12-02-2015, 04:03 PM
James Ruby Wrote:R.K. Locke Wrote:Suicide by self-stabbing is certainly rare but I can think of one semi-famous example in the form of the musician Elliott Smith.
And don't forget England's very own 'Smiley Culture' who stabbed himself to death with a kitchen knife in the presence of several police officers. As you do of course...
As you do of course. If you believe what the Met says anyway. I rarely believe anything they say these days.
I'm inclined to put these suicides in the "assisted" category like those prison inmates who hang themselves in their cells - some even with arms restricted with torn bedding to avoid abrasions and meddling/having a change of heart -- plus prisoners officers hanging bodily to their feet to ensure the suicide reaches a quick and agreeable conclusion.
But then I a cynic at heart. Really I am.
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14