• AcidOctopus@lemmy.ml
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    1 year ago

    The sad part is that there’s a not insignificant number of people out there who would honestly rather embrace the human instrumentality project and never look back.

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      It’s established scientific knowledge that people who are suicidal don’t actually want to die. They just want to make the suffering stop.

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          I mean, yes, in general every person is speaking for themselves. In this case I’m just reporting what people with suicidal ideation and survivors of suicide attempts report in therapy.

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            I joke, in bad taste. You are right, though The facts are clear. Most people who are suicidal are just looking for a way to stop some type of suffering.

            Having said that, I do think it’s important to recognize that this does not apply to all “suicides.” An old person who wants to end their life, because they feel that they’ve lived a full life is technically suicidal. They deserve the right to end their life.