What I have learned from my suicidal patients

Re:What I have learned from my suicidal patients by ThrowawayP on Saturday November 23, 2019 @05:14PM (#21616977)

> Some people just have a terrible fate and nothing that comes in their life changes it because not everyone gets a good job, significant other, place to call home, and the healthy body.

There's actually a term for this, SLS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shit_Life_Syndrome

Apparently it was coined as a "ha ha, only serious" joke but came into more general usage in the UK: https://authenticmedicine.com/did-i-discover-the-concept-of-...

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Re:What I have learned from my suicidal patients by sysbin on Saturday November 23, 2019 @05:27PM (#21617048)

Fate is a real thing and so I can see how SLS started as a joke. I didn't know of the term SLS (thanks for sharing).

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Re:What I have learned from my suicidal patients by trianglem on Monday November 25, 2019 @02:24AM (#21626114)

Fate is not a “real” thing. What are you talking about exactly when you say fate?

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Re:What I have learned from my suicidal patients by sysbin on Monday November 25, 2019 @10:39PM (#21635480)

Fate is a "real" thing. Predestination is another word for it. Everything is cause & effect and you cannot change the path you're on.

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Re:What I have learned from my suicidal patients by meiraleal on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @10:34AM (#21639125)

"Fate" might be a real thing. But while a bunch of white rich guys are complaining about fate in the US, millions of Africans and Latinos are living happily without 1/100 of their affluence.

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