(November 13, 2013 at 9:57 am)KichigaiNeko Wrote: I wake up every day disappointed that I'm still alive. You get past that and keep going.To what extent should society (friends, family, etc) step in, though, Kichi? Many people are later really glad that others stopped them from committing suicide. How do we know when it has come to a point where happiness is utterly irretrievable for the depressed person? What if I allow you to kill yourself without stepping in, and tomorrow a better technology emerges that could have helped you? How can a depressed person ever know for sure that they won't get past this bad period, too- after all, if they thought it was bad enough to die before and were wrong, how do we know they're not wrong now, too?
STILL I DEMAND that I am able to end my life IF I am the situation that I am unable to enjoy a quality of life that I now know even in my depressed state. To do so would be inhumane and cruel and everything that religion stands for...hatred fear loathing cruelty misogyny bigotry and did I mention FEAR?
I have never suffered from depression (I simply don't understand suicidal tendencies at all), so maybe I am lacking some crucial empathy here? I do know that I have stepped in several times in my life to help suicidal people, and they were angry at the time (I hospitalized one of them, and he was pissed off about it), but love me for it now.
What are the guidelines for society?
Quote:FEAR is the only thing stopping people from "euthanasia" the allowing of the terminally ill/ suffering to end their pain.There's also a fear of abusing it. I inherited money from my grandfather, so to many it would have looked pretty suspicious that I wanted him to die.
