Suicide And The Agony Of Seper

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alternative in the midst of life's reversals. It is not an impulse that people
commonly publicize regarding themselves, hence one naturally imagines that few others experience it.

Sympathetic friends typically regard a suicidal person as being an unfortunate victim--of blind chance,
of other people's thoughtlessness, of an unfair social system--or some combination thereof. While this
impression of a suicidal person as a victim is probably frequently held, there is another view--that an
attempter's "victim psychology" may be the logical outcome of his own subtle but deadly ego trip.

What does it mean to say that suicide can be the result of an "ego trip"? We could define an ego trip
as the separative frame of mind already mentioned, usually accompanied by an inaccurate image of
one's own worth. Careful observation might reveal that feelings of superiority and feelings of
...

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to make money, perhaps more
money that other people make, so that we can indulge our egos a bit by having fancier cars, wearing
more stylish clothes, living in larger homes, or sending our children to more prestigious colleges. Even
if we don't have such tendencies toward conspicuous consumption, we may put ourselves first more
subtly by taking the largest piece of cake on the plate at a party ("I really do deserve it"), by feeling
that our religion is superior to that of others (and generously trying to convince them of it), or by
burdening our friends with long stories about our successful encounters (and blithely ...

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