Discussion How much of suicide prevention is motivated by blame cultre?

[Forever Sleep]

What do you think? How much of suicide prevention is TRULY altruistic- in terms of trying to help the suffering individual? I'm not so cynical to believe that no one actually cares. I think there are some people who genuinely want to help and maybe naively think that pretty much everyone CAN be helped.

Still, I wonder- in terms of a national/worldwide phenomenon- just how much of the suicide prevention effort is motivated by a fear of blame... 'Why wasn't my loved one given more support? Why weren't they stopped before killing themselves?' Just how much of it is an expectation by the masses of 'normies' that our governments should protect it's people's- even from themselves?

I personally feel that- even if a family porports to love their suicidal relative, many will go to extreme lengths to try and hang on to them. Seeing as most of us are likely ill equipt to do this and seeing as we rely on our communities/infrastructure SO much now- I think there is an expectation from the 'normies' that our mental health- or, illness (which I expect most will attribute ideation to) ALSO needs to be monitored and taken care of by our healthcare systems.

I think there are also obvious economic factors- governments need to keep their labour force intact. They need consumers.

So- I wonder how much of suicide prevention is cold and calculated from the powers that be and how much of it is motivated by the fear I expect many families do experience when they have a loved one with ideation- and the consequential wish to 'blame' someone if the person succeeds in CTB. What do you think?

 

[SilentSadness]

I definitely agree it's partly motivated by looking for someone to blame, the main reason though is that they themselves believe life is a gift and they are too single-minded to consider that other people can have different opinions. People also like to follow others and, as ctb prevention is historically dominant, the practice continues. I personally am more interested in how I can ctb than in what delusions motivate others' actions, but anyway I hope you find peace.

 

[FuneralCry]

I think the main reason for suicide prevention and the attitudes against suicide in society are because the society needs it's slaves which is why people tell lies about suicide being "irrational", but of course the fact that people selfishly want to force the people they know to stay here could explain why individuals are against suicide. People who believe in suicide prevention cannot ever really be caring, as even know death upsets people, it certainly is cruel to want to try and force someone to stay here against their wishes.