4 ms·
Hm. I think about that the other way around. If you make information about effective and readily available ways to end ones life available, people harboring ba
by tetha 3y ago
Hm. I think about that the other way around.
If you make information about effective and readily available ways to end ones life available, people harboring bad depression will read that, acquire these tools and use them on impulse during a dark episode. And we can discuss control over one's own life and body more, but if depression forces a person to take their life because today was worse than yesterday, are they in control of their own situation? Those people need help to sort their own being out, not help to choose death.
And that is very different from someone overall committing to end their existence on their terms, because there is no way for it to become better. Knew a guy in chronic pain who spent half a year socializing their pets with a few friends, gave away all their equipment in a sport, canceled all contracts, wrote down his last will, setup a call to emergency services two days after and then went to a long sleep.
- autoexec 3y ago> If you make information about effective and readily available ways to end ones life available, people harboring bad depression will read that, acquire these tools and use them on impulse during a dark episode. If you don't make that information accessible, people harboring bad depression wanting to kill themselves on impulse during a dark episode will just jump in front of traffic or off the nearest bridge or try whatever pills they can get their hands on or any other means they can find in total ignorance. It's not about helping people choose death, it's about making sure that people who have already made the choice have access to the information they need to get their affairs in order and can end their lives as peacefully and assuredly as possible.