“ If someone suffers enough pain and abuse, his volitional capacities will diminish to nothing. ”
The depressed and the suicidal are often lonely and inhibited. Discussions of inhibition in this context usually emphasize fear of rejection.
~ David L. Conroy
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.
To be subjected to pain that threatens to exceed coping resources is not something that people choose.
Suicide is not chosen, it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.
