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The things you're discussing are very important and certainly one of the reasons The Bell Jar first hit me like a ton of bricks when I was young but this show's
by rhcom2 7y ago
The things you're discussing are very important and certainly one of the reasons The Bell Jar first hit me like a ton of bricks when I was young but this show's problem is it frames suicide as a way to 'get back at' the people who hurt you. It's a harmful revenge fantasy.
Ijeoma Oluo explains this better than I ever could:
https://medium.com/the-establishment/13-reasons-scared-the-shit-out-of-me-and-it-should-scare-you-too-5d3fd4e8d300 https://medium.com/the-establishment/13-reasons-scared-the-s...
- balabaster 7y agoWhile I can see your point, usually people considering suicide aren't looking for a way to get revenge or get back at anyone. They're suffering and can't see any way out. Like people who cut, or turn to drugs or alcohol to numb the pain they can't deal with, suicide ends it, once and for all. As they say though, it's a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
- roywiggins 7y agoOluo literally cites a study that suggests that, contra your confidence, revenge absolutely can be a factor: "A strong relational theme that the participants described explicitly was revenge. Several adolescents explained the aggressiveness of their act as a way to make other people feel guilty for their deaths and made the vindictive intent of the attempted suicide very plain" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4011950/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4011950/