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Originally Posted by Charlatan
For me, it would depend on the situation. Someone that is depressed and wanting to commit suicide is a lot different from someone with a terminal disease living in constant pain.
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My thoughts exactly. Also, due to the fact that most people who try to commit suicide and fail end up dying from causes other than suicide (i.e. don't try/succeed at killing themselves), I think most people realize after they start that their problems are in fact, not as important and more transitory than their life is.
Reading the studies on this is actually pretty interesting reading for those into psychology.
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Originally Posted by tisonlyi
Someone who really wants to kill themselves may give off signals, but they don't go around saying they want to kill themselves...
The people who SAY they want to kill themselves are looking for help.
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I think that's an oversimplification, while the underlying point of probability is true.
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Originally Posted by vanblah
It turns out, that it was a suicidal gesture. The fact is, most people who say they are going to commit suicide aren't actually going to do it. It's the people who don't say anything that actually do it. So you're not really preventing a suicide in most cases--just preventing an accident.
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Many, many, many people who try and fail report realizing that they did in fact wish to live after the point of no return.
The only specific factual article I read about that was those that jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge in suicide attempts during my research about the barrier they are talking about putting up; it seems like a lot of people jumped and then realized that they regretted it. I think it's safe to assume it would hold to more cases than just jumps off of historical landmarks.
I do agree many people do truly want to, and will find a way to do it. I'm just saying those people are not the whole equation and might even be outnumbered.