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Max, Kimon: No I havn't read the book but the problem I was having with the book and the person who wrote it is that she brought it up like it was meant for society to accept suicide. I may have mis-understood that part or I might not have, I dunno, but it pissed me off at the time.
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Society does need to accept it. Not accept it, suck it up, and ignore it. Accept that it is a real problem that needs to be addressed.
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And no I generally don't have much respect for people who end their own life because something at some point isn't going the way they want it to go. I'm not talking about depressed people, it's sane people jumping off bridges I don't get. Like some dude who just lost 500 million in the stock market and decides to hug a moving train. Seriously if losing money is a reason to kill yourself then no-one should be standing in your way IMO.
Kimon: I'm sorry you experienced something like that up close, but that situation does in a way prove the point I'm making above. Next to the fact that it could just have been a cry for attention (of course I dunno the details of the incident) I think it's just STUPID to try and kill yourself over a single moment in your life. Sure it sucks to break up with someone but killing yourself over it is a permanent solution to a temporary problem.
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Yes, suicide is a stupid thing to do. It’s a great waste, and it makes no sense. But it’s still happening, and not just to people with recognizable long-term mental health issues. It happens to people who appear to be perfectly sensible, even happy. That’s bad, by the way. It means anyone you know or care about could find themselves in that frame of mind, and they’re not necessarily going to give you ample opportunity to stop them.
Do you really not want suicidal people to not commit suicide?