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Originally posted by Sir ReGiN:
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Originally posted by Melusine:
So we should do all we can to prevent it, yet respect a person's wishes if there's really nothing left for them to care about in the world.
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But why?
Cause things doesn't always pick up. And I'm not talking about teenage angst or temporary depresses, I'm talking about people who are tired of living, and has given it plenty of thought.
Why can't we see it as the solution to ending misery that it is?
Why do we do everything we can to keep them suffering?[/QUOTE]Well how do you know whether the person is just suffering from 'temporary depression' and if given conselling can come around, or this other sort where we shouldn't help them because death is the best option without talking to them and trying to help? A lot of people who have attempted or considered suicide but don't manage to actually do it end up being glad they didn't because from help and counselling or just their own epiphany they get a new perspective on life. Most of them probably thought it through carefully and at the time felt that they were tired of living and that continuing would be far worse than ending it. No one tries to commit suicide seriously (as opposed to just doing it for attention) if they don't feel that life isn't worth living or that death would be anything but a relief. But given proper support most people can go on to have productive happy lives and realise death wasn't the answer. Yet because they were really serious at the time we shouldn't try to help them?