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If suicide is the epitome of unhappiness, of the opposite of living, then to determine the cause we must first determine what is the epitome of living. To determine the epitome of living we must use statistical analysis to determine what is the most probable reason most of the people in the world "live", and of those people which ones are the "happiest" and what do most of the living people strive for. If this is done, we gradually break everything down to "freedom". Everyone seeks freedom, and their happiness is directly proportional to their level of freedom. This includes social freedom, monetary freedom, and physical freedom etc. Therefore, if you suffer from thoughts of suicide, you are lacking severely in freedom in one or more aspects of your life. How is freedom taken away? By fear... we are less free the more we fear being free. When repercussions are set in place that punish us for seeking and getting freedom, we naturally feel caged. As this process lasts longer and longer, depression ensues, and thoughts of the "ultimate escape" begin to take form. Generally, these repercussions are set by society, our family, and our friends. Rarely are such repercussions non-social in nature (in North America anyways). So you have to then ask yourself... what is it that you fear and have feared for a such a long time that it's no longer a fear, but a conscious impossibility? And what creates or sets these limits?
"Hating everyone protects me from elitism."
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