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Santiago
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- Mar 25, 2018
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Viktor Staudt was a Dutch guy who suffered from severe mental health issues. In 1999 he tried to commit suicide by jumping in front of a train, but he survived and lost his legs.
Apparently this moment was a turnaround for Viktor. He went on to write books, do TV shows and TED talks about that day and how it was a mistake. As Viktor said many times: 'suicide is an attempt to end your problems, but you are ending your life'. Many people would listen to that and get motivated to keep on going because you know what..he might be right? Most of us don't want to end our lifes..we would like to live a better one. Is that realistic though? (I'll get back to that later)
Not only would Viktor try to help other people..he proclaimed that things got better for him. He was finally able to distinguish his life from his problems he said.
In his book 'how I conquered my anxiety & depression' he would call his earlier attempt a mistake. One that he made because he wasn't being rational.
On the 12th of September 2019 Viktor committed suicide.
Let that one sink in. A man who dedicated a huge portion of his life to try and convince other people that suicide is merely a temporary solution killed himself 20 years later because he finally realized it was permanent.
I guess the moral of the story and the reason I am sharing this here is that this is a perfect example of what we all already know deep down inside. You see despite all his nice quotes and motivational speeches Viktor made one mistake. He distinguished 'life' and 'problems'.
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I guess this can come accross as a very pro-suicide post. It's not. I don't want to push anyone deeper than they already are. For those though that are out there (and I know for a fact there are many) who are in full survival mode in the hope things will start changing. They won't. You and me will end up like Viktor.
(I don't necessarily have a question or a topic to discuss. It's just something that really kicked in over the last few weeks. We really are stuck into a never ending cycle)
Apparently this moment was a turnaround for Viktor. He went on to write books, do TV shows and TED talks about that day and how it was a mistake. As Viktor said many times: 'suicide is an attempt to end your problems, but you are ending your life'. Many people would listen to that and get motivated to keep on going because you know what..he might be right? Most of us don't want to end our lifes..we would like to live a better one. Is that realistic though? (I'll get back to that later)
Not only would Viktor try to help other people..he proclaimed that things got better for him. He was finally able to distinguish his life from his problems he said.
In his book 'how I conquered my anxiety & depression' he would call his earlier attempt a mistake. One that he made because he wasn't being rational.
On the 12th of September 2019 Viktor committed suicide.
Let that one sink in. A man who dedicated a huge portion of his life to try and convince other people that suicide is merely a temporary solution killed himself 20 years later because he finally realized it was permanent.
I guess the moral of the story and the reason I am sharing this here is that this is a perfect example of what we all already know deep down inside. You see despite all his nice quotes and motivational speeches Viktor made one mistake. He distinguished 'life' and 'problems'.
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I guess this can come accross as a very pro-suicide post. It's not. I don't want to push anyone deeper than they already are. For those though that are out there (and I know for a fact there are many) who are in full survival mode in the hope things will start changing. They won't. You and me will end up like Viktor.
(I don't necessarily have a question or a topic to discuss. It's just something that really kicked in over the last few weeks. We really are stuck into a never ending cycle)
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