h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Please consider the following changes:
--> A full stop after 'fine them'
--> Change 'there state of mind' to 'their state of mind'
--> Change 'with there life's?' to 'with their lives?'

One other thing - what do you mean by 'in advance'? Surely as soon as an attempted suicide has taken place it is suitable for any punishment or rehabilitation (I believe these to be separate things) to take place?

One other thing - what do you mean by 'in advance'? Surely as soon as an attempted suicide has taken place it is suitable for any punishment or rehabilitation (I believe these to be separate things) to take place?

Thanks for the grammar comment I made all the suggested corrections.

well if your in the state of mind to do something like kill yourself and you actually go though with it in the end isn’t that your punishment?

Sometimes a person may not be in the situation due to any fault of their own...
Is it still fair to blame them for this?

Of course our surroundings can depress us into the state of mind of self-destruction; however, the choices you make while in that state of mind are the individuals’ burden. Unless it is accidental suicide, in which case it’s still the persons fault but not purposely.

However, it must be said that we are all responsible for our own state of mind. How a person reacts to a situation is determined by the intervals own life experiences and thought patterns of how to react. An example would be that a person could continually make fun of an individual in hopes of making them upset. It is the recipient of the joke makings burden of how to respond. If the recipient just shrugs it off and thinks nothing off it then he/she has not giving into the provokers indented action of making the recipient upset

I do realize that my example is a simple one and in much more serious or extreme situations it’s much harder to just shrug things off however, it doe not derail my point which is we are all responsible for our own state of mind.

in the second paragraph Intervals should say individuals sorry I didn’t catch that.

This is true up until the point of so-called 'insanity'...

If an individual can be deemed as having an unstable mind due to the fact that they do not have the ability to ignore the insults of others, can it still be said to be their own fault if they try to harm themselves?

Surely they are not responsible for their own actions - pleading insanity is a valid defence in many countries' courts of law.

The law relating to attempted suicide may be different where I live, on the Isle of Man, from America. But it should be the same in England as here. What is the rational in America for the attitude of the law? Are you wanting to make your entry cover both sides of the Atlantic?

I have a friend who has twice tried to kill herself, and she was not prosecuted, and was not locked away. She was suffering from depression each time, so was admitted to hospital for treatment, but was not locked up, and was able to spend the day at home, returning to the hospital at night.
I have met others with depression, and scars from attempted suicide, who did not get locked away
I have not yet tried to kill myself, but have got as far as deciding to do it. This is as a result of depression and is a long way from how I think or feel when I am well. I have told my various doctors about this but do not get locked up. I am able to carry on working.

With depression some of the chemicals in the brain are missing. How can you be responsible for your thoughts if you are physically incapable of rational thought? And as your thoughts transfer to actions how can you be responsible for what you do?

The organisation Sane says you don't have to be mentally ill to be suffering a mental illness. I'd like to know where they come up with that, as I haven't a clue what it means. However a physiciatrist says I am sane, but that I am suffering from a mental illness.
If I killed myself would I have suddenly become insane?

The most common reason for suicide or attempted suicide is depression, rather than people rationally killing themselves.
I have had talking therapy and medication, with so far no effect. They do not believe that I did or thought anything that triggered the depression. And all that I could do/can do to try and get well I have done/am doing. If I were fully able to affect my state of mind then I'd not be depressed.

Kez