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Originally Posted by Phobia
It's especially for people I know, though. I am a bit of an enigma though. I have a friend who is in advanced stages of ALS. He's getting to the point where he can't move his hands and it's a big struggle to talk. If he killed himself, I would be okay with it. Heck, if he asked me to help him, I would figure something out.
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Yup and I would do the same for a friend in that situation. I have worked with a few pt's who have botched suicide attempts. Blown off half their face, but missed their brain completely, and still lived. In that instance I do wish for their sake that they would have completed the attempt, since it is what they wanted. I definitely don't expect people to feel sorry for everyone who kills themself (I don't feel sorry for them all either) but to claim someone is suicidal because of ego, attention or because they are weak minded is down right ignorant for most cases. Mental illness, depression included, is down right scary and I would not wish that on anyone.