The remediation (or therapy) of the suicidal state lies in addressing and mollifying the vital frustrated needs. The therapist does well to have this template of psychological needs in mind so that the therapy can be tailor-made for that patient. Often, just a little bit of mollification of the patient’s frustrated needs can change the vital balance sufficiently to save a life. Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
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Quote of the Day 18 Nov 2015
There are modal psychological needs with which the person lives and which define the personality and there are vital psychological needs whose frustration cannot be tolerated, which define suicide. Within an individual these two kinds of needs are psychologically consistent with each other, although not necessarily the same as each other. Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
Quote of the Day 7 Nov 2015
Suicide is not only a reaction to unmet needs, but also the need for important psychological freedoms, such as freedom from pain, freedom from guilt, freedom from shame, freedom from rejection, and aloneness. When these freedoms are traumatically violated, an individual who realistically lacks “a court of appeal” may take matters into his own hands and remove his consciousness from the painful scene. Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
Quote of the Day 6 Nov 2015
As a psychological disorder suicide relates specifically to unmet or frustrated needs, such as the need for acceptance, safety, and succorance. There are many pointless deaths, but never a needless suicide. Every suicide act is addressed to certain unfulfilled needs. Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
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