How not to kill yourself: a portrait of the suicidal mind

Preface

Part I. Suicidal tendencies. The suicidal mind

Is there a death drive?

I can always just kill myself tomorrow

They fuck you up / your mum and dad (part I)

Part II. One foot in the grave. Drinking myself to death

Philosophical suicide

The sickness unto death: observations from ©douard Lev©♭, David Foster Wallace, and Nelly Arcan

The afterlife, or, welcome to the psych ward

Part III. The long road back. Relapse is part of recovery

They fuck you up / your mum and dad (part II)

A good death?

Appendix I. Tools for crisis

Appendix II. In case of emergency: interviews on staying alive