Posted by Declan on December 15, 2006, at 21:37:17
In reply to Re: Thoughts on Suicide - Trigger, posted by Daisym on December 15, 2006, at 18:33:34
Some kinds of pain are more central than others. Pains that can't be externalised are more difficult to bear.
This is what makes psychological pain so difficult. The pain of sciatica, for example, is easier to bear than the pain of opiate withdrawal.
Fear is hard to bear. That which robs us of dignity and self respect is hard. Having to bear these things in the absence of hope is hard.
My main concern is not to make a bad situation worse, having made enough mistakes to be frightened of adding to the list.What Dinah said about the dispersal and planting of pain sounded right to me.
The absence of comfort and the great need for it is part of the human story.I'm not trying to suggest anything at all about the worthwhileness of life.
Is this what they mean when they say 'Be Here Now'? I always feel I am and wish I wasn't, no doubt missing the point.
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