Posted by alexandra_k on December 16, 2013, at 22:45:47
In reply to Re: should we have the Right To Die? » alexandra_k, posted by Phillipa on December 16, 2013, at 22:37:29
yeah.
cases of depression / anorexia etc are hard. cases of mental anguish / pain / suffering. it can be hard because when you are in the midst of it it can feel like things have never been any different and will never get to be any different. all there is is the eternal, horrible, now.
but often the depression does lift. eventually. i guess that is why doctors are reluctant to treat this similarly.
i have read a couple academic papers arguing that people should have the right to die in these cases. i didn't think on them overly much... but people are thinking about these issues, yeah.
apparently the pain of childbirth is pretty bad... the body has mechanisms for forgetting the pain. otherwise... women most probably would not go through that again, ha! maybe... hopefully... depression is like that.
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