(June 4, 2018 at 4:11 pm)The Industrial Atheist Wrote:(June 4, 2018 at 12:50 pm)MysticKnight Wrote: I don't care whether they make it legal or not.So, you didn't commit suicide because you were afraid of how you'd be viewed if you survived?
What is important to me is religious people keep the stigma and shame alive.
Without that, it will go out of control.
I had a plan. Simple. Just take all the meds in the bottle with grapefruit, and that would do it.
I never pulled it off because of the stigma. I know a lot of people who the idea won't cross their mind seriously and it's due to the stigma.
The stigma is good. It got us here where as in the past, there was no meds.
Maybe if you didn't feel stigma you'd be more likely to have gotten help? As stigma is one of the biggest reasons people don't get help for any mental illness.
Stigma has never made me less depressed. The times when I felt most like some kind of alien or outcast were usually the times that I felt worst. I don't think shame and self hate are productive here.
What help would I have gotten seeking it from the mental health system? Are you sure the stigma was not a stronger assister in that regard?
