Bipolar Disorder Support Group
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Do you believe that suicide is the workings of an unstable mind or do you believe that some people faced with a disabilitating illness like cancer or MS can chose (in their right minds) that they want to die?
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It's still suicide...but I'm not gonna judge them...kinda pro euthanasia except that it would create a slippery slope with people being knocked off for convenience to carers or whatever. Very tricky subject.
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What did jesus say!
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I don't know what Jesus would have said that's why I asked the question.
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I do believe some people choose in their right mind.
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There comes a time with a terminal illness when you have to make a decision either to help your self while you still can or possibly face significant suffering.
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yeah I kinda believe that too
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why, artemis?
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I'm kinda pro-euthanasia in certain situations. I'm honest about that.
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My minister's husband is dying of brain cancer. He is a minister too. He recently made the decision to stop chemo because his quality of life was being affected. Is he committing suicide?
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yep.
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sounds more like he's letting nature take its course.
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I don't know why...I can't really put it into words that's why I am asking the question to see what you guys think. Maybe it will help clarify things for me. I am not suicidal or anything I was just wondering what people thought :)
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no I wouldn't say that was suicide, he is putting himself in Gods hands. My grandmother went through something similar
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When I was in nursing school i worked in Hospice / Home heath With AIDS and cancer this was before there was any real HIV treatments. believe me no one knew they would end up suffering like that.
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yeah he's been on chemo for years and years now. They thought they were losing him back in October. Didn't think I was going to come back from Australia and find him still alive. It is a really sad situation because she is about to retire too and what does she have to retire to....a dead husband.
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I have been here before, a long long time ago and now I am back.Forgive me for not just saying what I want to say,even under a triple dose of antidepressants it is still raw and seeping and I am hesitant at revealing it as at least under the bandages around my heart I don,t have to look at how raw and wounded.My child was cleaved from my heart by his own actions. my child of ten,turning eleven...
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theatre and I are there already. I'm having a very berry tea with crackers, cheese and cherry tomatoes and she's having a joint with some beer and we're both on really comfy recliners on thick pile carpet. we need some help with the decor if anyone is around??
