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RIP Chris Cornell.
I hope it's not insensitive to say but I need a place to ask and learn.
Depression is a real thing, I have no doubt. However I always have this feeling that it's such a selfish act. I recognize I am uneducated and I want to give the benefit of the doubt but I just don't understand how someone can leave behind so much pain for their family by choosing this path. Especially when they have the resources to protect their family from this pain.
I know it's complicated and I hope everyone who is close to Chris are comforted as they deal with the pain and questions.
RIP
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Suicide is not a matter of choice. The profound depression that motivates most suicides is a disease.This disease causes a level of pain so profound that it twists one’s ability to assess risk, to make good choices, to maintain a sense of future possibilities.
When people act out of this depression, they are not exercising free choice. They are falling victim to a disease. This disease is not about logic or self interest. It is about an immediate desire to be dead