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Suicide is not always the result of (extreme) mental illness. Sometimes it is the rational solution to avoid extreme distress.
by simiones 5y ago
Suicide is not always the result of (extreme) mental illness. Sometimes it is the rational solution to avoid extreme distress.
- munk-a 5y agoThis is an interesting point and one that I disagree almost entirely with. I would make an exception to cases where someone is faced with overwhelming continuous debilitating pain - or the destruction of their mental state (i.e. Sir Terry Pratchett) - but otherwise I think that suicide is pretty much categorically irrational since life is all you've got and while there may be pain involved with it - there is brightness as well. When the road truly seems to be only darkness I'd suggest reaching out to others around you or councilors and talking it out with them because chances are that your observation of there only being negativity is an issue in your perception.
- xadhominemx 5y agoHe was offered a 6 month sentence in a low security prison. He could have served that sentence before the trial was even set to begin and resumed his life as programmer and activist - reputation burnished by his conviction, if anything. Suicide is not a rational solution for anyone in that situation.