Not sure if I mentioned this but wondering what anyone on here would do if they were told that they have a medical condition that cannot be fixed and is not going to kill you but take away your mind within two years?
Would you want to go out when your mind is still able to function correctly and normal or would you let it play out until your mind is gone and you no longer can control how you exit?
I am thinking it is better to go out on my terms and what remains of my mind instead of losing your mind and waiting to rot away in some home.
Hopefully that made sense.
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That really sucks, that is a horrible future for anyone to have to contemplate. If i had a incurable condition that would severely reduce my quality of life, i would absolutely kill myself rather than just let it play out to the bitter end. Losing my mental functions or living in constant pain with no hope of it ever getting better. To me that isn’t a life worth living. then again i am not sure life is worth living anyway.
There is no dignity ending up in a home rotting away unable to care for yourself. Our mind our thoughts and memories its our identity. It is who we are. I feel like if i lost that “i” would be dead anyway and what is left just wouldn’t be me anymore.
If you have a friend that is good enough to help you out with assisted suicide if it came down to it that could be a fail safe
But that’s obviously asking a lot. There are legal suicide states like Oregon where they will prescribe a combination of pills that will do the job for you so maybe the fail safe friend wouldn’t have to know they were helping to end it. Just a thought
I have thought about this quite a bit lately. If I had/have something (terminal) wrong, I will not try to fix it, and I will leave on my own terms.
Thanks for the responses. I have my means to end it ready to go I just have to decide where the best place to take the shot would be. Roof of mouth towards the back is what I am reading.
Now I just have to quit fighting it and just take care of business.
This is my primary,… I’ll only add that I plan to paddle for half a day out to sea that or hike a couple days into the wilderness so my body isn’t ever found.