Suicide is not a right anymore than is the right to belch. If the individual feels forced to do it, he will do it. That capacity for untoward action cannot be taken away. Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
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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
Quote of the Day 5 Nov 2015
If the pain were relieved then the individual would be willing to live. Nobody wants to embrace pain; we just want to get out of the way of the hooves that hurt us.–Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
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