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by DanBC 2623 days ago
> successful suicide

Clumsy language like this is a sign that you don't know as much about this subject as you think you do.

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I don't know why this is being downvoted; the correct term is "completed suicide", because "successful suicide" implies that death is a desirable outcome.

https://www.samaritans.org/documents/1/Samaritans_Media_Guid...