what do you understand to be the real reason people are seeking suicide as a way out? — Wallows
So, what do you understand to be the real reason people are seeking suicide as a way out? — Wallows
Fact is (so I think) that most folks simply are never under the kind of stress the can bend a mind into irrationality or real desperation, and consequently never really know what suicide is about. — tim wood
don't think suicide as being irrational. Some might even say that suicide is the result of an overly-rational mind. — Wallows
In terms of mental health suicide risk factors, suicidal ideation is pretty key. — fdrake
What's the whole deal with suicidal idealization? I mean, psychologically what is driving the mind to generate these thoughts? Does this happen on a subconscious level? Freud called it the death desire or instinct; but, is that view held to this day? — Wallows
i wouldn't wish it on Hitler. — christian2017
I think the amount of pain, stress, suffering an individual is going through is secondary in suicidal ideation. — NKBJ
Note, I say believe, because some people seem to have nothing going for them, and they think their lives are worthwhile somehow, and others seem to have the whole world at their disposal, and yet kill themselves, because they lack some inspiration to take advantage of it. — NKBJ
What's the whole deal with suicidal idealization? I mean, psychologically what is driving the mind to generate these thoughts? Does this happen on a subconscious level? Freud called it the death desire or instinct; but, is that view held to this day? — Wallows
However, in my opinion there is no such thing as suicide as understood as killing oneself. It's always something else that does the killing e.g. depression and intractable pain both of which may arise from a variety of preceding causes. — TheMadFool
That's a very interesting take, and quite true, but what does it offer in terms of understanding. It's so intellectual and meaningless on the ground. — Brett
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