Thanks for the thoughtful responses. This post wasn't in consideration of suicide myself, just interested in the dissonant thoughts on it here. There is probab

Thanks for the thoughtful responses. This post wasn't in consideration of suicide myself, just interested in the dissonant thoughts on it here. There is probably a visibility bias in who would feel compelled to answer this question in the first place. There was a suicide recently at a Burning Man event in Utah that had spurred a lot of thought as well. The reactions were so widely varied and intensely personal, I found it intriguing. I used to react with scorn towards suicide, as though the person had taken something from anyone that cared for them. I've relented from this attitude though. A few examples of the act (Hunter S Thompson and Socrates, in particular) made me consider it in a different light.