Discussion Why don't we fight for our right to die?

[DeniedPeace]

Depends on the country I guess but here in France it would easily be called illegal and banned for promoting suicide.

 

[Ashes of a Dreamer]

Well, I think there are organizations that fight for it, like this one --> https://deathwithdignity.org/.

Where I live - Brazil - death is almost a prohibited subject, considering how religious it is. There's the conception that god gives and takes life, and no man can interfere in this process (albeit the non-stop cases of homicide, anyway).

I just thought about turning it a cause for my life, but honestly I just want to die peacefully, once social changes takes decades of effort, can be easily erased, and I don't want to exist in this world for too long. Anyway, for those of you who do, the creation of MAID - Medical Assistance in Dying - where you live is an interesting starting point.

 

[Sadbanana]

Well, I think there are organizations that fight for it, like this one --> https://deathwithdignity.org/.

Where I live - Brazil - death is almost a prohibited subject, considering how religious it is. There's the conception that god gives and takes life, and no man can interfere in this process (albeit the non-stop cases of homicide, anyway).

I just thought about turning it a cause for my life, but honestly I just want to die peacefully, once social changes takes decades of effort, can be easily erased, and I don't want to exist in this world for too long. Anyway, for those of you who do, the creation of MAID - Medical Assistance in Dying - where you live is an interesting starting point.

Yeah it would be too much work. But ultimately I would like for the future generations of people like me (sad people), to not have to put up with all this bullshit and just die in peace. But I it's hard to even imagine how something like this would be achieved. Understanding suicide as necessary evil requires a lot of maturity, that is very hard to expect from people that never experienced sucuidality.

 

[Monolithian]

It really depends on where you're from and the culture behind it. Keep in mind mental health in general is such a new topic for many countries. For countries that are more open to talking honestly, it is a conversation. I imagine things like Swiss Assist didn't come about without some pushback. For countries that struggle to talk about basic mental health, you're not really going to hear about it as much. Cultures that embrace or respect death might talk more about it, but cultures that fear it or view ctb as a sin generally won't.