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First, I apologize if this is too heavy of a question, so I will delete upon request. However, a thought came to me recently…

Isn’t it normal for people to occasionally have suicidal thoughts and/or thoughts of self harm?

I mean, think of it this way …every human being gets sad now and then, right? So it seems like this would be a normal effect from it. We pathologize things like this, but I’m wondering if it’s just common to the human experience.

I know it sounds like an incredibly stupid question, but that’s why I’m posting it here.

Before you get concerned, no I am not going to harm myself. I have a lot of really good days too and have recently seen a psychiatrist to ask some questions. I’m in a very good mood right now. So all is good here. Just had this one question. Because I realized that I’ve always been kind of that way when I’m in a really bad mood is all!

Thanks!

  • dohpaz42@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    I dunno. I hope not. I suffer suicidal ideation on a daily basis; at least on days that end in ‘y’. The thing is, I don’t really want to die; as in I have things I want to live for, and people I have to live for. But there’s always that glimmer of hope every time I lay down to sleep that I quietly whisper to myself, “maybe this time I won’t wake up”. To my dismay, I always wake up.

    My stupid question to piggyback on yours is this: if I genuinely wished myself unalived, why don’t I just do it? What is it with our brains that revels in this cognitive dissonance?

    Anyway, good question op. We should feel free to talk openly about such “taboo” topics.