Ok, so me and my friend and my sister were having an argument over death. My sister was explaining why physician assisted suicide is legal in Oregon, and why she supported it. And she was explaining that in order to get this assistance you have to go into therapy for months and show no signs of depression. So my friend says that all people that are dying from anything are always depressed. Me and my sister disagree. What is your opinion?
And for those that want to argue with me about our views of assisted suicide please don't bother to post. I'm not asking that question, see my other question if you want to debate or voice your opinion about that.
Thank you to all for your answers
2006-10-15 14:50:07 · 5 answers · asked by KryBaby 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
Bret, check out Oregon, did u bother to check it out before u answered? And like I said, if you're not going to answer my question that I ASKED then don't bother! Can u read???
2006-10-15 14:57:45 · update #1
Once again great answers but hard to choose. Lets put this to a vote!!
2006-10-16 04:25:59 · update #2
Not all people who are dying are depressed. For some it is a welcome thing. Something to look forward to. Some people die too quickly to have time to even feel any emotion about it at all.
2006-10-15 14:54:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
No, people that are dying are not necessarily going through depression. There are 5 stages to death and dying as outlined by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross.
1. Denial
2. Anger
3. Bargaining
4. Depression
5. Acceptance
...I would assume that in order for someone to be taken seriously at their request, they would have had to already have gone through these phases, and come to the acceptance phase.
- A Psych instructor
2006-10-15 22:36:37 · answer #2 · answered by Ana 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Death is the natural outcome of life, why and how can you be depressed about it. I might be depressed if I had a long lingering condition that was keeping me from living fully, but I would not be depressed about dieing.
2006-10-15 21:54:18 · answer #3 · answered by thanatos_azrael 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No State has a law that has legal assisted suicide....
2006-10-15 21:53:20 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i agree with you and your sister.
my grandfather died of cancer and was never depressed.
possibly sad. and definatly angry but not depressed.
2006-10-15 21:54:29 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋