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This week, as National Survivors of Suicide Day approaches tomorrow, we've been exploring the impact of suicide, both on a personal and societal level. Michael Behmer, a marriage and family therapist at Vive and co-founder of Chaos to Connection, a comprehensive program designed to restore relationships between parents and their children, had this to say. Read More
Suicide
From the point of view of physics where every action has a corresponding reaction, a natural law that can only function for humans through somekind of reincarnational form or another, suicide is a last resort. Since whatever we don't deal with, transform, heal or face we eventually have to might as well do it now, why postpone the inevitable.
On the other hand circumstances may at time dictate that suicide may be a preferable course of action than experiencing a level of emotional/physical pain that would be counterproductive to one's evolution. That would be a last resort and such a decision very tricky fine line, grey area indeed.
The stigma red herring
I found it unfortunate that the words Delusional and Psychotic were not mentioned when mentioning Depressives in a suicidal stage.
Concerning Stigmas and Depression, I rarely think that people don't get help because of societal stigmas. Depression makes you feel as if there is no help and no one can help;Depression is an occupying force acting as a dictator.
Nice work,Thanks.
Sincerely,David
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