David L. Conroy Quotes

#1. Do human beings have an infinite amount of energy with which to resist death? It is kinder and more accurate to say that they fought until they had no more fight left in them.

David L. Conroy

#2. Even if we accept the view that biochemical imbalances may contribute to depression and suicide, it is a mistake to assume that the biochemical aspect of the problem is entirely within the victim. It is also partly within the physiological makeup of the people around the suicide.

David L. Conroy

#3. The depressed and the suicidal are often lonely and inhibited. Discussions of inhibition in this context usually emphasize fear of rejection.

David L. Conroy

#4. To be subjected to pain that threatens to exceed coping resources is not something that people choose.

David L. Conroy

#5. Self-destructive behaviors do not exist because there is a force within us that tries to hasten our return to an inorganic state; they exist because they provide short-term relief from pain that threatens to become intolerable.

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#6. If someone suffers enough pain and abuse, his volitional capacities will diminish to nothing.

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#7. The suicidal lead shame-drenched lives.

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#8. Suicide is not chosen; it happens when pain exceeds resources for coping with pain.

David L. Conroy