Understanding Human Conditions

Understanding Human Conditions

The human condition is a humans attempt to understand themselves and their place in the universe. Each human being comes into the world alone, travels through life as a separate person, and ultimately dies a lone. Coping with this, accepting it and learning how to direct our own lives with some degree of grace and satisfaction is the human condition. It’s impossible to change human nature and how humans attempt to cope with understanding their place in the universe. In my opinion human condition plays an extensive role in individuals making the decision to end their lives. There is multiple reasons behind the decision for committing suicide, one being the choice of lifestyle, another being unaddressed or unresolved mental issues. Some will argue suicide being a chemical predisposition.
A person’s lifestyle is a culmination of upbringing, personal choices, personal views, current environment, religious beliefs and the knowledge of the ability or need to potentially change the current lifestyle. Suicide can be the result of ones inability to change an undesirable lifestyle. One example is an individual who has consistently had negative experiences throughout their life, and can find no other alternative to change that lifestyle other than suicide. For instance children growing up without their parents, women raising their children alone, a homeless person or someone such as a famous person who has everything a person could ever want. Suicide for that individual becomes a real option and can almost bring a happiness or relief, knowing that a change is in their grasp. Many of us have pre-concieved ideas about suicide and its permissibility. This is sometimes due to religion, law or perhaps even the way its portrayed in the media. We hear about stories often but we must take into account that the majority of us will never know what is feels like to want to end our lives.
Mental issues are probably the number one reason for one to contemplate suicide. For that...

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