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0 pointsoldsklgdfth7y ago0 comments

I really try to downplay the depression-based suicide angle - at least for my own sanity. I like to think that large part of depression is based on circumstances, I leave out the clinical cases that have underlying physiological causes. If you are unhappy enough to end your life, then there are probably things that you can change to stop feeling that way, i.e. job, relationships, friends, habits.

In a lot of ways this make sense to me, he was probably under a lot of pressure to be the guy that everyone really liked. Created this unrealistic expectation that was stressful to meet. Add in poor habits, maybe strained relationship and friends to lean on. It's not hard for people to feel like there is not point in going on with life.

EDIT: I am open to being wrong and invite a discussion of others opinions.

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Miltnoid7y ago

You might like to think that, but its not an honest representation of the majority of suicides. Most people who kill themselves do it, not for circumstantial reasons, but physiological ones like clinical depression.

hackermailman7y ago

Many people who try and kill themselves, according to friends who are staff at peer run suicide prevention clinics, do so because of a temporary insanity. They aren't depressed, they just sort of lose their mind for a few hours and if they survive the attempt have no idea how they ended up almost killing themselves. Everybody assumes these people are routinely depressed all the time but they tell you otherwise, that it was a delerious state they were in, unable to reason rationally about what they were doing.

qume7y ago

This is a very important point to understand to help people who are in that mode. Dont let them be alone and keep them talking. It will pass in an hour or less.

staticautomatic7y ago

I'm not sure it's true that most people who kill themselves suffer from clinical depression (diagnosed or undiagnosed).

oldsklgdfthOP7y ago

I can see that.

Would you be so kind as to point me in a direction to get more infos on this?

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