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I am a farmer and a physicist by training. Alentejo, the part of the country where I work, has the greatest suicide rate in the country (~28 suicides/100k in t
by chicob 7y ago
I am a farmer and a physicist by training.
Alentejo, the part of the country where I work, has the greatest suicide rate in the country (~28 suicides/100k in the coast region, 19 suicides/100k in the interior region, when the national average is around 10 suicides/100k).
Some say isolation, ageing alone, the economic crisis and poverty and unemployment are to blame. I suspect alcohol consumption has a lot to do with it.
Just a few days ago someone I knew ended his own life. I was away visiting family, and sadly I could not attend the funeral. He knew my great grandfather. I believe he was sick and didn't want to suffer anymore.
- shrimp_emoji 7y ago>ageing alone >I believe he was sick and didn't want to suffer anymore. Just out of morbid curiosity: if you were in this situation -- quite old, quite sick, the very fabric of your body reminding you it's time to go, wouldn't it make sense? With a spouse, there's obvious pressure not to. Without one, I feel like I'd do it. Ideally, I'd go somewhere where assisted suicide's legal so that I can end things neatly -- much bureaucracy, such dignity. uwu Not have aid workers find some messy or creepy corpse and depress the locals. (At $1,500[0], though, that may be a luxury.) 0: https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/1023/How-California-could-dramatically-change-assisted-suicide-debate https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/2015/1023/How-Californ...
- chicob 7y agoIt could make sense, but I would definitely not do it the way he did. He left a family behind, and his business, and no explanation for his decision. I talked to some local people about it, and it seems his disease was treatable. I don't know if he was in pain, but I do know he was still working as usual until the day he took his life.