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NJCher

(40,733 posts)
70. I read a book about suicides
Sat Jul 19, 2025, 12:49 PM
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This person who wrote it was a psychologist. Long story short, his brother committed suicide and the brother, the author of the book, did an exploration into what happens to people who commit suicide. There are some, like trump, who are so effed up that they cannot be brought up to standards, meaning the standards we have for human decency. This is post mortem, i.e., after the person has crossed over.

If I can find the spot in the book that describes it, I might copy and paste it here. That will take me a while, but it is quite interesting.

Suicide comes from self-hatred and from believing that one is not worthy of the rewards in life that the rest of us regularly reap. That's one explanation, anyway.

And yes, there are some that are in such bad condition they do something with them, but I can't recall what that was. Sort of like scrapped, but not entirely.

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I read a book about suicides NJCher Saturday #70
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Jake Tapper is writing the book now! maspaha Saturday #146
Positively Brezhnevian. eppur_se_muova Saturday #147
This message was self-deleted by its author writerJT Saturday #148
He played last weekend and claimed to have won championship at Bedminster wishstar Saturday #159
Ah, thank you. writerJT Saturday #162
he is demented as well, barbtries Saturday #149
I've Heard It Said That Some People WiVoter Saturday #151
He has always Traildogbob Saturday #152
Is Shady Vance COL Mustard Saturday #155
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Not ill enough..... Evolve Dammit Saturday #161
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