The suicidal individual assesses death as the cessation of pain; and therefore the solution to their problem. It is inarguable that the dead don’t feel pain. What is arguable, however, is that nothingness counts as a solution.
The suicidal, and some of the non-suicidal amongst us, tend to romanticize death. Strangely, they do so even while holding atheistic world views. They see nothingness as a state. It’s not a state, It’s not a thing. It’s literally no thing.
How, then, could it be considered relief? It’s not relief, because it’s not. Nothingness isn’t a place anyone can exist in, even for a moment, and say “ahhh!”. A person who chooses to die because of the emotional pain they’re in has not solved their problem; because “they” are not there.
One person lives for 12 years, in sheer emotional agony, then decides to end their life. Another person lives for 95 years, in sheer emotional agony, then dies of a health complication. Who has suffered more?
Before you jump to your conclusion, consider the subjective nature of their experiences. For the people themselves, they have both suffered throughout their entire lives. So the 12 year old has not successfully quelled their suffering anymore than if they waited it out.
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i think for the really depressed/suicidal person, experience itself, the raw constituents of "being" are in and of themselves considered painful so it's not like they're looking for an "ahhh" moment, they're just looking for no moments altogether.
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