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David L. Conroy
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“Suicidal pain includes the feeling that one has lost all capacity to effect emotional change. The agony is excruciating and looks as if it will never end. There is the feeling of having been beaten down for a very long time. There are feelings of agitation, emptiness, and incoherence. 'Snap out of it and get on with your life,' sounds like a demand to high jump ten feet.”
― Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain
― Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain
“When we criticize the suicidal for being selfish, we are actually criticizing them for not enduring their pain with grace and good manners. These are nice qualities; we may be correct to reproach average citizens for not having them. But to expect everyone in pain to have them is unrealistic. Bearing pain quietly is what moralists call a supererogatory act--an act that is above the call of duty. Expecting everyone to who is suicidal to behave in a way that is morally above average is simply abusive.”
― Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain
― Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain
“Snap out it' is abusive. It kicks people when they are down. It makes people in pain feel more hopeless, more powerless, more frustrated, more estranged from humanity. It says, 'I don't want to be bothered with your pain any longer.' For people not in great pain, "Snap out of it" may be helpful advice if they have trouble getting going in the morning. For the despairing, however, it has no positive and many negative consequences. None of the conditions associated with suicide can be snapped out of.”
― Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain
― Out of the Nightmare: Recovery from Depression and Suicidal Pain
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