I think the article is confusing someone who's at the tail end of their life, and no longer interesting in continuing, with depression among people who'd otherw

I think the article is confusing someone who's at the tail end of their life, and no longer interesting in continuing, with depression among people who'd otherwise go on to live a radically different life. The two are not the same and treating anyone who is done with living as depressed or needing psychiatric intervention is short sighted. I'm all for helping people who want help. Some people don't want help - they just don't want to break the hearts of those who care about them. Suicide is not some grave sin and there is no God watching over us. It'd help to realize some folks get dealt a hand they don't want to play out to the bitter end. The stigma around somebody choosing to act as they see fit, including suicide, really needs to be released. Not so much for the folks who go through with it, but for those around them, that feel guilt, shame and all kinds of negative emotions as a result. I do wonder if normalizing suicide as an option would cause exploitation based systems to implode. Imagine those miserable sweatshop workers. If they said you know what - I'd rather die than live like this, they'd actually have leverage to significantly improve their living conditions.