How much relief would it be if assisted suicide was available for you?

[noname223]

For me this would change very much. I am a law abiding citizen. I hate it to be pushed into illegality and being stigmatized. I always was a big believer in assisted suicide and argued in my religion class against these crazy pseudo moralistic christians.
For me this would be an absolute relief. I am very scared about my future. I just need a fucking escape.

 

[WornOutLife]

I would be extremely relieved. Just deciding whenever I want to die in a peaceful and painless way is so amazing.

 

[Mentalmick]

It would be heavenly.

 

[Raindryer]

It would be fantastic. That way you could openly talk about it and say goodbye to everyone you like properly, without the fear of being sent to a psych ward.
Also no risk of failure.

 

[KuriGohan&Kamehameha]

It would be so amazing for me personally. I cannot go to Dignitas or any of those places because I am too young and I will also be disqualified due to having PTSD. Sometimes I fantasise about being allowed to have one last good day, or one last good week, where I could actually do fun or enjoyable things and be able to say goodbye to the people I care about.

 

[Echo81]

I would be extremely relieved. Just deciding whenever I want to die in a peaceful and painless way is so amazing.

Same.

 

[Trisolaris]

I would be very relieved. Finally wouldn't be trapped in this hell.

 

[Lmd]

Would have to pay a lot for it so 0 relief

 

[Loser47]

I will be relieved and probably start enjoying life

 

[Life_and_Death]

For me it wouldn't matter one way or another. Not the way I'm emotionally all over the place.

 

[booray]

Even if it was available, we'd have to jump through hoops to get it. All other medical options would have to be exhausted and thoroughly documented first. You could end up waiting years being miserable in order to get it. I don't think I'd have the patience tbh and I'd just take matters into my own hands.

 

[Mentalmick]

Even if it was available, we'd have to jump through hoops to get it. All other medical options would have to be exhausted and thoroughly documented first. You could end up waiting years being miserable in order to get it. I don't think I'd have the patience tbh and I'd just take matters into my own hands.

Just like deaths row.

 

[mediocre]

If it were legalised I really believe it would actually result in less people commiting suicide, not more. Many commit suicide now because they feel trapped with no options. While it would give people who are suffering a choice, I don't believe the overall majority would take it up. Even among the terminally ill or those suffering physically. Suicidal people will feel a bit more.. free.. and unburdened. The result of that would be more people able to deal with things just that little bit better.

 

[LunarPyotr]

I would probably feel very uncomfortable.
Most likely this would be because I prefer things "the oldschool way" but I'm not against making assisted suicide legal/available to anyone and I wouldn't really think of people differently if they would choose this way to die.

 

[wait.what]

If there were a painless and socially acceptable way to end my life, that would be brilliant. I've already put in the years (decades) of struggle and have enough failed-treatment documentation to paper my house. I'm pretty much alive for 2 reasons right now: my suicide would badly affect certain other people, and pulling off a successful attempt is risky and a pain in the ass. I don't even have the mental or physical energy to wash dishes right now. I start them, but I always quit before I get to the bottom of the stack. Some people have roaches in their kitchen. I have trilobites. I just don't have what it takes to scrape together the materials for a well-planned suicide, much less fight down my SI and use them. It would be so great to be able to just go to a hotel room somewhere, lie down on the bed, and tell the person with the drugs to do their stuff.

Are those protester people still reading and screenshotting all of our posts? I hope so. It makes me feel famous. If they come across this one and salivate at the chance to show that lack of access to assisted suicide is "saving" me: it's not. Thirty years of mostly-useless psyche medication has definitely damaged my liver and probably scrambled my brain. I'm not saveable, and possibly never was. The most you can say is that it's possible to force me to keep inhaling and exhaling, and that is not "saving" someone. It's just effectively seizing control over their bodily functions.

If you seriously want to save lives and aren't just out to punish suicidal people for daring to not want to live in the same world as you, put your time and energy into trying to prevent people from ending up where I am. The things that actually drive people to suicide are a combination of mental and/or physical pain and lack of agency over their own lives. Anything you can do to take those out of the equation for someone is a step in the right direction. If you want a random specific suggestion: support efforts to get nutritious food to little kids who wouldn't otherwise have access to it. Poverty is a trauma, and so is early malnutrition. Stop somebody's life from starting out in misery. That's the most effective way of keeping them from ending it in misery one day. And quit harassing hard cases like me. You're not helping.

How did I end up even talking to these people? I don't know.

 

[tryingtoescape]

I would be so relieved.

 

[Fehler]

I'm not very sure about it, it would surely be a relief but I like the idea of dying alone quietly in my living room (while I have the SN and meto).
Also, there would be a lot of paperwork in the middle and surely previous visits with psychologists, in addition to its cost.

 

[aneurysm]

a relief to the point of me no longer feeling an urge to die.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

Assisted? Like, they just have to let me use a 12ga, sarco or N.

 

[Nigh]

Best thing in the world.

 

[Ashley_1988]

The Question you posted is pretty interesting..
Despite my personal point of view as someone wanting to ctb, I am still concerned that the lack of some legal regulations could get exploited by third parties..who are not having the best intentions..etc.
So there is the pressing need to establish some kind of instrument that somehow assures that nothing mentioned above occurs. And in regard to the concerned person there must be some kind of assessment that ensures that the decision is not based on some kind of sudden irrational reaction but on a deep and carefully reflected.
(so and we know that it is not easy to determinate when we are thinking about ctb for years and still struggling to go through with it for various different reasons right??)

But I also think that the legalization would help to remove the taboo of the topic in general and therefor help to deal with it in a more constructive manner..(on personal level but also within the society )
I would never allow myself to judge any decision made by another person, nevertheless I am pretty positive that some wanting to ctb..(or some who have already done it..) would have appreciated a different handling with the topic..separate from their final decision..

 

[Georgiana Darcy]

It would be a huge difference.

 

[inthemoonblue]

Personally it wouldn't change the outcome for me, I wouldn't use it.

 

[Ihavenofriends]

I want to die painfully. Also I think SI might fuck me up... I need a method where there are no take-backs... I don't care if I end up regretting it in my final moments, I probably deserve to regret it.

 

[Hirokami]

I live in Jesusland, so it'd cost me a shit ton of money to even afford such a service. Unless I became rich, I wouldn't be able to use it, anyhow.

 

[EmbraceOfTheVoid]

I don't think assisted suicide would help me as it'd likely have a lot of red tape. Being able to freely die with any method, without interference, and at a time of my choosing is what would help me.

 

[the_final_countdown]

I don't want to die in agony when I'm old...That terrifies me now that I've gone through all these health complications. I've seen how bad it can get and don't want to suffer any more.

 

[Sensei]

It wouldn't make a difference to me. For some reason, I want to die alone and literally by my own hand. To me, suicide is something private.

 

[Mentalmick]

It wouldn't make a difference to me. For some reason, I want to die alone and literally by my own hand. To me, suicide is something private.

I want to curse as many people as humanly possible on my way out. Real spiteful and vindictive.

 

[boydiablo]

It wouldn't make a difference to me. For some reason, I want to die alone and literally by my own hand. To me, suicide is something private.

I was originally going to say it would be a huge relief, but honestly, yeah. Even if assisted suicide was available, I wouldn't use it. I'd want to do it myself. That's really the point to me.