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essephlast Friday at 8:44 PM1 replyview on HN

Ah, then I'll fix my statement!

> If so the term "last hope" is not in my opinion accurate.

What an absolutely asshole statement, which also shows an absolutely profound misunderstanding of suicide prevention and care.

Edit: Core belief of suicide ideation is that hope is gone. This is often (but not always) a perception. There may always be more things to try - but that's irrelevant to the person that is dead because they could not see another way.


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cubefoxyesterday at 12:11 AM

Conventional anxiety medication is a lot easier to obtain than psilocybin.