The central issue in suicide is not death or killing; it is rather, the stopping of the consciousness of unbearable pain which-unfortunately-by its nature entails the stopping of life. -Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
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Quote of the Day 3 Nov 2015
There are many pointless deaths but never a needless suicide. Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
Quote of the Day 2 Nov 2015
Suicide should not be misunderstood as hostility directed toward the introjected love object; but rather suicide is better understood as anguish over the plight of the writhing self. Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
Quote of the Day 30-Oct-2015
There is nothing intrinsically wrong (or aberrant) in thinking about suicide; it is abnormal only when on thinks that suicide is the only solution. –Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
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