(May 25, 2014 at 2:50 pm)sven Wrote: I read an article quite some time ago about suicide prevention. The researchers had asked many suicide survivors about the act itself. A majority of them said that they experienced an acute feeling of regret when they realized that there was no way to stop what was happening. Suicide goes against the basics of human nature.
Well, I experienced no such thing. The regret only came later when I could see how much what I had done affected my family.
I like to think that I have a unique perspective on this issue, because not only did I try to commit suicide, I experienced the aftermath of my best friend's suicide. The issue isn't as cut and dry as "it will hurt family members therefore it is wrong." Sometimes pain can become unbearable and loved ones have to accept the fact that the pain they will feel from the loss pales in comparison to the pain that drove the person to commit suicide in the first place.
Even if the open windows of science at first make us shiver after the cozy indoor warmth of traditional humanizing myths, in the end the fresh air brings vigor, and the great spaces have a splendor of their own - Bertrand Russell
