It is as Satan mentioned in this thread already, but I want to add some other components to it. Humans indeed feel morally superior (particularly "learned" individuals, such as doctors and psychologists). This superiority stems from the extremely deeply rooted belief of the Hippocratic oath. The Hippocratic oath states that "primum non nocere", or translated to the commitment to do no harm. Not only future "doctors" (students) are indoctrinated by this belief. But this belief stretches to psychology and psychiatry too. In America you have the "ethical principes of psychologists and code of conduct" which also states "first do no harm to others". Every person who goes through the route of wanting to acclaim a position of health related subject, will be met with this oath in some form. This is the popular moral opinion of health and "caring" for others.
Now we move on to the meaning of harm. Harm as defined by the dictionary means the following: "to
hurt someone or
damage something". This to me is extremely ironic, since most of the medical establishment is profit driven with very little care for damage done. Most people don't seem to understand that the healthcare world and the medical establishment is a business. Not some charity who does everything out of the goodness of their hearts and souls. The medical establishment and modern healthcare doesn't have a heart and a soul. You are a number, you are their customer.
Most people are too ignorant about it. Even the doctors and psychologists who studied for years (translated: they have been indoctrinated by the same beliefs, making them absolute slaves to this system) are, frequently consciously, ignorant to it. Dentists get paid to sell you expensive products you don't need because they get a cut. Doctors get paid to perform operations or perform certain actions, they want you to take as much medicine, undergo as much treatment, stay a permanent customer forever. Psychologists and psychiatrists want you to talk to them for as long as possible, you are their customer. Psychiatrists are financially incentivized to provide certain medications. The list goes on and on, as you might already understand.
Most people think they are morally superior and trust the medical establishment completely and blindly. Most people will apply their perspective on your experiences. Death is scary, some people might argue the scariest thing. Suicide? Someone willing to meet death? Most people cannot understand this. What a person can't understand, he fears. This fear shows itself in wanting to control the individual (or generally; "thing") which causes this fear. Most of this all works unconsciously, but once you realize this process happens in most people in situations of fear, you will nearly always understand their motives.
Another thing is that the system wants you to remain alive. You are tax paying cattle. If too many people "drop out" of the system, it falls apart. No more cattle? Your farm falls apart. Can't control your cattle? Your farm falls apart. You are the cattle in this modern system. A cow produces less when he is constantly stressed and worn out. Farmers adhere to a fine line between extreme exploitation and comfort of the animal. Our society is structured in the exact same way. Everyone inside of this system is cattle to the farmers above them. Researching this rabbit hole, looking at who the biggest farmers are, is banned, extremely censored, illegal and highly dangerous. I wonder why…
Anyway, I can rant about this for hundreds of pages.
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TLDR: Why do non-suicidal people feel so good about imprisoning suicidal people?
- "Professionals" are indoctrinated by our societal beliefs and incentivized to keep us alive.
- For most humans, including "professionals", death is terrifying. Suicide is even more frightening. This fear in humans results in the act of trying to control and dominate what they can't understand.
- Your opinions are invalidated because you are valuable to the people who disagree (this value having either positive or negative intent). They do not give anything about what is valuable to you.