Posted: Oct 30, 2018 11:37 pm
hackenslash wrote:
I recently wrote a blog post about suicide. It wasn't about my own ideations, which have been pretty frequent of late, for reasons that I'll probably go into at some point in the near future. It received mixed reviews in some circles, varying from very positive from some, especially those whose ideations are fairly constant, to carpet-bitingly shrill howlings from others.
Some said that, as somebody who is a vocal advocate for mental health and suicide prevention, I was being irresponsible.
I'd be interested in discussing this a little. The psych and neuro forum doesn't really feel like the right place for this,because I don't accept the notion that suicidal ideation is but it's the best place we have here.
I'm unsure what you're saying there. Could you elaborate?
hackenslash wrote:Still I'd be hugely interested in what people here think. I'm most interested in whether or not anybody can logically defend the premise that living is better than not living.
I don't think so, not in an objective sense anyway.
As far as I can see and it is an admittedly vague and generalized view, as long as a persons's choice to end their life is not based on issues that can be remedied (for example: lack of friends/loved ones, bad luck in their financial life and or social security etc, they should be allowed to end or not end their life as they see fit.
(Even in the aforementioned temporary cases, I'd still think it's ultimately their choice, but would hope they'd try changing the situation first)