

False! I have it in my random words I come across deck... I watch a lot of Samurai movies.

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Might as well start a new topic in the Koohii Lounge on the subject of depression. Depression is not the only cause of suicide.

I'd like to see also people participating to share their experiences rather than enamour themselves with intellectual masturbation... seriously how many people have participated in this thread who have been through major depression in their life, or know someone in their family who has?

Making it short, but with great value:
Suicide is for those with a weak WILL to live.

I do believe that belief in God and after life makes a lot of difference.

undead_saif Wrote:Making it short, but with great value:
Suicide is for those with a weak WILL to live.

I do believe that belief in God and after life makes a lot of difference.

Yes I agree that suicide is often for those with a weak will to live.

I'm not so sure if belief in an afterlife makes a huge difference.

I would think that many committing suicide might believe that this
world sucks and that there's no way the afterlife could be any worse (and
so they kill themselves to end the pain they suffer in this world).

Especially if you believe in reincarnation, maybe people will feel the
need to start over in their next life.

On the flip side, if you don't believe in afterlife and are suicidal,
then this world is a living hell and won't get any better. So you
kill yourself.

On a random note, one of my japanese friends was so surprised at
how similar my tastes are to Japanese people and told me "You
must have been Japanese in your previous life!".

Now if only I could kill myself now and return to that previous life...haha.... :-)

For the curious:

前生 【ぜんしょう】 (n) previous existence
後生 【ごしょう】 (n) afterlife

Have you ever considered suicide over the sheer curiosity of what's next?

ruiner Wrote:Personally, I think LSD should be universally legal.

And in the suicide forest, it would be awesome if people had a choice between this and suicide. If they think that they are determined enough to kill themselves, then they can as well take a piece of paper in their mouths and kill themselves after 12 hours, which is probably unlikely to happen.