Monkeys have opposible thumbs, so they could do it the same way we do...

[jackofallgeeks]

So, right... I'm sitting here, minding my own business, taking a break from reading Plato, and not one, not two, but three people rather close to me casually remark on suicide. Like, their own suicide. The first was less-casual, just a simple "yeah, I've thought about it, but it always seemed to selfish." The second was a bit more confused, as it was in the middle of a long, emotionally-charged rant about loneliness. But the third was rather off-handedly "yeah, I guess everyone thinks about killing themselves."

I've never thought about it. I guess it's natural human folly to imagine oneself is indicative of the majority, but I'd at least assume that rational self-preservation would stand up to all-but the bleakest of emotional despairs. Maybe that's just me; I do tend to eschew emotion over reason whenever and wherever I can. I wouldn't ask for confessions, but I think now I may be shocked by the number of friends I hold dear who would have considered That Way.

If I think about it too long, I think I could get very sad.

Comments

I didnt mean anything by it but....

[whtepckupprncss.livejournal.com]

Im guessing I was that second one?

Re: I didnt mean anything by it but....

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

*waves hand* Don't worry about it. It's not as big a deal as it may sound. Iy's just, you know... I don't know. Suicide is such an awful thing, and such and stuff and the like. -shrugs- I just can't concieve of what would, you know, drive someone to that.

Re: I didnt mean anything by it but....

[metis2be.livejournal.com]

Actually most of the motivation is just teenage angst. Alot of the reasons people want to kill themselves aren't reasons as much as excuses, and some people don't even have excuses.

My friend Eddie once got rather annoyed at a friend of mine answering "I don't plan on making it to thirty" when asked about their future plans. He went off on a tangent about how many people say they won't make it past 18 or 21 or 25 or whatever, and it's extremely rare someone doesn't, yet the amount of people who say that is startling.

Even if someone would never ever attempt anything suicidal, thinking about it or thinking they won't make it to a certain age is really common from what I've seen of people.