In the spectrum of possible mental states, passing below a certain midpoint begins to turn one into an anti-survival force instead of a survival force, a saboteur instead of a maker of better lives, and a destroyer of communications instead of a communicator. This happens when a person becomes too weighed down by suppression or guilt to fight back anymore, at which point it becomes clear to him or her that the best path toward the future is by succumbing and taking others with him. The details, of course, vary from person to person, but the general answer to why some people have a death wish is the same. Their burdens (caused by themselves or by others or by happenstance) have gradually overhwlemed them to the point where they turn turtle and head south, like a boat that has swamped, rolled, and headed for Davy Jones.


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