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
Tag: schizoaffective disorder
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 25-Oct-2015
There are two basic, albeit contradictory, truths about suicide: A) Suicide should never be committed when one is depressed (or disturbed or constricted); and B) almost every suicide committed for reasons that make sense to the person who does it.–Edwin Shneidman, Suicide as Psychache
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