Re:Suicide Attempters’ Long-Term Survival
by bayesian_horse on Monday July 29, 2019 @05:58AM
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For one thing the basis of that decision is a warped perception, if not outright psychotic.
For another, a rational death wish can't really be reversed, especially not within minutes or hours, as seems to be the norm rather than the exception.
We tend to rationalize irrational drives or motivations. But that doesn't make them rational. Depressives can and will try to prove to others why they have to die. But the basis seems to be more a neurobiologic function than an objective evaluation of facts.
For another, a rational death wish can't really be reversed, especially not within minutes or hours, as seems to be the norm rather than the exception.
We tend to rationalize irrational drives or motivations. But that doesn't make them rational. Depressives can and will try to prove to others why they have to die. But the basis seems to be more a neurobiologic function than an objective evaluation of facts.