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How can she be "physically healthy" if she has depression? What is causing the depression, if not a malady of her physical body, such as her brain? It's an orga
by david-gpu 3y ago
How can she be "physically healthy" if she has depression? What is causing the depression, if not a malady of her physical body, such as her brain? It's an organ and it can be irreparably damaged, just like a kidney.
"But what if she gets better?", some say. What if she doesn't? What if there is no cure in her case? You may have gotten over a case of depression yourself, just like some people have recovered from a cancer. Does that mean that all cancers patients will eventually heal? So what makes you think that depression is any different?
Either way, if an adult is unwilling to live, they should be allowed to end their lives with dignity. Your desire to not go through with it yourself is not sufficient to deny it to others. We are all adults and can make our own decisions.
May the earth be light upon her.
- majikaja 3y ago>What if she doesn't? What if there is no cure in her case? Would you recommend death in all circumstances just in case?
- david-gpu 3y ago> Would you recommend death in all circumstances just in case? Would you like a side of straw man with your order of controversial topic? Nobody is proposing euthanasia as a first line of treatment for anything, folks. It is a desperate measure for desperate times.
- majikaja 3y agoYou let the mentally ill person be the judge of that?
- david-gpu 3y ago> You let the mentally ill person be the judge of that? Another straw man. The patient is not the one that decides the first line of treatment, either. Nobody is walking for the first time into a clinic like it was a coffee shop and casually ordering one suicide to go. I'm afraid you will have to excuse me now.
- foogazi 3y agoWe all die someday though Sitting here without crippling depression I certainly disagree with the choice.