Have you ever had actual suicidal thoughts?You are constantly fighting yourself under immense stress and panic. It’s not like planning for a vacation, reading reviews and choosing the best destinations.
I would not pretend to know what’s going on in the minds of depressed suicidal people but I do really support assisted suicide. It’s safe and painless. If people have access to those services would they still choose jumping off buildings?
Because sometimes suicide can also be about making a statement.
“[X] had me suffering so bad I had no choice but to kill myself. I want people to understand how bad and unbearable it was to take me to this point. I want it to be in the news. I don’t want it to be swept under the rug.”
Also consider the last thing something someone who’se in a position so bad they want to die, and often who feels completely abandoned by society and “the system”, is to start a grueling bureaucratic procedure. To have to face their friends and family and explain they want to die… etc.
Sometimes it’s the easier way to end the suffering quicker.
I agree, the issue is always the process of offering that to someone. I think we need to make sure people have access to all the mental health support they need before we can convince people that assisted suicide needs to exist.
As a disabled person it’s quite horrifying to live under the poverty line barely alive and the only help the government will offer me is assisted suicide.
If living a dignified life isn’t an option, it’s almost forcing many of us to go the suicide route.
When what we’d rather have is more accommodations and support. And be able to enjoy our lives.
(As a recent example, the UK slashed disability income to far below the poverty line and is legalising assisted suicide for disabled people. What kind of message does that send?)
She wanted to die, not pull someone with her.
At least do it in a place away from everyone else. She could have hit someone on the street or traumatized someone who witnessed her sudden stop.
Have you ever had actual suicidal thoughts?You are constantly fighting yourself under immense stress and panic. It’s not like planning for a vacation, reading reviews and choosing the best destinations.
I would not pretend to know what’s going on in the minds of depressed suicidal people but I do really support assisted suicide. It’s safe and painless. If people have access to those services would they still choose jumping off buildings?
Because sometimes suicide can also be about making a statement.
“[X] had me suffering so bad I had no choice but to kill myself. I want people to understand how bad and unbearable it was to take me to this point. I want it to be in the news. I don’t want it to be swept under the rug.”
Also consider the last thing something someone who’se in a position so bad they want to die, and often who feels completely abandoned by society and “the system”, is to start a grueling bureaucratic procedure. To have to face their friends and family and explain they want to die… etc.
Sometimes it’s the easier way to end the suffering quicker.
I agree, the issue is always the process of offering that to someone. I think we need to make sure people have access to all the mental health support they need before we can convince people that assisted suicide needs to exist.
This big time.
As a disabled person it’s quite horrifying to live under the poverty line barely alive and the only help the government will offer me is assisted suicide.
If living a dignified life isn’t an option, it’s almost forcing many of us to go the suicide route.
When what we’d rather have is more accommodations and support. And be able to enjoy our lives.
(As a recent example, the UK slashed disability income to far below the poverty line and is legalising assisted suicide for disabled people. What kind of message does that send?)