i've been doing a lot of thinking about this lately, and let's say that hypothetically that i wanted to commit suicide. since it's my life, shouldn't i have the right to end it if i wanted to? think about that for a minute. if i did say that i wanted to kill myself, most people would tell me that i shouldn't, and even worse. they would put me up in some mental ward at some hospital to try to stop me from doing it. what gives them the right to do that? as i said, it's MY life. i'm the one who's going to have to live it. not them. i should be the one who gets to decide when it ends.
and if someone has a mental illness, and they're not a threat to anyone else other than themselves, we shouldn't force them to get 'help' if they don't want it. (the mental health system in this country is a joke anyway). trust me, if they don't want help, it's not going to work anyway.
finally, this is coming from someone who has been down this road more than once before. so take it from me.
2007-09-03
11:34:09
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