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Originally Posted by Eliza Hodgkins 1812
But, I also believe a person has a right to stay in this life or exit it at their leisure. Living isn't for everyone.
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I have been so wishy washy on this this topic I have no idea really even how to organize all of the varied thoughts I've had on it over the decades.
There have been three times in my life I've had serious thoughts of suicide. I believe everyone has passing thoughts once in a while, but I did dwell on it for a long period of time. When I considered it, all three times would have been acts of selfishness.
Because of my own personal experiences with those thoughts, in which the situations varied widely, I am typically one who considers all suicide an act of selfishness. While the life does indeed belong to the person living it, the ramifications go far beyond the one life taken.
Then I think of the terminally ill, which included my mom, who died when I was 15 of Lupus, and I have to say that often times suicide in those cases would be considered unselfish. Good lord knows I went for years wishing it would just be over both for her and for the family.
This is one of those issues that I've never really been able to formulate a strong opinion on.