This is something we're going to have to grapple with as a society. Having been suicidal, I can tell you that to my current mind-state, my suicidal mind-state'

This is something we're going to have to grapple with as a society. Having been suicidal, I can tell you that to my current mind-state, my suicidal mind-state's rationale was laughably bad. The dangerous thing is that it didn't feel that way at the time. It. Felt. Crystal. Clear. I'm a smart guy. I don't want anyone telling me that my thinking is flawed. I certainly don't like the idea of someone else coercing me into treatment, given the history of abuse. That said, suicide would have been a terrible mistake. Perversely, it would have greatly harmed some of those I was trying to protect.