Posted: Oct 31, 2018 6:10 pm
Cito di Pense wrote:I can try to imagine myself doing something like that with all acceptance, and then again, I would not want to run the risk of being seen as an accessory to someone's demise by the decedent's survivors.
There's the rub, but I'd far rather give support than worry about how I'm seen by others.
It's a long haul to de-stigmatizing suicide, and then it's just one more freedom the ongoing living will have to learn how to manage. Because of the diversity of situations you're aware of, this encompasses everything from quietly counseling or accepting to getting the mental health professions involved. If I'm honest, I want to be gone before I'm confined to long term care with nurses making daily investigations of my intake and output that sacrifice my privacy and dignity, and well before I'm intubated.
Indeed.