Discussion I see suicide as a gift

[Sadbanana]

I'm planning to do it one day either way, whether I manage to cure my depression or not.

I don't like the idea of clinging to my life as I will age, my body will be growing old and everything will hurt. Not when I have ability to prevent all this suffering by deciding to die sooner.

Why should there be anything wrong in taking your death into your own hands instead of relying on unpredictable biology. It's cleaner and less cruel that way.

It's the ultimate agency I have. I couldn't decide my parents, my genes, my life conditions. But at least I can opt out when the time is right.

So when I get to the point where there is really just too much suffering and nothing positive, I will do it.

 

[Macedonian1987]

I see suicide as an exit point in life when it becomes unbearable. The ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians were wiser than we are 2000 years ago, they granted euthanasia to people who suffered for years from illnesses of the body or mind (or both), and they did not view suicide as a sin or frown upon it.

 

[Sadbanana]

I see suicide as an exit point in life when it becomes unbearable. The ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians were wiser than we are 2000 years ago, they granted euthanasia to people who suffered for years from illnesses of the body or mind (or both), and they did not view suicide as a sin or frown upon it.

Yeah, our current culture's view is just toxic positivity and forced compliance.

It's funny how this narrative can quickly shift when there is war. Suddenly the intrinsic value of life narrative disappears and it's good to die for your country or ideology or [insert abstract concept].