There’s nothing wrong with wanting to die and following through, so long as it is done with reason and not under high distress. I’ve researched it, even other species of animals have been observed to starve themselves to death or put themselves fatally in danger over what appears to be trivial reasons such as losing an offspring or close member of their species. Terminal illness is also a legitimate reason. The times that I don’t think it is normal is when a young person, typically a teenager or 20’s something, contemplates suicide as a solution for a temporary problem. For example, a person who thinks their family ‘hates’ them or they broke up with their boyfriend/girlfriend.
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You make an excellent point. I agree about the young ones going through their first heartbreak or problems at home. But I think there should be some way of evaluating an adult for assisted suicide when meds and therapy don’t work.
Allow them to make peace with their choice, arrange their finances and personal matters, and let them pull the lever, the way Dr. Kevorkian allowed his patients to do. Instead, our society forces them to create a horror-story death for themselves.
I’m a 70 year old survivor. I have good days and lame days, not horrible days like I used to. But if someone asks me if I’m glad I survived years ago, I cannot honestly answer yes.