I think people who want to kill themselves have an illness, yes. It is like addiction too. Some can become addicted, some not at all. It is something gone haywire inside these people.
I know that I am not a depressive type person at all. Even if something bad happens and I feel sad about it I can get over it. But there are people who cannot. They live with their depression every day and sometimes it gets so bad that they truly want to die. But if they accept help then they can be put on drugs that will help them. For those who refuse the help, they will die.
It is like schizophrenia which is a condition caused by damage to the brain, usually physically. On medication these people can survive but if they go off of it they will usually die. In both cases, depression and schizophrenia, the sufferers cannot live by themselves because they cannot take care of themselves. With depression the person can live alone even while living with somebody else if they keep their feelings a secret. But if their urge to die is great, they will keep it secret so they can make it happen without anyone knowing and stopping them.
A lot of people think that these sufferers have control over their own thoughts, but I don't think they do.
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Date: 2009-11-22 01:23 am (UTC)I know that I am not a depressive type person at all. Even if something bad happens and I feel sad about it I can get over it. But there are people who cannot. They live with their depression every day and sometimes it gets so bad that they truly want to die. But if they accept help then they can be put on drugs that will help them. For those who refuse the help, they will die.
It is like schizophrenia which is a condition caused by damage to the brain, usually physically. On medication these people can survive but if they go off of it they will usually die. In both cases, depression and schizophrenia, the sufferers cannot live by themselves because they cannot take care of themselves. With depression the person can live alone even while living with somebody else if they keep their feelings a secret. But if their urge to die is great, they will keep it secret so they can make it happen without anyone knowing and stopping them.
A lot of people think that these sufferers have control over their own thoughts, but I don't think they do.