Assisted suicide is legal in Oregon and in some other US states, but it looks like you have to be someone with less than 6 months to live to get help.

I don't understand why people with chronic, unrelenting depression can't get help. Over 40,000 people suicide each year in my country, in inhumane, painful, and often violent ways.

Assisted suicide seems like the humane thing to do for some who wish to end it without taking the risk of suffering excruciating pain or being maimed and damaged even more, prolonging misery.

It feels like I'm already dead, all my energy is expended merely forcing myself to get through each workday. Maintaining my job takes everything I've got, and I don't even like my job or most in my field of work

This is NOT living.

[northbelle]

I understand. It is legal in belgium..for unrelenting depression and other mental health disorders. Its interesting to read about. Seems very compassionate and forward thinking to me.
I understand about the job . I used to work as a cashier in a large grocery store...I would check people out and smile while wishing I was dead all day. I remember wondering if I was the only one and how defective I must be..
the day came when I wasn't able to rise to the occasion and work there anymore. I didn't miss it either. The financial compensation was pathetically low...
I'm not saying quit your job...but I would give that a try before I took more permanent steps.
Only my thoughts....
Hope u get relief..

Northbelle

Originally Posted by northbelle

I understand. It is legal in belgium..for unrelenting depression and other mental health disorders. Its interesting to read about. Seems very compassionate and forward thinking to me.

As I recall, I had posted a question to start a thread a few months ago and I think I asked (as close as exact words I can think of) "Would You End Your Life Like That?". If you can do some research in finding that, you will notice that I put a link on with an article about a 24 year old woman who was in perfect health in Belgium and wants to end her life. And the doctors are going to grant her wish (but with my understanding, she would have a long wait).

As for me, I have thought about it. At least one thing I would do before I voluntarily end my life is to sell and move out of my condo complex and hope to live in a place that's much better than where I am now. I feel like my domestic life is the greatest "thorn in the flesh" in my life. I have tried to make it better, but nothing seems to have worked. And I tried everything.

The reason for wanting to move out is because I feel like I don't fit in well to where I live. I have discussed that before on here. I have ideas on where I want to go. At my job, I get along very well and I'm doing very well at where I work. But the other areas in my life, not so well. And my domestic side of my life has made me depressed the most and probably would want to end my life.

There is a chance that the new way of life I have planned for myself may not work out. I just feel like it can be worth the chance to go for broke anyways. I feel like I'm going for broke just staying where I am.

this isn't legal in england, and it pisses me off because if it was, i think it would be something i'd seriously think about (partly because i've tried so many times and can't get it right,) and partly because i just want it to work with no complications.

my only option are those clinics in.. is it finland?

well: they are out of the question because of fear of flying and agoraphobia

ugg i'm sorry.. why the hell am i even posting this?

[Yours_Truly]

Both my parents struggled with depression until the day(s) they died.
I have no children to worry about. Is this the future I have to look forward to?

Originally Posted by Yours_Truly

Both my parents struggled with depression until the day(s) they died.
I have no children to worry about. Is this the future I have to look forward to?

oh yeah.

forgot the most obvious thing

my lack of family and friends don't help the situation... friends- what are they?, and the only family i have.. they've not bothered with me in 12 years. so

[Fuzzybear]