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Originally Posted by Sliver
Man, this comment shows just how far we still have to go before mental illnesses are treated with the same compassion we treat physical illnesses. If you've been suffering from crippling, soul-sucking, debilitating depression with no end in site for a few decades, I don't understand what you think gives you the right to say, "sorry, you have to hang in there for another 25 years."
I absolutely think mental illnesses should qualify for doctor-assisted suicide in the same way and under similar criteria as physical illnesses qualify.
It would be much nicer for somebody to go through a doctor and the closure process of assisted suicide (which may actually lead to positive help, if available!) than to go to their garage with a rope for their wife to find them hanging.
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This is an honest question.
Is depression curable/controlable with treatment?
For me that is the bench mark, if the disease is curable then I am not sure that it would qualify.