Posted by Dinah on June 22, 2003, at 12:38:01
In reply to Re: About waiting, posted by Snoozy on June 21, 2003, at 23:20:28
It's funny. I was just reading about this. What I read said that some people feel powerless to change their lives. And that ironically, the knowledge that they can end their lives gives them the ability to continue the struggle to live. It's a coping mechanism.
Sounds about right to me. I see it as my way out if disaster ever strikes. Disaster isn't all that clearly defined, but it would be whatever I don't think I have the strength to live through. Knowing that I have the ability to end my life keeps me from being paralyzed by fear.
At other times I might dream of it as others dream of Tahiti.
The book I was reading suggested that it is a habit that can be broken, but that as in any coping mechanism, it shouldn't be removed unless other coping mechanisms are first put in place.
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