The Selfish Act - A Response to Jeremy Clarkson

According to Sir Jeremy Clarkson, it is so selfish to commit suicide on a railway line, that victims deserve to have their bodies eaten by animals. Admittedly, Clarkson likes saying things for shock value, but the fact remains that an astonishing number of people genuinely believe that this method of suicide, or indeed suicide on general, is selfish.

To hold such intolerant beliefs requires a total misunderstanding of the experience of mental illness.

"In most Western countries, close to 90...