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Suicidal ideation is, in general, not a choice a person makes. It's the result of a combination of depression and lack of inhibition, due to anything ranging f
by mentalhealth 13y ago
Suicidal ideation is, in general, not a choice a person makes. It's the result of a combination of depression and lack of inhibition, due to anything ranging from psychosis to extreme anxiety or stress. If you were sufficiently depressed and stressed from being the last person on Earth, you'd most likely commit suicide.
- a8da6b0c91d 13y agoIs it possible to drive a lab monkey to suicide? I'm assuming suicidal people are usually in a state of learned helplessness from prolonged stress, which I understand is well understood in animal experiments.
- sp332 13y agoExactly, so the statement "I tried to kill myself at Penn because I felt so utterly alone." is probably wrong. I mean it's probably subjectively true, and it's informative, but loneliness probably didn't cause this person to attempt suicide.
- kaonashi 13y agoThat was her description of her subjective experience, but she made it clear that it was most likely due to the stress & anxiety.
- a8da6b0c91d 13y agoWhy would you doubt that loneliness was the problem? Man is a social mammal and isolation in such animals produces easily measured extreme stress. If unchecked it results in breakdown.