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It implies that their problems aren't real. If a person's problems can be fixed by a call to the Suicide Prevention Hotline, that person's problems are not real problems - they are mental health problems.
A person is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer and has one month to live. He is considering suicide, in order to avoid the agony that lies in the month ahead of him. Would a reasonable person tell him to call the suicide prevention hotline? No, because this person has serious problems, problems that aren't just in his head, problems that make the remainder of his life not worth living. Suicide makes sense for him.
To tell someone to call the Suicide Hotline is to tell them their problems are not external but internal, an can be fixed with a change in mindset. It is not always the case that a suicidal person's problems are internal. When the problems are external, the best way to prevent a suicide is not "therapy", but for the community to fix those problems that are external to the person. This is more effective and treats the root cause as opposed to trying to get the person to internally compensate for external problems.
A person is terminally ill with pancreatic cancer and has one month to live. He is considering suicide, in order to avoid the agony that lies in the month ahead of him. Would a reasonable person tell him to call the suicide prevention hotline? No, because this person has serious problems, problems that aren't just in his head, problems that make the remainder of his life not worth living. Suicide makes sense for him.
To tell someone to call the Suicide Hotline is to tell them their problems are not external but internal, an can be fixed with a change in mindset. It is not always the case that a suicidal person's problems are internal. When the problems are external, the best way to prevent a suicide is not "therapy", but for the community to fix those problems that are external to the person. This is more effective and treats the root cause as opposed to trying to get the person to internally compensate for external problems.