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“Suicide is not chosen;

it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.”

I know not many of you agree with the statement above but I guess it's a refreshing perspective and somehow offers a way out of suicide. It breaks it down into components. Components that you can tackle by (1) increasing resources to cope with pain and/or (2) decreasing the pain. How effective do you think it would be to tell a suicidal person that suicide is a choice? I bet he's heard it a million times and would once more make a difference?

People turn to suicide to seek relief from pain. Relief is a feeling. Just what are you going to feel when you're 6 feet under?