Couple of thoughts.Hope it's not out of place or distasteful to ask the below but I've been involved in many discussion of this type (not necessarily here) and I've seen countless posts by people that have made serious and planned attempts and almost without exception the end story is the same i.e. they're glad and happy that they failed and are still around to be telling the tale. And what I'd like to know is if this is just some type of psychological phenomenon or have their lives truly done a 180 for the better or is it because, their perspective on life has changed which makes things SEEM better when actually the underlying reasons and circumstances have not changed one iota or what? Or is that people around just started giving a shit or actually listening (in which case my default reaction is well fuck them i.e. nobody goes from "normal" to actively suicidal without there being signs that something is going off of the rails but nobody gave enough of a fuck, or were too busy or too caught up in their own shit, to ask and I mean REALLY ask and REALLY listen i.e. not some half arsed casual conversation while their minds were miles away and on other things and having to watch the time).
1) Nietzsche and others alluded to the lack of danger being suffocating to the human condition. Thrills of relinquishing all control, near death can translate into a near life experience. Flash of light, one blinding moment is all it might take. Fight Club ofc emphasised it well & repeatedly. The exquisite scene with the deli employee.
2) same as point 1 really. We are born with certain intense vital biological energies. Like the neanderthal or any creature. Life force. Survival. Whatever 'that' is i bet it flashes right near the wire of mortality for all creatures. (and time dilation ofc)
3) Naturally humans do suicide the most (according to current statistics). So i'm wondering if modern humans, being so very distant from that vitality get a double or triple dose in near-suicide.
Affirmation on at leat 3 levels. animal - ego - universal/soul
- oh gaspp i'm alive i'm organically aliiive
- gasp i'm me i'm me, this swirling void seems expertly distilled into a refreshed cocktail that i'm back holding that i again KNOW TO BE ME, fiercely ME.
- universal. Unknown spiritual thirsts might be quenched. For the religious it may be Mary, and the solace with the goddess. Perhaps ones with spirit helpers, are in effect & administer something. Messages of geometric are likely.
For others, it might just be a glimpse of the ecstacy of a dark quivering horizon, no religion necessary.