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0 pointsKenji10y ago0 comments

The agony is so horrible that the depressed deludes himself into thinking that death is the only way out.

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If agony is the motivating factor, why are the rates of suicide for people experiencing chronic pain (5%) not as high as the depressed (15%)?

If the answer is that they come to the conclusion of suicide because they are deluded by depression, it comes back to the question in the OP: how does the grandparent's hypothesis explain the symptom of suicidal ideation/acts in depression?

nitrogen10y ago

Maybe depression hurts worse than pain?

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