dorianblue wrote:I think it's a misconception that those who take their own lives are acting selfishly. Sometimes they act out of desperation - e.g. they're not in their usual, sound frame of mind - and other times they actually think they're doing the world a favour by taking themselves out of it.
Bee Gees Fan wrote:But with those who commit suicide because they're severely depressed or, as you said, their state of mind is not right - I was wondering, can quite the same rules/emotions be applied to them? Can an insane person act truly selfishly? Like you, Dorian, I don't think it would be fair to be angry towards the suicidal person themselves.
Anonymouse wrote:I'm sure you didn't mean it that way
Hector wrote:So, Anonymouse from your point of view, ignoring any religeous implications, would you say that its a good thing for sucicide to be against the law?
Bee Gees Fan wrote:Anonymouse wrote:I'm sure you didn't mean it that way
I certainly didn't. You have my sympathies, Anonymouse. I know that many depressed people are not insane, as it were, but some people who commit suicide probably are...maybe someone severely schizophrenic could be called "insane"?
I have a great deal of sympathy for mentally ill people. Unfortunately, I admit I sometimes romanticize mental illness a little (I know I shouldn't do this, and I don't always do it, but I sometimes think of it in the manner of romantic picture of the tortured genius who escapes reality by getting into this wonderful world of madness.) I know mental illnesses are horrible things, and not romantic at all (although I hear some parts of mental illnesses can be pleasant.) I think it'd be interesting to meet a mentally ill person. They all seemed very sweet in "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"; have you seen that film, Anonymouse?
Over Christmas, I was wondering what Christmas was like for patients in psychiatric hospitals. When I'm older, I want to try and go to a psychiatric hospital for a while on Christmas Day and give the patients a party - I'll play some good Bee Gees songs to them - have them dancing to "Jive Talking", "Staying Alive" and "Night Fever." I'd just like to cheer them all up for a while.
But yes, mental illnesses are things I'm interested in. I don't think there's anything wrong with a small amount of craziness - what I call "Doc Brown craziness." Hearing somebody had a mental illness would probably just make me all the more interested in them and I'd probably be anxious to meet them.
insaneasperger wrote:I think that suicide is painless, brings on many changes, and I can take or leave if I choose.....
Dorset Girl wrote:insaneasperger wrote:I think that suicide is painless, brings on many changes, and I can take or leave if I choose.....
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