My wife gets depressed sometimes and says that she is fed up with life. I would like to help her acheive her wish and die, but I do not want to go to prison. Should I help and if so what would be a good - untraceable - way to do it?
Thanx
2007-03-17 00:22:29 · 14 answers · asked by jon_oates 1 in Health ➔ Other - Health
oh dear, people are actually taking this one seriously aren't they
2007-03-17 01:10:55 · answer #1 · answered by Bodieann 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Kinda strange that you are asking for methods of euthanasia on this site because your wife is depressed and untraceable methods at that, When all you are concerned about is not going to jail. You cant seriously expect people to offer you any ideas !! You could even be plotting something very sinister. Get a grip and help your wife by taking her to the doctors !!!!
2007-03-17 04:53:37 · answer #2 · answered by JayJay 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
This is a tricky question, and I doubt that you'll get some honest answers (at least serious honest answers).
Depending of where you live, euthanasia can be considered a crime or not. Even attempted suicide can be considered a crime in some countries. You provide little information about your wife. Is she terminally ill? Has she been diagnosed with a depressive disorder?
The way you are talking about it is not called euthanasia, but assisted suicide or evn murder/manslaughter. Your wife wants to die, and you feel sorry for her and you want to help her.
Now, You've got the choice in your hands:
Either you help her, you'll be caught and you can face life emprisonment or death (depending of where you live).
You can try and discourage her from thinking of it (she is showing signs of acute depression and needs help).
But to be honest with you, if your wife really wanted to kill herself, she would do it, without you even realizing it. She just wants your sympathy and help, not your consent for suicide.
We all are fed up with life sometimes, and most of us already thought about suicide, even me. This happens when life seems senseless and with no ways of improving. Fortunately, in most cases this is a temporary feeling, but if your wife is having it a lot, she may need psychiatric help.
I think you are being selfish, you are more worried in going to Prison, than in helping your wife (either to end her life, or to help her get off her depression). You talk about untraceable ways of help her die.... that is facillitating someone to die, and a crime (you know that by the way you right). Also, you are not being very smart, by asking such question in Yahoo! I am impressed how they allowed you to ask such question, especially when they ban so many questions.
Police can trace you down, and your untraceable Euthanasia can be found before you know it.
If Euthanasia is legal in your country, then you should have no problems, and you should follow the appropriate channels. But I tell you this.... even if you took your wife to Denmark (where Euthanasia is allowed) they wouldnot do it, because this procedure is only legally allowed for people who are terminally ill, with no prospect of getting better. This is not the case of your wife. She is depressed. Maybe she needs a break from you, because you are not helping her depression at all.
What I would do in your case:
I would refer her to her GP, psychiatrist, etc.
I would not encourage her, nor support her. She has got the right to decide, but she has no right to ask people help to commit a crime.
I would divorce her, and clean my hands of the situation.
At this point, even if she commits suicide, and if you have spoken to people about it, you are still a suspect and may will be convicted, sicne you were planning to do it, even though you haven't done it.
I hope this makes sense.
2007-03-17 00:47:13 · answer #3 · answered by Mikhael 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You should find out the cause of the depression. Drugs available from the Doctor will give her a totally different outlook. Antidepressants are very widely used these days and the quality of life people get is often unbelievable.
Only in extreme cases of non treatable illness where pain management is failing the patient should this question be considered and then, only on the absolute insistence of the individual concerned.
Never even consider the illegal form of euthanasia.
2007-03-17 00:31:09 · answer #4 · answered by MANCHESTER UK 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Everyone gets depressed & fed up with life at times, especially those with a tender heart. But death isn't the answer. Suicide is the same as a slap in the face to God. It's like telling him you know better than He does. If you believe in God it would be much worse to die. Even if there was no God it's final. EVERYTHING she ever loved out of her reach. The grief others would go through. If something went wrong wouldn't life be worse? What if she ended up crippled, mentally dimished or a vegetable? You both need counseling. Wishing to die is a heart cry for help, not really wanting death. A desire to escape from pain, not cease to exist. There's no coming back. Real love says I'll walk through this with you & do whatever needs to be done to give you hope again. Even if you weren't ever caught you'd have to live with yourself & there always comes a day of reckoning. Love her enough to help her seek help. Not to take the coward's way out. Both of your lives matter. Life is God's gift to you & you are God's gift to the world. So many die young who longed to live don't mock their sacrifice by taking your own or another's.
2007-03-17 00:50:11 · answer #5 · answered by syllylou77 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No one can or should either encourage or assist you in this illegal endeavour. As, if nothing else, they too would be guilty of a criminal offence.
People in the depths of depression often express a wish to die, however once the depression lifts they may feel as well as the did previously. I can only warn you that the course of action you are contemplating is not only the wrong one for you and your unfortunate wife, but quite illegal. I suggest you seek further help and advise from her doctors.
2007-03-17 00:39:12 · answer #6 · answered by Dr Frank 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
No it is not right...I believe in Euthanasia but not for depression, it should only be used for Case's where medical science can not give any hope of recovery and should be carried out by a doctor with the families permission
2007-03-17 00:38:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
No. Euthanasia is sometimes considered in cases of near fatal injury or terminal illness or deterioration of quality of life from same.
It is never employed for depression. This condition requires medical attention, and the prospects for improvement are favorable.
2007-03-17 00:33:57 · answer #8 · answered by KirksWorld 5 · 4⤊ 0⤋
I would just try and talk with her and tell her their are a lot more people far worse than her. That's how I feel sometimes, as I have M S , but then I think I'm alot better off than a lot of people. Try and get her interested in a hobby or somethig.
2007-03-17 00:54:10 · answer #9 · answered by tina d 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Some of what bothers me about this question is that you don't place any value at all on your wife as as a person.
How can you be so uncaring to another, obviously ill, human being.
2007-03-17 03:03:58 · answer #10 · answered by suebnm 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you dont say if your wife is terminally ill or not - if someone is terminally ill and no quality of life needs 24hr care then yes i agree with it but other wise no. sounds as though your wife wants to commit suicide get her to the drs.
2007-03-17 03:31:42 · answer #11 · answered by SOJLO 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋