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Committing suicide is a spur of the moment action. Every impediment that makes it harder to commit suicide gives an individual valuable seconds to reconsider, a
by kieranmaine 7y ago
Committing suicide is a spur of the moment action. Every impediment that makes it harder to commit suicide gives an individual valuable seconds to reconsider, at which point they might decide to use whatever health services they have access too. Limiting easy ways to commit suicide AND having good mental health services seems a better idea than one or the other.
- dundercoder 7y agoMaybe the actual final act is impulsive, but given personal experience, someone plans for a long time before they have that final impulsive moment. Lots of time to overcome blocks.
- jki275 7y agoI’m sure that it might be for some. There’s certainly the cases where someone suddenly faces the loss of their entire life through arrest for some horrific crime and kills themself in the bathroom at the last moment. For many however - through personal experience - it is something planned for, hoped for, dreamed about - for as long as decades.