"tony sayer" wrote in message
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In article .
com, Martin Bonner scribeth thus
On Jun 8, 11:18 am, "Bob Mannix" wrote:
I believe those

I know you are wrong (in at least one case).

who have thought about others in
life will do so in death and those who have been very self centred and
selfish in life will also be in death.

The mother of a friend of mine committed suicide by jumping in front
of a train (in her seventies). She was one of the least self-centred
people I knew, and in normal circumstances she wouldn't have /dreamed/
of inconveniencing the large number of people that were affected by
the line closure.

Nature of the condition..

She was severely depressed by the death of her
husband the previous year.

And if you know anyone in that state then for Christ sakes don't just
tell them to "cheer up" or "pull yourself together" don't you just think
thats when they desperately -want- to do .. but simply cannot do?.

AFAICR I don't think anyone suggested otherwise...

Depression is a very difficult subject for most anyone to comprehend let
alone deal with, just make sure that they are seeing a doctor or are or
are being treated for it..

Ditto

And just hope you don't suffer from what is the most awful of mental
afflictions;(...

Ditto

And strictly one illness where its highly advised not to do DIY
treatments;!..

Well indeed - suicide is clearly one treatment and clearly DIY but
ill-advised (at least from the outsider's perspective).

The tragedy is that the only "cure" is often a change of circumstances, the
circumstances that have led to the depresssion. This is often impossible (in
the case of bereavement) or impractical and medical treatment essentially
papers over the cracks until there is a change or time does its stuff (or
worse happens). Not ideal but the best current society can offer.

Depressing (in the general sense) thread this is!


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Bob Mannix
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