How can a person Committ SUICIDE with very LITTLE or NO PAIN or Discomfort?

Neither. Depression is clearly associated with suicide: perhaps more than half are depressed. The lifetime risk of suicide for people with Mood Disorders has been estimated to be anywhere from 15% to 50% to even 90%.

Much of what we know about the characteristics of suicide is based on "psychological autopsies": interviews with close friends, relatives, doctors, etc. conducted shortly after the death. Problems with this approach include things like memory biases, intentional distortions. Other characteristics of people who commit suicide: Age: Suicides are attempted by preteens to the elderly, but rates are highest for people between the ages of 45 - 60.

Race: Suicide rates are greater for whites than nonwhites. Sex: Three times as many men as women succeed at killing themselves. But three times as many women as men attempt suicide.

This is because women tend to act impulsively, are relatively public about their attempts, and tend to use relatively less serious means. Men, in contrast, tend to give prior warning signs of their intentions (indicating that the act was not purely impulsive, but thought out in advance), and they use highly effective methods (eg: a gun, jumping from a high place). Marital Status: People who are single, divorced or widowed are 2-3 times as likely to commit suicide as married people, especially among men.

For married women (esp. Ages 20 to 30), there is some evidence that they are more likely to attempt suicide than single women. Occupational and Educational Status: White collar workers are more likely to commit suicide than blue collar workers.

At particular risk are white males with affluent backgrounds, for example: psychiatrists, psychologists, physicians and lawyers. In addition, college students who excel in academics are more likely to commit suicide, perhaps because they tend to be the most self-critical. Psychiatric History: Individuals who have mental health problems and individuals who have been hospitalized because of such problems are at greater risk for suicide.

Especially at risk are those with Major Depression, Bipolar Disorder, or chronic alcoholism. Culture: Suicide rates vary from one culture to another.

It saddens me and frustrates me that anybody who feels so bad that they think about suicide don't realize that if it is really that bad and life can not be handled, then it can't get any worse! Thousands of people die every year through accident or disease that truly love and wish to live. It is not fair.

The title of coward or hero should not be determined by how somebody dies, but how they lived. Often in the case of a celebrity who dies young we look back at their life's work and feel the shame that they never got the chance to explode in all of the full glory. Tis a tragic loss, but we should celebrate what they have done in life.

Peace :).

I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.