Posted by mtdewcmu on July 9, 2011, at 13:25:22
In reply to Re: White House Changes Condolence Letter Policy, posted by linkadge on July 7, 2011, at 19:48:16
> I think that the next step is to stop covering up suicides. Every time a suicide is covered up I think that somebody died in vain. A suicide is a message that should be heard by everybody.
>
> Suicide is a signal of pain in the 'organism' of society. It is a signal of pain that means something and should not be covered up.I don't know if you can blame all suicides on society. When I think about all the hardship I am likely to face in the rest of my life, I think it would be easier to die. But I can't face the fear of death, and I can't stand the thought of people finding my dead body. It's just a nasty mental image. Somehow I can't wrap my brain around the concept of life coming to an end, permanently. It's just hard to believe that it really can end, even though I'm aware that everyone dies eventually. I think I irrationally fear that I would come to regret it somehow, even though that's impossible. If the US had a stronger social safety net, like most countries in Europe, I think I'd have less to fear about the future. But would that make it society's fault? I don't believe the people who say that suicide is the ultimate selfish act. But it does make it harder for the living. The suicide of someone you know is something you can never forget. I get kind of choked up just thinking about the suicides of people I don't know. I think if there's any way you can help it, you owe it to those of us who have to go on living to stick it out as long as possible. Life is hard enough without being witness to someone else's suicide.
I have a complex inferiority.
Rx: 40mg citalopram, 30mg d-amphetamine, 15mg mirtazapine, 300mg bupropion
Dx: ADHD (inattentive subtype), depression
poster:mtdewcmu
thread:990434
URL: http://www.dr-bob.org/babble/20110630/msgs/990632.html