Posted on 05/15/2003 7:59:03 AM PDT by SlickWillard
---It's fairly common for a suicidal person to not show outward signs of severe despair/depression prior to committing suicide. In fact, once the decision to commit suicide has been made, a depressed person may perk up and seem more positive and cheerful.
---A suicidal person goes into a tunnel-visioned mode which keeps them from anticipating the consequences of what they're going to do. All they think about is how killing themselves is the only "solution" to their problem, period.
Another thing to consider is that the suicidal person thinks that he is in some way "special" or weird and feels things more deeply than others do in the same situation and that no one could possibly understand the depths of his anguish or the wisdom of his solution, so he keeps it inside. It is a form of pride, this refusal to humbly confess the weakness within and accept counsel. Therefore, when he (or she) commits the final act, he does not realize that he will be causing such horrible pain to the people left behind, because he does not think they are capable of feeling to his level.
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