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In many major depression cases though it really IS a permanent problem. You can sometimes manage it with therapy or drugs but for many people the depression wil
by Devilboy 17y ago
In many major depression cases though it really IS a permanent problem. You can sometimes manage it with therapy or drugs but for many people the depression will last their entire lives. There is often no 'cure' and therapy / drugs will not always help.
Calling it a 'temporary problem' is not fair.
- JabavuAdams 17y agoSee my post above. The depression may well not be temporary, but the span during which suicide seems like a good option often is. It's not unfair to point this out.
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoI think that a person can decide they have had enough suffering in their life. I agree that often people are able to gain hope. It is unfair to categorize the problem of Depression as temporary because ephemerality is not an intrinsic quality of depression; the opposite is frequently the case.
- exit 17y agoi'm considering this option. what often stops me is the urge to punish the world for creating me on the way out.
- JabavuAdams 17y ago> It is unfair to categorize the problem of Depression as temporary [...] I'm not. I explicitly addressed this.
- Devilboy 17y agoThe depression IS the problem though, and calling it 'temporary' is what you're doing when you say 'suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem'. These people contemplate suicide every day of their lives. Trivializing the problem like that by calling it temporary is not helpful.