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by KissMySunshine - NaNoWriMo-ing on October 17th, 2009
Depends on your definition of 'sane', really.
Honestly...some people can't take life and respond badly, for the most part. And, it seems to just build and build. Therefor, the only, sensible, way out is to kill themselves.
Some sane, depressed, people, just really need to be taken aside and hugged and helped, once in a while to feel better. Otherwise, yes. They ARE, indeed, sane.
...Just feeling like the world is dealing them some aweful stuff, at the time.
...I really hope that wasn't confusing. XD
by yahoot on October 17th, 2009
False.
by Bob on October 17th, 2009
sane and insane people do and don't commit suicide. these are two different things. people who have severe mental illness are indeed at increased risk of committing suicide. but, the vast majority of people with severe mental illness don't commit suicide. prisoners just convicted of capital offenses and the like; people just diagnosed with a severe, chronic, degenerative disease; people in combat / torture; people who just lost a loved one are all at increased risk of committing suicide.
by the guy behind the bushes on October 17th, 2009
I think that's an iffy answer
by raindancer on October 17th, 2009
False. Many sane people choose to end their lives for one reason or another. A good example would be when a sane person has a terminal illness that would kill them slowly and painfully, leaving them a shell of their former self at death but instead chooses to die on their own terms. Some people write living wills and such when they are perfectly sane so it is harder to question their choices later on if they do become seriously ill or injured.
by qwerty on October 17th, 2009
false
If you think suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem, then what do you say when somebody has a permanent problem?
by purplecows on October 7th, 2011
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Was I wrong to save a man from suicidal thoughts?
by LynZs on October 18th, 2011
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What about suicide?
by ErgoStep on November 18th, 2011
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Be honest, would you rather have a privileged life in a world rapidly falling apart around you(but not close enough to effect you), or
by Have A Nice Day on November 6th, 2011
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Agree or disagree - Suicide is as Sin?
by anil m on September 22nd, 2011
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But someone who is suffering not just from momentary sadness, but real clinical depression, will very likely have neurological issues that affect the way they think and react; something that could not be said about non-depressed "sane" people.
by ACCOUNT CLOSED on October 18th, 2009
Well, think about it. If all they need is affection and someone to help them find the purpose in their life, and, they've needed it for a very long time, it can become a bigger issue than momentary sadness.
And, it could get to the point where they feel so lost, without that help and affection, that they suddenly don't feel a part of the world, anymore. That can mess with your head, quite a bit, but, it's curable without professional therapy and medication, because, it didn't start from a physical affliction.
And...wow. I'm blabbing. Um...sorry.
by KissMySunshine - NaNoWriMo-ing on October 18th, 2009