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I think most people who choose to commit suicide have given it a good few months or more of thinking. How long do people have to suffer in order for you to say
by lmz 12y ago
I think most people who choose to commit suicide have given it a good few months or more of thinking. How long do people have to suffer in order for you to say "this person's done enough thinking about it, he can go"?
- Jtsummers 12y ago> I think most people who choose to commit suicide have given it a good few months or more of thinking. [citation needed] Most seems unlikely to me, at least for first attempts.
- anigbrowl 12y agoSpeaking from experience, I disagree. I'm in favor of a generalized right to commit suicide as a fundamental ground of self-determination, but it can often be a compulsive rather a considered action; furthermore it can be based on a fundamentally irrational discounting of the future ('I'll never be happy again, my life can only get worse') which may be merely temporary or the result of developmental delays/deficits in handling emotional swings.