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Originally Posted by Punk.of.Ages
You're right, I don't give a damn about people who commit suicide. People die. That's all there is to it. Whether you go out from some freak accident or by your own hand, you're dead just the same. At least, with suicide, you had a choice in the matter.
Overall, I feel* that suicide is the same as calling it quits. It's a weak, self-indulgent way to leave this world. If that's how you'd like to let people remember you, be my guest.
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This is a tidbit from the Canadian Mental Health Association:
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A suicidal person clearly wants to die. [Myth.]
What they want most often is a way to handle circumstances in their life that are difficult and impossible to bear. Escape from the pain of these events may be their intention.
They may not actually want to carry through with suicide, but instead, desire to avoid life in its present form.
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Suicide Facts & Myths
This isn't necessarily directed at you, P.o.A., but more so at the thread. I don't think the decision to commit suicide is a rational one. I don't think it's usually a decision based on thrills or excitement either. It's mainly a decision based on pain, suffering, or anguish. Anyone suffering like that should get help. Making the decision to commit suicide isn't the same as making other sorts of decisions. It's not necessarily about "being unable to hack it in life." It can be spurred by severe mental dysfunction caused by some kind of trauma.
I don't blame anyone for taking a steadfast negative view of suicide. Mental health issues of all sorts have negative stigmas against them, mainly because they're difficult to understand and impossible to see. It's along the same lines as people who think depressives should simply "snap out of it" and "get their shit together." It's not that easy.