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by Abishek_Muthian 1547 days ago
Congratulations on the launch!

I have two perspectives on suicide.

First, 'Informed Suicide' where a person rationally determines that there's no point in continuing their life after exhausting all other options. Deliberate hurdles to prevent that person from ending their life through social stigma, criminal action(laws against suicide), unavailability of euthanasia just feels like taking away their right, treating them as a commodity and leading them to painful death or disability through botched suicides.

Second, 'Hasty Suicide' where a person haven't exhausted all options, they like living but they don't like their current life. I think the intervention methods are very useful for preventing such suicides. I hope Koko library comes handy to make this process more efficient to saves more lives 'which want to be saved'.

I see the social and practical reasons for why suicides aren't categorized, I just wish it was.

1 comments

Totally agree. For some people, forcing them to continue life is like making them suffer for longer. If people can give birth without someone's consent, there should also be a way out if they don't like it, and with dignity instead of going out with huge pain and mess.

Affordable housing and education, livable wage, universal healthcare etc. are suicide prevention. This is what people should be focusing on more.