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Originally Posted by Lictor
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You are focusing on the wrong subjective thought process of the individual. Of course loved ones want to be with their parent/sibling/child as long as possible.
Number one is the selfish mentality. I don't want to deal with pain, I don't want to fight for only 10% chance to live, I don't want to go through surgery, I don't want to risk the unknown, I don't want to risk my memories, I don't want to go through chemo, me me me me me, etc...
Whether loved ones feel the above decision is right or wrong by the person commiting suicide is not relevant. The decision to go through with suicide is still selfish.
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There is a complex relationship between our personal narrative and our biochemistry. It is true that you can affect your mood and biochemistry through an improvement in personal narrative and thought processes. However, there evidence to suggest that the inverse is also true; personal narrative and thought processes change almost reflexively as a response to "efficiency of neurotransmitter function," for lack of a better phrase. We see this in medications which are sometimes effective. Another thing among many to consider is that the atrophy of the hippocampus can occur during early stages of brain development (you can't fault a child for having a shitty childhood), and we are not certain that neurogenesis due to CBT and other narrative-improvement therapies can fully restore healthy brain matter in all cases. And this is only part of the issue.
If you have a healthy mind though, it is selfish of you not to do a little legwork before you piss out your stupid, shitty opinion.