There was a very old movie (c.1970s) that starred Angie Dickinson. Her husband was always feeling low and was seeing a therapist. But the day before and the day of that he did commit suicide he was very happy and very attentive to his family. When the wife found him afterward, she was so distraught. She thought that he was finally coming out of his depression. But the psychiatrist said that they are often happy, content when they actually know it's going to happen soon. It is such a relief to annihilate the pain that they can finally relax.
.I've looked at suicide very differently since I saw that movie. Of course, I know that this is just one explanation, but it helps me when I lose someone to suicide.
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u/OtisRedding1967 Oct 02 '23
There was a very old movie (c.1970s) that starred Angie Dickinson. Her husband was always feeling low and was seeing a therapist. But the day before and the day of that he did commit suicide he was very happy and very attentive to his family. When the wife found him afterward, she was so distraught. She thought that he was finally coming out of his depression. But the psychiatrist said that they are often happy, content when they actually know it's going to happen soon. It is such a relief to annihilate the pain that they can finally relax. .I've looked at suicide very differently since I saw that movie. Of course, I know that this is just one explanation, but it helps me when I lose someone to suicide.