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This is right. I'm shocked at the "suicide apologists" in this thread.
by rohamg 14y ago
This is right. I'm shocked at the "suicide apologists" in this thread.
- jacques_chester 14y agoI'm not. Similar arguments come up every time. I am often accused in such discussions of being an offender against some wishy-washy personal development program ("just give depression a chance, what's the worst that could happen?"). Or of being a shill for some evil master-conspiracy to turn everyone into zombies. Or ... well lots of things, really. I honestly don't give a fuck. The results are in: Treatment. Saves. Lives. One of these days, someone will read one of my endless simple, spammy messages about seeking help and it will make them less likely to die, because they will get help. So you know what? I think I will keep going.
- ahoyhere 14y agoKeep up the good work… seriously. Remember, depression lies, so it's no surprise that people argue against you simply trying to help a fellow human being.
- alan_cx 14y agoI'm shocked at "life bullies". Which lets face it is a Christian rule, and not applicable to all people. I would like to die right now. I'm just too cowardly. There is no simple switch to do it quickly and painlessly. No way to stop others being upset. No way to stop others discovering something that may scar them. I do not wish to mess up others. Why? I simply do not belong. I don't understand the human race at all, or the world that has been created. I want to leave, assuming I was ever part of it in the first place, which I don't think I was. Certainly not now. I want to shed my human slavery. This is rational. It, for me, is not a label like "depression". It a conclusion based on my observation and experience. I willingly concede that others may well be different. How ever, many may not be able or willing to express it, especially given the amount of disdain and patronisation fired carelessly at people who feel this way, by people's knee jerk, ill-considered "opinion". If you reply, be careful. Its too easy to be arrogant, ignorant and judgemental. Its too easy to trot out the usual tired incorrect tropes. Hearing or reading them just confirms conclusion. Counselling? Don't make me laugh. I seen a few, none had anything to say. Nothing I had not already considered. Last one I tried packed it in after I left her with no where to go and she realised her profession was at best cosmetic. And that is all people have to offer, well, that or drugs. Oh yeah, be drugged up. That solves it all. Well, it might for people with things like chemical imbalances, but they do nothing by put thinkers to sleep. Right now? I'm just waiting for it to all end peacefully, or at least quickly. Sorry if this doesn't fit. But then, neither do I.
- Tichy 14y agoOn the interntet nobody knows you are a human. No need to die for that. Also, there is a huge variety of human communities. Perhaps check Jared Diamond, I think his latest book describes tribes in New Guinea.
- jacques_chester 14y agoI didn't notice this "put thinkers to sleep" side-effect you're talking about.
- pinaceae 14y agooh aren't you special. http://xkcd.com/610/ http://xkcd.com/610/
- Gigablah 14y agoPerhaps ironically, you exhibit the same behaviour as parodied in the comic.
- pinaceae 14y agoby responding to a 'my god i am so special, no one is like me' post with a simple webcomic that succinctly points out that this is laughably wrong I am myself exhibiting the same behavior? interesting piece of logic.
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