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I struggle with wanting to die everyday
Depression & Anxiety | Last Active: Oct 2, 2025 | Replies (38)Comment receiving replies
This is just my opinion, and yes, I know what they say about people's opinions, but in my view, wanting to end your own life is NOT selfish. Everyone has their breaking point, and I've come very close to my own on more than one occasion. If your family are so inconsiderate that they're not willing or able to offer you any assistance, then what they'd think if you followed through on your wishes for the pain to just stop don't amount to a damn thing.
The only person you should be thinking about is yourself.
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@mrmacabre
Yes there is a time and way to die by oneself, and Socrates has shown us that death: Sitting among FRIENDS and well-wishers as poison made it's way slowly through his body. He was offered by his friends a safe quick exit but he CHOSE death and talked why it was a Morally superior decision.
I'd like that death. In the West we come close to it what is called MAID.
It may still be "selfish" to those around me if they think MY life owes more toward others, especially if they are dearest-and-closest than to me, but how does one weighs pain on one side against the other's even if pain is the sole criterion, an arbitrary choice.
What we are doing for this person to avoid a likely flawed thinking, which can be dealt with CBT/DBT, essentially a way to THINK Clearly before taking this irreversible step.
This looks like a great help: https://nowmattersnow.org/