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To be subjected to pain that threatens to exceed coping resources is not something that people choose.

~ David L. Conroy

David L. Conroy Coping Depression Involuntarism Pain Resources Suicide

Suicide is not chosen, it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.

~ David L. Conroy

David L. Conroy Coping Depression Involuntarism Pain Resources Suicide

Do human beings have an infinite amount of energy with which to resist death? It is kinder and more accurate to say that they fought until they had no more fight left in them.

~ David L. Conroy

David L. Conroy Depression Involuntarism Suicide

Both the suicidal and non-suicidal are often angry with others. One way to discharge this anger is to fantasize about violent revenge. The insults of daily life often cause fantasies of revenge to flare up and quickly subside. The people with these fantasies usually do not act on them; they are not motives or goals. They are involuntary responses to perceived insult—ways of coping with rage. The suicidal, whether or not they attempt, suffer tremendous and persistent pain and anger. That this pain should find its way into their fantasies and dreams is no surprise. This ideation is not a motive for action; it is an alternative to action. Fantasizing about suicide is an effort to delay or avoid suicide, not the activity of formulating a motive, goal, or intention. Fantasies doubtlessly succeed in preventing many attempts.

~ David L. Conroy

David L. Conroy Anger Depression Fantasize Ideation Involuntarism Rage Suicidal Ideation Suicide
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