Do you think severely depressed and/or suicidal people should be allowed to kill themselves?
As in, allowed to be given the means to end their life. Same as putting down a sick dog, isn’t it? What’s [i]really[/i] the benefit of keeping them alive?
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Starcrossed · 41-45, F
In some principle, yes I believe is suicide one's own right.
I agree, there should be better resources for those ready for an end of life choice which would allow one to perform the act clinically and safely - as in painless, not messy, not in secret, with an assured finality [no chance of survival with horrific long term impairment/ TBI].
I try to understand (the best I can) that assisted suicide wouldn't just be used for elderly or those with terminal or incurable chronic physical illness. I do feel that those seeking it to end mental illness including and maybe even especially depression, that there first complete a therapy regime. It would be a free government funded intense long term inpatient or daily outpatient program with multi different types of therapies and theapist teams [as people in therapy find better and worse depending on who they are working with and sometimes it takes a LONG time to find the right match].
I don't think there should be a suicide approval board per se, but we also should at least be some screening and counseling process.
Also if euthanasia became a more acceptable thing I'd hope there would also be more social programs for the grieving surviving family/friends.
I agree, there should be better resources for those ready for an end of life choice which would allow one to perform the act clinically and safely - as in painless, not messy, not in secret, with an assured finality [no chance of survival with horrific long term impairment/ TBI].
I try to understand (the best I can) that assisted suicide wouldn't just be used for elderly or those with terminal or incurable chronic physical illness. I do feel that those seeking it to end mental illness including and maybe even especially depression, that there first complete a therapy regime. It would be a free government funded intense long term inpatient or daily outpatient program with multi different types of therapies and theapist teams [as people in therapy find better and worse depending on who they are working with and sometimes it takes a LONG time to find the right match].
I don't think there should be a suicide approval board per se, but we also should at least be some screening and counseling process.
Also if euthanasia became a more acceptable thing I'd hope there would also be more social programs for the grieving surviving family/friends.
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@Starcrossed I do wonder who would fund that. Wouldn’t the therapy and stuff be such an absolute roadblock that no one would actually die? I think your idea is just too complicated. The vast majority of suicidal people, such as myself, do not feel suicidal every single moment of life. Therefore, NO therapist is going to think they should be allowed to kill themselves because there is ability for treatment (in their eyes) in the periods of non-suicidality. Your plan wouldn’t work because of that, money issues aside.
Starcrossed · 41-45, F
@ShaythePanTransMan I think far more deeply depressed individuals would opt for more treatment if it were something they could afford.
ShaythePanTransMan · 22-25, T
@Starcrossed I mean, that’s true too, but that’s a different idea.