Excerpt from Self-Destruction: A Study of the Suicidal Impulse In most instances of suicide the circumstances which lead step by step to the violent gesture are never known, and the world's verdict is based on explanations such as those quoted, any of which are often concomitant symptoms or precipitating factors rather than causes. The psychiatrist in his work with disturbed people is closely concerned with the problems of self-destructiveness. When a per son after an attempt to die comes to a psychiatrist, he unfolds a ...
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Excerpt from Self-Destruction: A Study of the Suicidal Impulse In most instances of suicide the circumstances which lead step by step to the violent gesture are never known, and the world's verdict is based on explanations such as those quoted, any of which are often concomitant symptoms or precipitating factors rather than causes. The psychiatrist in his work with disturbed people is closely concerned with the problems of self-destructiveness. When a per son after an attempt to die comes to a psychiatrist, he unfolds a story which has within it many of the basic emotional elements of every suicidal crisis. It can contribute therefore to a clearer understanding of values in human life. It emphasizes the fact that any person's happiness and good fortune are not determined by the superficial appearances of his life but by the struggles that go on deep within his mind, hidden from the world, hidden often from himself. To know this is to be more tolerant, less facile in judgment. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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