Here's One Way Of Understanding Why Some People Kill Themselves

Many people grieved after hearing about the apparent suicide of Robin Williams. Fox News anchor Shepard Smith was less understanding. "It's hard to imagine, isn't it?" he asked the camera, wondering how Williams could love his children "and yet, something inside you is so horrible or you're such a coward or whatever the reason that you decide that you have to end it." Smith's labeling of suicide as a decision reveals a misunderstanding -- or nonunderstanding -- of the what-it feels-like experien...