I wouldn't say I've wanted to die so much as I've been overcome, from time to time, by a sudden and urgent compulsion to end my life. Fortunately, good ol' logic always won out by insisting that I didn't actually want to die, I wanted - nay, *needed* - cessation of pain. Suicide would've been the quickest, easiest way to accomplish that goal, but the irreversibility of that decision weighed heavily on me. What if...they invent a medication/treatment that could cure me? What if...a miraculous event occurs, I met an inspirational person, I have an epiphany tomorrow, and my perspective shifts, I discover a renewed purpose for living? What if...ending my life has unforseen consequences that I would surely regret (if I could)? What if, what if, what if. Too many questions, too many possibilities, and no do-overs. If I quit this life, I'll never find out how the next chapter unfolds and I'm too curious to not turn the page. Those of you who are considering authoring an untimely end: Aren't you the least bit curious about how your story would end if it was permitted to end on its own terms?