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Acceptable Reasons

by Phil McLoven 4/6/2014

written by Phil McLoven

Who really has a good enough reason to commit suicide? Is one reason more acceptable than another? What if:

*your boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife left you?

*you’re sad, depressed, or have some other mental illness?

*you feel trapped in a hopeless situation?

*you have a terminal illness? (although life itself is a terminal condition. You start dying the moment you’re born).

*you had bad coffee this morning?

Are any of these reasons more valid or “better”Â than any others? If someone you knew was in the exact same position that you’re in, would you suggest that they end their life?

I think that people have a tendency to get hung up on “reasons why”. What seems […]

4/6/2014 29 comments

When you are bored, you know you are doin’ it wrong.

by imwrongright 2/28/2012

written by imwrongright

And boy, BOY am I doing it wrong.

I have no traumatic past, troubling future (at least in anyone else’s view), or any of these other socially acceptable reasons for despair. I grew up with a normal family, normal income, normal everything. I really have nothing to complain about in my past. But, holy shit that’s what sucks. I am fucking bored out of my mind with everything. Everything is so bland, unappealing, status quo, daily grind.

So, obviously it’s not particularly anybody’s fault for my current predicament, except for myself. But that’s the funny thing. I readily accept the fact that I have driven my […]

2/28/2012 2 comments