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thewoodenaisle · 3162 days ago · link · · parent · post: How do you convince a completely miserable person that the world isn't such a terrible place?
I would tell him that there's a difference between claiming that his corner of the world sucks, which is an opinion that he is perfectly entitled to and I won't argue against since I am not him, and claiming that the world in general sucks, which he has no way of knowing. This hopefully pushes him to consider whether he actually believes that the world is a terrible place or whether he is merely projecting his torment caused by life circumstances onto other people. Whether he chooses to commit suicide or not, he does it with a hopefully more intellectually honest mind and emotionally honest heart.