a thought about suicide

[onebigab]

Here's a thought, a person should grab some balls, get off their knees, and make the world a slave to him (or her).....after all, a mans life IS HIS OWN.....is it not.

I believe God has a plan for each and every one of us. But I don't think suicide was part of the equation.

 

[strongsmartsexy]

I believe God has a plan for each and every one of us. But I don't think suicide was part of the equation.

Then I think God should be kind enough to TELL them that. I hate it when someone has a plan, doesn't communicate it and then bitches when it's not followed.

 

[c-sharp minor]

I believe God has a plan for each and every one of us. But I don't think suicide was part of the equation.

Then why did "God" make them mentally ill in the first place?

 

[onebigab]

Then I think God should be kind enough to TELL them that. I hate it when someone has a plan, doesn't communicate it and then bitches when it's not followed.

I agree.

 

[Moderate_THIS]

Then why did "God" make them mentally ill in the first place?

Ask him

 

[cheddar cheese]

I had severe, suicidal depression in dec/jan due to stress and lack of options, but some research on depression and a few OTC drugs brought me out of it within a month. had i tried to 'think positive until i felt better' route i'm sure i wouldn't be dead but id be in a much worse place mentally than i am now.

have you ever tried Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? it pretty much involves changing your negative thoughts in to positive ones...... it seems to be the best treatment for anxiety/depression.......alongside medication

 

[c-sharp minor]

have you ever tried Cognitive Behavioral Therapy? it pretty much involves changing your negative thoughts in to positive ones...... it seems to be the best treatment for anxiety/depression.......alongside medication

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[plornive]

If you were diabetic would you take insulin?

How about chemotherapy for cancer?

How about anti-biotics for pneumonia?


It is not about escaping at all.

Scientists used to believe that low levels of serotonin were responsible for depression/suicidal tendencies, but research has now shown that this is not exactly true.

Studies on the cadavers of people who have committed suicide show they have many more serotonin receptors than a 'normal' person. Their bodies can't produce enough serotonin to fill the extra receptors. This, in turn, leads to depression. In some cases, it leads to severe depression, which, in most cases, leads to thoughts of suicide.

By taking SSRI drugs, all you are doing is medicating an illness. Nothing more, nothing less.

All this talk of CHOICE is ridiculous. Reality is distorted by the lack of serotonin in the brain, making rational decision making, difficult, if not, impossible. Choice is, in effect, taken away.

I find it interesting that noone blames an alzheimer's (which is a brain disorder) victim for losing their memories, eventually leading to death. Yet, when a severely depressed person commits suicide (due to a brain disorder), they (and their families) are stigmatized by society as being weak, cowardly, etc.

There is a severe lack of understanding of depression/suicide in the the general public, as well as in the medical community which leads to many people suffering needlessly. In some cases, (too many, in fact), leading to death.

The reason I mention depression and suicide together, is that the majority of suicides are committed by severely depressed individuals. Very few 'normal' people commit suicide, except in extreme situations.

Another point to consider is this. Depression is genetic. It is, generally, inherited from one's parents. The same way any gentetic disorder is inherited. Noone chooses to be depressed. The same way noone chooses to have cancer.

*A depressed person CANNOT think their way out of being depressed. It doesn't work like that, anymore than someone with cancer can think themselves out of having cancer. Depression is a PHYSICAL (and, in turn, mental) illness. Treatment is needed in almost 100% of cases*

Yes, it is about 'escape'. I used it to mean evading some problem, leaving this world, avoiding some pain, etc.

I think you have a real point. One that people should consider more closely.

My point was that suicide is not what everyone chooses as his/her solution.

Even if I was hopelessly depressed, drugs would come before suicide. Part of me dies every day. I don't know what happens after death, but I also don't know what happens the next day.

 

[juve]

are related to MACROPHAGE69ALPHA?

No

I read it a while back in NYTimes they had an article about Post Traumatic Syndrom in children, veterans, soldiers, catastrophe survivors and its implication on their physiological processes.

 

[Rex]

Well I guess that just means less competition for me.

For you, perhaps. For whatever/whoever tries to end my life though, a lot of competition. The man to fear, is the man who has nothing to lose.