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» redback - A life worth living?

I had in mind your article is "out there" in a form of media.

The current thinking is a person's illness kills them just like any physical ailment. Committing murder and "committing" suicide are in the same ball park in some belief...both 'naughty' things to do.

To the person contemplating suicide, they need non-judgemental help and some re-assurance they'll get it. Maybe they'll use the 'commit' term because of its common usage OK...maybe they'll say "I feel like killing myself".

The reporting of suicide and attempted suicide particularly, needs more neutral language.
http://www.mindframe-media.info/suicide/...

One version is 'suicide'. You're talking of the risk of suicide in your article. So there is a risk a person feels so depressed they'll kill themselves or act so recklessly due to depression or drugs or whatever they'll state they couldn't care if they lived or died.

Being "unsuccessful" carries a tone too.

Euthanasia twas interesting to add, eh? It always makes me think of 'Youth in Asia' and I support that. Seriously, it's part of 'suicide'. Like suicide, it can be covered up. Like suicide, the deliberate decision to die may be avoidable for a better outcome? Can be less distressing for all concerned with better strategies of caring.

-- posted by redback