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Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle  Suicide is a valid option, and I wouldn't judge anyone for doing it, although there are certain circumstances that I would be more open if I heard about a suicide. Sometimes people who commit suicide do so when they cannot see the light at the end of the tunnel, when in fact there is one. |
Yes, you hear about cases where an attempt has failed and the person goes on to be substantially glad that it did so. I don't know of any such cases myself, though, and I wonder if this is in part a myth associated with the taboo of suicide.
Even if there was a ligt at the end of the tunnel, though, is the person any worse off for not reaching it? Obviously there are, one would think, severe, implications for those left behind.
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Originally Posted by Andrew Brunelle I can understand someone in chronic severe pain that is untreatable and who has lost pretty much all functioning and cannot be the person they wish to be committing suicide. There are situations where that seems like the most valid option, but only when existence is so unbearable and you have exhausted every option to change that. |
That is almost the acceptable face of suicide and legally proscribed euthenasia is on the rise, globally, I believe. What about the case where there there is no such prognosis, where the candidate has their health and prospects and so on? This is more taboo. But do such cases exist or are all suicides the result of chronic physical or psychological pain. I don't actually know too much about the reality of this.