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In reply to the discussion: This is a thread about suicide and ambivalence toward it... [View all]Bradical79
(4,490 posts)I suppose "relief" is as good a word as any for the self justification of suicide, but it doesn't quite feel right. Though I never got as far as the attempt, I do remember eyeing the kitchen knives from time to time thinking it wouldn't be so bad.
I think a big part of the issue is our current health care system. While I know you can't save everybody, and not everyone's depression has the same cause, our profit driven health care system is a real hurdle for a lot of people. Even if you are lucky enough to get free care through charity (or school in my case), or wealthy enough to afford it, you still have the drug companies and other money making interests muddying the field. If a more focused and less profit driven approach could be taken towards mental health (and this really applies to many other physical illnesses too), maybe more suicides and destructive behaviors could be prevented.