unfocused13

Could it be possible that financially well-off people feel less stigma about suicide because the people they leave behind would not be affected as negatively as if they were poor?

For example, a poor inner-city parent committing suicide would leave behind children in danger of falling into poverty. But a wealthy parent would know their children could be "all right" living off of the insurance and inherited wealth from the parent.

I try and practice meditation in the vein of stoics like Seneca and Marcus Aurelius.

If I find myself distracted by a personal situation, I try and dissect it according to what values I hold dear, and how my current and past actions have done to further or detract from those values. This can involve some journaling or talking to myself, so I tend to save it for showers, late nights working, or long drives.

That being said I'm pretty amateur at this kind of stuff, but even the very basic level at which I practice some form of meditation really helps clear my head in the fast-paced and sometimes petty world of tech.