first off, your response to that other respondent's question was the first thing I saw online that spoke to how I see my own dilemma. "they" all tell me that suicide is unjustified, selfish, think about all the pain you will cause others, or think about how they won't be impressed over your suicide. I feel like this norm is the only thing stopping me from doing it. When I did consider how others would be hurt, I could only come up with a list of instrumental concerns, that is colleagues and/or collaborators whose work would be affected by my absence, but I can't think of anyone that would be genuinely emotionally affected. not one. I'd like to know more about what this "something" is that keeps one from suicide, because I have nothing else.
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