It's a really difficult thing to think about. People who are mentally ill should obviously get treatment. They should be encouraged to get all the help they can because it's their illness that's probably causing them to want death and if treated they may realize that they didn't actually want to die. I'm just not for telling people they must live even if they're just done living.
I struggle with it personally often. I don't want to die, most of the time. And when I do, I won't go through with it, because I have kids and people I love who love me and it seems wrong.
But there was a time when I lived for months existing only inside my own head. I wanted to die more than I have ever wanted anything in my life. Death seemed like the kindest thing anyone could offer me but no one did. I'm glad. I am so glad. But....somehow I still feel like that's a bit different. I wasn't stable, I was hospitalized at the time, things were really bad. These are the people that shouldn't be allowed. If you are not mentally stable then you should be required to complete medical treatment until you are declared mentally stable before you can make a decision to end your life.
I struggle with it personally often. I don't want to die, most of the time. And when I do, I won't go through with it, because I have kids and people I love who love me and it seems wrong.
But there was a time when I lived for months existing only inside my own head. I wanted to die more than I have ever wanted anything in my life. Death seemed like the kindest thing anyone could offer me but no one did. I'm glad. I am so glad. But....somehow I still feel like that's a bit different. I wasn't stable, I was hospitalized at the time, things were really bad. These are the people that shouldn't be allowed. If you are not mentally stable then you should be required to complete medical treatment until you are declared mentally stable before you can make a decision to end your life.
