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“ Despair, grief, and depression are not things that people can simply stop, any more than someone can will an end to a toothache or the pain of withdrawal. Acutely suicidal people have lost all sense of having power over their pain. To tell them to magically acquire will power is like asking a crippled person to race against a champion. It does not help them do the thing in question; it just makes them feel worse. ”

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The depressed and the suicidal are often lonely and inhibited. Discussions of inhibition in this context usually emphasize fear of rejection.

~ David L. Conroy

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Self-destructive behaviors do not exist because there is a force within us that tries to hasten our return to an inorganic state, they exist because they provide short-term relief from pain that threatens to become intolerable.

~ David L. Conroy

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If someone suffers enough pain and abuse, his volitional capacities will diminish to nothing.

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

~ David L. Conroy

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