So I was talking with a friend and they kept telling me that you make the choice to commit suicide.
That no matter how bad life gets, there is never anything but a choice in the matter.
They have worked their way into a position of privilege.
They are not really willing to acknowledge their luck in that situation and they think that others are capable of similarly pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.
I am still incredulous as I firmly believe that there are times where mental illness or poverty can make life so unbearably painful that you cannot be asked to continue.
If for instance you hate your job but have no way out due to poverty limiting you, and you feel this state of being trapped does not allow life to be enjoyed, isn't it victim blaming to then just say, "well, he had a choice", when in reality they killed themselves as they felt like they had no choice.
Similarly with mental illness, people become addicts or are just unable to attend school or really function due to it, after a lifetime of cruelty that typically someone with mental illness incurs due to being perceived as different, if the issues are intractable, doesn't someone have a right to end their life without it being dismissed as a choice.?
The famous lyricist richey Edward's, before he died due to presumably suicide, wore a shirt that had the slogan, "there is no choice".
Is it fair for people to discount the perceptions of the victim due to their mental health which is obviously in question leading to suicide?
I think that life can present as a pressure, or a pain, to such a degree where there is no choice. The hopelessness and pain one can experience, due not to a temporary problem but a lifetime of problems, can ruin a person to where they are unable to function. I think positing suicide as a choice is then victim blaming.
Also, who can judge as each person, despite this "you are not alone" shit, has their own unique life experiences. They are not just one rape victim is all rape victims or all sufferers of depression are the same.
That no matter how bad life gets, there is never anything but a choice in the matter.
They have worked their way into a position of privilege.
They are not really willing to acknowledge their luck in that situation and they think that others are capable of similarly pulling themselves up by their bootstraps.
I am still incredulous as I firmly believe that there are times where mental illness or poverty can make life so unbearably painful that you cannot be asked to continue.
If for instance you hate your job but have no way out due to poverty limiting you, and you feel this state of being trapped does not allow life to be enjoyed, isn't it victim blaming to then just say, "well, he had a choice", when in reality they killed themselves as they felt like they had no choice.
Similarly with mental illness, people become addicts or are just unable to attend school or really function due to it, after a lifetime of cruelty that typically someone with mental illness incurs due to being perceived as different, if the issues are intractable, doesn't someone have a right to end their life without it being dismissed as a choice.?
The famous lyricist richey Edward's, before he died due to presumably suicide, wore a shirt that had the slogan, "there is no choice".
Is it fair for people to discount the perceptions of the victim due to their mental health which is obviously in question leading to suicide?
I think that life can present as a pressure, or a pain, to such a degree where there is no choice. The hopelessness and pain one can experience, due not to a temporary problem but a lifetime of problems, can ruin a person to where they are unable to function. I think positing suicide as a choice is then victim blaming.
Also, who can judge as each person, despite this "you are not alone" shit, has their own unique life experiences. They are not just one rape victim is all rape victims or all sufferers of depression are the same.
