age of dying

I haven’t watched this either, I’m also very sensitive. But I’m interested in learning more

Thank you

I watched the docu. Thank you for the link, Emily. I am still thinking about it and will be for quite some time. For now, I feel humbled. I had no idea that any country had legalized euthanasia for mental illness. And it apparently only takes three appointments with a psychiatrist; if you live in a certain place that is.

I don't know. I'm not sure what to say about it right now.

Yes, prior to seeing it I had been a big euthanasia proponent but afterward I had some lingering doubts. Goes to show how you can think something is good in theory but in practice, have some real doubts.

Yes, I find it very complicated. I have doubts too. I feel differently about euthanasia for terminal illness versus mental illness.

OP...... how do you know you’ll even make it to 50 ? I’ve felt the same way many others have said. You can age physically but mentally stay young. In a way that kinda sucks because you can’t physically do what your mind wants to !
I found mentalization , ( staying in the moment) , helps get me through.
I don’t want to think about certain past occurrences and I certainly can’t foresee the future. (Possible trigger: I just want to say one thing about suicide . I didn’t create myself so what gives me the right to end myself prior to nature’s calling ?)
Sometimes you just have to plug along in life. Sometimes YOU have to make good things happen.
Wishing you the best, in the NOW !

I don't have a set age. I guess for me it's more about being in decent shape physically and mentally. Also, it would be terrible to be old and not have enough money to support myself.


Our landlord who lives next door is well into her 90s, senile, going blind and is pretty much deaf. She can barely get around. She's been declining for years but is still alive. Honestly, she should probably not be living alone. I wouldn't want to be that age if it meant living in that state for years. Same with an ex-friend's dad who is about the same age and bedridden with severe dementia.


Then, on the other hand you have this guy that was a goalkeeper for our national football team, Sergio Livingstone. After his playing career was over, he worked as a sports commentator. He died at 92, and was well enough physically and mentally to work up until a few weeks before his death. Living long in a situation like that, would be okay, I think. It doesn't seem like finances were a problem for him either.

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Wishing everyone the best, in the NOW.....

Believe me, 50 is young. I've thought that I at least want to live into my mid eighties.

I personally don't think we should pick a perfect age to die because we won't know how healthy we'll be then and what our life circumstances will be then.

Having read this thread

I SO relate to this. Thanks for the post. I am 66...grandma...all those thoughts you had...I had...sometimes still do but...I try just to remember that dying is something we all do, I'm not going to miss it if I hang around, even if there are times when it feels all too painful for reasons I cannot even begin to explain (not being "rational")---also, the fact that my brother killed himself let me know just how devastating that is to others even if in the moment you truly believe it will be "better for them" or that no one cares or that you are too awful.....

You are welcome.

I also had a brother commit sui. I do know how it feels. I sometimes think about what I might have missed and am grateful I survived it all.

Now I'm about to become a great grandmother. I know that makes me old...but glad I stuck around.

Congrads!

My mother and her best friend used to say when they were in their 20's "lets shoot each other when we turn 75 if we are still alive" as a joking pact. They didn't want to experience the altimiers, dementia, and parkinsons they saw their parents, friends and neighbors go through.it was a joke and they are both 80 today and my mom has dementia and altizmeires.

I'm in my early 50's.

I want to end my life and have been planning for it.

I can't get work anymore to earn enough to get my own housing(apt) & healthcare.

Free isn't available for me.

Nothing is free in this world. If I don't have the money to pay for what I need then there is no point in existing.

This is not mental illness talking.

I am rational.

If I can't get work (and i want to work), then I don't want to die slowly in poverty.

I have enough to bury me now than if I spend my money on food, hygiene and car to exist.

My life won't get better that is why.

I have no family nor social supports.

Most ppl do

I've been shunned from society

The hard cold truth is, "no one cares."

Those who offer platitudes aren't paying my bills.

hugs to all .........