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We're talking about considering suicide! Going through with it is a completely different matter, due to very many factors, some outlined in the OP, another some

We're talking about considering suicide! Going through with it is a completely different matter, due to very many factors, some outlined in the OP, another sometimes being physically unable to do it... > I've seen people with chronic pain (including long-term fatal cases) that are not just "despair and suffering". Including people who have dreams and follow them (creative work etc) despite the pain. Without any kind of pain management? With severe, chronic pain? Well, what I witnessed may have been outliers, but once you hear a person you care for begging to "please, just make it stop" every time she was able to actually articulate some words instead of screaming in pain... that leaves a mark. What I'm saying is that there is - possibly very different for different people - a threshold of (pain-intensity times pain-time-length) above which everyone will be considering suicide. That the people you know are below such threshold doesn't mean it's not there. Having seen people way above it I really can't accept people telling me that they'd rather "live with the pain". What they mean is they'd rather live with bearable pain, which is OK; however, there is such a thing as an unbearable pain and I don't believe there is anyone who'd like to live with it.

coldtea 10y ago
>Well, what I witnessed may have been outliers, but once you hear a person you care for begging to "please, just make it stop" every time she was able to actually articulate some words instead of screaming in pain... that leaves a mark. You seem to conflate chronic pain with "living in total agony", like some terminal patient. People here are not talking about that. Maybe do some reading about what "chronic pain" means medically? It's not just a single thing like the one you described.
- DougN7 10y ago
  His example is dramatic. But it's not as far off as you might think. Have you ever had a migraine? "Chronic migraine" is a thing, and it's truely awful.

coldtea 10y ago

>Well, what I witnessed may have been outliers, but once you hear a person you care for begging to "please, just make it stop" every time she was able to actually articulate some words instead of screaming in pain... that leaves a mark. You seem to conflate chronic pain with "living in total agony", like some terminal patient. People here are not talking about that. Maybe do some reading about what "chronic pain" means medically? It's not just a single thing like the one you described.

DougN7 10y ago
His example is dramatic. But it's not as far off as you might think. Have you ever had a migraine? "Chronic migraine" is a thing, and it's truely awful.