Description For much of his thirties, Jesse Bering thought he was probably going to Kill himself.
He is the director of the Centre for Science Communication at the University of Otago in New Zealand..
About the author Jesse Bering is the author of Perv: The Sexual Deviant in All of Us, Why Is the Penis Shaped Like That?, and The Belief Instinct.
It will help you understand yourself and your loved ones, and it will change the way you think about this most vexing of human problems.
Authoritative, accessible, personal, profound--there\'s never been a book on suicide like this.
Having been through this himself, he knows that sometimes the most effective response to our darkest moments is a gentle humor, one that, while not denying the seriousness of suffering, at the same time acknowledges our complicated, flawed, and yet precious existence.
But while the subject is certainly a heavy one, Bering\'s touch is light.
Scientific studies, personal stories, and remarkable cross-species comparisons come together to help readers critically analyze their own doomsday thoughts while gaining broad insight into a problem that, tragically, will most likely touch all of us at some point in our lives.
Where had they come from? Would they return? Is the suicidal impulse found in other animals? Or is our vulnerability to suicide a uniquely human evolutionary development? In Suicidal, Bering answers all these questions and more, taking us through the science and psychology of suicide, revealing its cognitive secrets and the subtle tricks our minds play on us when we\'re easy emotional prey.
And in addition to relief, the fading of his suicidal thoughts brought curiosity.
Bering survived.
At times it felt all but inescapable.
The impulse to take his own life remained.
But none of that mattered.
He was a successful psychologist and writer, with books to his name and bylines in major magazines.
Description For much of his thirties, Jesse Bering thought he was probably going to Kill himself
