Citation

Lester D. Suicidol. Online 2020; 11(1): 13-15.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2020, The author(s), Publisher Medical University of Vienna, Department of Psychoanalysis and Psychotherapy)

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Abstract

This note proposes that a subself theory of the mind can help us understand the seemingly puzzling suicides of apparently happy and successful celebrities such as the recent suicides of Kate Spade (fashion designer) and Anthony Bourdain (CNN reporter). The public sees the façade self that these celebrities present to the world, and to their "friends," but we rarely, if ever, see the other subselves that constitute their mind.

Keywords: façade self, celebrity suicides, subselves

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Available: http://www.suicidology-online.com/pdf/SOL-2020-11-1-2.pdf

Language: en