So if a friend or someone dear to you is really sick and suffering from some incurable illness (

And they feel awful cause their family is spending lots of money on them, and they're really dependent on others... Even for simple tasks..

And asks you to turn off the machine that's keeping them alive or help them (a form of assisted suicide... Or more accurately euthanasia) would you?

If I see they can't improve and they ask me that I'd help them.

Was playing that game "life is strange" and there you face that decision, pretty great game

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easterniowegin · 51-55, M

Unless this is a decision they make when they are lucid and not under duress, it can be too much of an escape when it shouldn't be.
Too many weak-minded ppl will look for an easy way out of a difficult situation. Where do you draw a line?
Must it be a life-threatening? Could it just be a reduction in quality of life? Could it just be inconvenient?

Think of Lt Dan in Forrest Gump movie. He wanted to end his life several times, but ultimately thanked him, w peace in his mind/heart, for saving his life.

SW-User

@easterniowegin if they're ok and lucid they don't know the pain so doesn't seem like a good reason, I honestly don't think it's about being weak-minded, until you don't live that yourself don't judge people in those tough situations.

And reality isn't always like movies......

easterniowegin · 51-55, M

@SW-User I'm not necessarily saying the situation is "like the movies" but I'm saying that such significant decisions should never be made under duress.
Even the most painful situations aren't usually as bad as they seem in the moment.