Death Positivity and Suicide
Posted: Sat Aug 31, 2019 9:09 pm
WARNING (to readers):
Obviously from the title, I want to talk about the stigma, and connotation of suicide— not committing suicide itself.
So this forum post might be uncomfortable for some users to read.
This is also a further discussion rooting from this article posted on Scarleteen itself:
https://www.scarleteen.com/article/bodi ... nversation
Can someone give their analysis (or opinionated statement) of why suicide is considered taboo in most westernized countries.
Or also why suicide— or thoughts of death— is seen as an urgency and something needed to be “healed” instead of taken into action.
This old Vox article has an interesting 3rd person view on her friend committing an assisted suicide:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.co ... california
So overall, what I’m trying to say is... should we slowly evolve our views on suicide to a more “death positive” note?
(I’m not trying to romanticize suicide here.)
Obviously from the title, I want to talk about the stigma, and connotation of suicide— not committing suicide itself.
So this forum post might be uncomfortable for some users to read.
This is also a further discussion rooting from this article posted on Scarleteen itself:
https://www.scarleteen.com/article/bodi ... nversation
Can someone give their analysis (or opinionated statement) of why suicide is considered taboo in most westernized countries.
Or also why suicide— or thoughts of death— is seen as an urgency and something needed to be “healed” instead of taken into action.
This old Vox article has an interesting 3rd person view on her friend committing an assisted suicide:
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.co ... california
So overall, what I’m trying to say is... should we slowly evolve our views on suicide to a more “death positive” note?
(I’m not trying to romanticize suicide here.)