Discussion The Controversy of the Right To Die - my thoughts :)

[primadonna_]

I've always found this an interesting topic. I've always known that there will always be people suffering out there no matter what, and I assume everyone else does too. Which makes me question why the majority of people do not support the right to die, if there will always be suffering which people will be forced to live through.. and i've always wondered, if you're just going to suffer your whole life, why live?
The opposing side argues that life is not something to be drawn based on circumstances, intentional death undermines the principle that killing people is always wrong, and that once society accepts that some lives can be ended deliberately, it weakens the universal respect for life. But when I ask people in real life about this, it's always "what about everybody else?" "People will miss you" or "ctb is a permanent solution to temporary problems" but what if your problem isn't temporary? Yeah, what about everybody else?
It frustrates me that the decision of ctb is always framed as selfish, but other people aren't the ones suffering. And some people's problems are not temporary, poverty, incurable mental illness, chronic abuse that will eventually follow you for the rest of your life. And yes, there is a lot of suffering that can be addressed without ending one's life, such as disability support services, and mental health treatment. But what if none of that works? What if you can't afford it? There are some things that cannot be fixed and I find a lot of people do not want to believe that. Then there is the matter of autonomy; your body is yours to do as you please, not for others, doctors or the state to decide what to do with. I think everyone can agree that forcing someone to go through unbearable mental or physical pain and denying them relief is wrong. And if it's a matter of money that the government makes from treating sick people who will never recover, then they would save a lot more money because they wouldn't have to care of the suffering people on the streets who are facing a problem that will tear them down for the rest of their lives? I'm not say thing that anyone in any of these positions should be automatically put down, i'm saying that they should be allowed a choice if they believe that going on would cause more pain then simply letting go.
It's also pretty obvious assisted ctb is obviously much better than having to do it all on your own. Sparing families the trauma of having to find their loved ones hanging from the ceiling or unconscious on the floor, and instead provide the suffering an easy, less traumatic way to go, which would be better for everyone in the long term.

Just my thoughts before I decide to let go myself. Have a great day and if you're on here for the same reason everyone else is, I hope it's painless.

 

[Infinitespace_]

i think its a disgrace that old people have to just wait for natural death to occur while they lose everything their memory, their minds, bodily functions and somehow they call this life? everyone has a right to live and die it is your birth right i think it would be better if a person decided his own death and one month before he leaves he could welcome all his friends and family and celebrate and people could say their goodbyes and he/she can die in their sleep...

 

[qwert3948]

i think it's very hard to have this discussion when so many people are this way because of society and capitalism. a person having their right to die is ideal, but we don't live in an ideal world

 

[FuneralCry]

In this existence so dreadful, terrible and torturous where there is no limit as to how much agony one can feel the right to die needs to be a human right and the fact that humans have made it into a crime instead is just horrific, there's just so much terrible extreme cruelty in how the suffering and torture of existing is seen as to force and prolong no matter what.

I just see so much evil in anti-suicide, all it ever does is cause harm and torture those who suffer in this reality, all I need is the option to cease existing painlessly, in this reality where there is all this endless suffering and torture non-existence is just all that's positive for me, I just want to erase this existence I just always saw as a mistake, I always suffer so unbearably from being trapped in this existence that only ever caused me to suffer.