> But I do never want to die in pointlessly extended agony, unable to think because the painkillers of my disease are fogging my mind like a bad dream. Yes, th

> But I do never want to die in pointlessly extended agony, unable to think because the painkillers of my disease are fogging my mind like a bad dream. Yes, that is the case where you can get pretty broad consensus that suicide should be an available opion. > Or withering away in an old peoples home because the kids are living in far away countries. I don't think you can really assess how you would actually feel in such a situation. > Not sure how somebody would want to deny that right, or automatically label suicidal people as depressed or mentally unstable. Because, as I wrote before, the vast majority of suicidal thoughts and actions are not based on objectively bad and unescapable circumstances. > Optimists will simply never learn. It's another form of extremist or elitist thinking. Exactly the same can be said about pessimism. It's a lazy way to avoid responsibility for your own life and at the same time cultivate an empty feeling of superiority.