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>You really don't want to end up with dementia and related illnesses, it totally sours everyone's view of you. I completely agree that the disease is horrible,

>You really don't want to end up with dementia and related illnesses, it totally sours everyone's view of you. I completely agree that the disease is horrible, but your conclusion is bizarre. When you are in that condition, how anyone views you is the least of your worries.

supportengineer 1y ago
Is your position that you don’t personally care how people remember you?
- Noaidi 1y ago
  Many people think badly about the mentally ill act when they are suffering through an episode. Should they be allowed to die by suicide because what people think of them after they come out of psychosis? Should embarrassment be the bar we are setting for suicide?
- ZpJuUuNaQ5 1y ago
  Yes, you are absolutely correct.
  - mynameisash 1y ago
    Do you also not care how people think of you now?
    - ZpJuUuNaQ5 1y ago
      Of course I don't. Life is a short, temporary experience, and I don't want to spend this time wondering what others think of me. It does not matter at all. I am nothing, just a briefly conscious lump of cells. I will die and turn to dust, just like about 100 billion of others before me. Nothing that I say, think, dream, experience, do, or how I act or look like will ever matter.
    - ipaddr 1y ago
      Live your life for you not for others opinions which are fleeting anyways.
      - mynameisash 1y ago
        How would you square building and maintaining flourishing relationships if you don't care for others?
        ipaddr 1y ago
        You can care for others while not being weighed down by someone elses expectations.
      - pessimizer 1y ago
        No. Treat other people well and don't live as if you were the only person in the universe who matters.
sillyfluke 1y ago
Framing it as an obsession of rememberance or legacy distracts from the more crucial point: the fact that you will be causing chaotic emotional, psychological and physical distress in the real world to those you cared about. Again we should stop framing it as some weird obession with legacy and instead stick to the facts on the ground.

supportengineer 1y ago

Is your position that you don’t personally care how people remember you?

Noaidi 1y ago
Many people think badly about the mentally ill act when they are suffering through an episode. Should they be allowed to die by suicide because what people think of them after they come out of psychosis? Should embarrassment be the bar we are setting for suicide?
ZpJuUuNaQ5 1y ago
Yes, you are absolutely correct.
- mynameisash 1y ago
  Do you also not care how people think of you now?
  - ZpJuUuNaQ5 1y ago
    Of course I don't. Life is a short, temporary experience, and I don't want to spend this time wondering what others think of me. It does not matter at all. I am nothing, just a briefly conscious lump of cells. I will die and turn to dust, just like about 100 billion of others before me. Nothing that I say, think, dream, experience, do, or how I act or look like will ever matter.
  - ipaddr 1y ago
    Live your life for you not for others opinions which are fleeting anyways.
    - mynameisash 1y ago
      How would you square building and maintaining flourishing relationships if you don't care for others?
      - ipaddr 1y ago
        You can care for others while not being weighed down by someone elses expectations.
    - pessimizer 1y ago
      No. Treat other people well and don't live as if you were the only person in the universe who matters.

sillyfluke 1y ago

Framing it as an obsession of rememberance or legacy distracts from the more crucial point: the fact that you will be causing chaotic emotional, psychological and physical distress in the real world to those you cared about. Again we should stop framing it as some weird obession with legacy and instead stick to the facts on the ground.