Venting I think that pro lifers cause suicides

[ijustwishtodie]

Pro lifers like to accuse this site for being pro suicide but, if anything, I think that they're actually the ones who are the bigger contributors to suicides than this site is. I'm not saying this as a way to use their own words against them but rather because I think it has some merit to it.

Because of how euthanasia is illegal, some suicidal people like myself feel more compelled to kill themselves as early as possible because they have no guarantee that they won't suffer excruciating pain in the future that would cause them to be unable to attempt suicide. There's no safety net to rely on if things get extremely bad which causes some people like myself to panic immensely and thus want to achieve death as soon as possible.

If euthanasia was legalised, we wouldn't have to panic over our futures as we know we have a reliable way to escape existence if things do get too bad. I believe that existence is like a prison but I also believe that "a prison becomes a home when you have the key" and, in this case, the key for some people is euthanasia. If euthanasia was legalised, a lot of suicidal people can deal with life and their struggles in the moment instead of worrying immensely about what the future holds. This makes life much more manageable for some people. I've even seen the most militant of efilists who argue that it's better to leave existence as quickly as possible say that they would continue to live for another week had euthanasia been legalised for them.

Pro lifers fail to acknowledge this because the average pro lifer thinks that they're doing the right thing whilst the government just wants wage slaves. Regardless of whether the motive for suicide preventionists is pure or whatever, it doesn't change the fact that people are suffering because of their anti suicide mindset. They have a lot of blood on their hands.

I'm only writing about this to vent, not to change anybody's mindset as I know that it's futile to try and convince pro lifers of anything due to how strong they are in their beliefs

 

[alienfreak]

I definitely agree. The fear of falling into a situation where I am forced to stay alive against my will is in my mind often.

Additionally, I think it is a big factor that their actions isolate suicidal people by censoring us and trying to prevent us from talking to each other as we do in this community. The medical system's brutish approach to hospitalization even prevents us from being able to talk to our doctors honestly. It is so very stupid, twisted and absurd. I don't think they can comprehend our point of view in the slightest. They oppress and harm the very people they seem to think they are helping.

I think there are deeper, darker roots to it all. These enemies of ours have an internal struggle themselves in which they are afraid to even think about suicide as a possibility. People struggle to accept that death is inevitable, they are often plagued by irrational religious beliefs, and struggle with the grief caused by those that they have lost. Perhaps it can become some sort of misguided, ideological crusade against death itself.