jooyous comments on Is suicide high-status? - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Jack 13 February 2013 04:33:44AM *  2 points [-]

If suicidal ideation is a sign of clinical depression, does that mean that we can take the contrapositive and say that healthy people think about suicide very infrequently?

Sure, probabilisticly: healthy people probably think about suicide much less, on average. There are exceptions, obviously.

but is there room to talk about suicide without that "maybe get help plz" disclaimer?

Talking about suicide is not at all the same as suicidal ideation. Also, I'm not at all averse to this discussion. A disclaimer doesn't prohibit a conversation.

Comment author: jooyous 13 February 2013 04:49:23AM *  1 point [-]

I guess that makes sense. I've either always interpreted those as conversation stoppers or they've actually been conversations stoppers in other situations I've observed them.

It's still weird to me to think that it's somehow "normal" to come away from conversations like this and not think about them later.