Discussion Will suicide be looked at as a less taboo topic in the future?

[IrRegularjoe]

More countries have developed euthanasia laws. Mostly for end of life. I do think once you have end of life laws, people with other medical conditions will ask for their rights to assisted dying. Will the horrific ways people have suffered and died be looked at as barbaric to regular people in the future.
Obviously this will be a distant future. But it could be possible.

 

[almost_dead]

well , todays generation will grow up and take up all the legislative positions , so yeah we rule

 

[trigzter]

Yes but i feel there always will be a substantial amount of people who are against it. Some people simply will never concede that an able minded person would/should take their own life

 

[IrRegularjoe]

Yes but i feel there always will be a substantial amount of people who are against it. Some people simply will never concede that an able minded person would/should take their own life

Sure, I think very far from now it will be looked at as abortion which is legal yet is still debated but a human right. Plus with more medical advancements hopefully there will be more cures. It would be nice not to take the blame for your medical condition and have the autonomy to end your life.

 

[AprilsBlessings]

I always think about that..i think there will be a right to die in the future..

 

[I screwed up]

I don't think there will ever be any easier euthanasia laws for the patients with mental illness ... Physical illness yes may be

 

[IrRegularjoe]

I don't think there will ever be any easier euthanasia laws for the patients with mental illness ... Physical illness yes may be

Hopefully we get more rights in the future. The way they treated mentally ill people in the past was worst then now. And we're still treated very poorly. Maybe psychiatry will be exposed for the lies. These people used to lobotomize patients and were praised for it at the time.

 

[sighingspider]

In my point of view, I don't think it would really change that much. There are many things that we accept and understand, but that doesn't mean that we agree with it. Let's take the protest in the US for an example. Though I don't live in the US, there is something that is bothering me. Why is it in every generation, there would be a protest over the same old topic, race? The word 'colour' itself has been in history for centures, and yet we have not looked pass this thing. Same goes for suicide.
Yes, many countries have adopted euthanasia laws, but that does not mean the "taboo-nes" will change. Take a look at the rising power of the Middle East. Sooner or later, and it is unavoidable, it is going to be the next superpower. Their custom is that suicide is a no no. Of course, you can't change a nation just because your country is stronger... can you? Even in Eastern Asia, suicide is under-stable, but not at all allowed. Japan has a suicide forest, but that does not mean they the government allows suicide. They know the problem that is happening, so the only way is to identify what is going on.
And if we look at the world now, at this very moment. We are seeing a change. The governments are already trying their best to prevent thoughts of suicide. Of course, some of us still have depression, but there is a slight change. Back in 1930's when the Great Depression hit, suicide rates hit the 'funny'. Even in '08 market crashed there was a spike in suicide. But look at it now, the governments are trying their best to give out subsidies. This come hand in hand with the people mental health. I guess.
So if the social structure of our society is improving, I don't think the subject on suicide would be more accepted. Maybe just a little.

 

[airboy_a380]

I don't think there will ever be any easier euthanasia laws for the patients with mental illness ... Physical illness yes may be

There are in the Netherlands

Watch this documentary about someone depressed. She got approved but on the day she decided not to die ( spoiler)

 

[IrRegularjoe]

There are in the Netherlands

Watch this documentary about someone depressed. She got approved but on the day she decided not to die ( spoiler)

I think that girl eventually took her life with euthanasia. I think you still have time after your approved to back out then still stay approved. She's from Belgium.

 

[airboy_a380]

I think that girl eventually took her life with euthanasia. I think you still have time after your approved to back out then still stay approved.

Dunno what happened to her after the documentary but in this case she backed off.

 

[donquixote42]

Dunno what happened to her after the documentary but in this case she backed off.

Backed off and then killed herself 2 years later. It's mentioned at the very end

 

[TheQ22]

In 1955 the world population was 2.5 Billion. Now 65 years later it's heading to 7.5 Billion. The growth is exponential. In another 65 years it would be over 20 Billion if it keeps growing at the same rate.

The numbers have to come down, so expect disease, famine and etc, and I can imagine if someone wants to die they will be allowed to in the not too distant future.

 

[Bauhaus]

I don't think there will ever be any easier euthanasia laws for the patients with mental illness ... Physical illness yes may be

There's no such thing as "mental illness", ALL diseases are physical and just becos they don't know the cause or say "it's in your head" doesn't make it any less physical.
The truth is, doctors and scientists use the term "mental illness" as a lame excuse because they don't want to admit our serious lack of medical knowledge.
I expect in some far future when we'll know the cause of all diseases that psychiatry will no longer exist and will be put in the only place it belongs: a museum.

 

[alexit]

I used to be a crime and people talk about it more (taboo meaning you can't talk about something), so yeah I think definitely. Will it be more accepted and will the right to die be a recognized human right? That I don't know. I hope so.

 

[Sprite_Geist]

Yes I think the attitudes toward suicide that most people have now will change - though maybe not in the near future.

To be honest I'm actually suprised that it isn't more accepted right now; given just how uncaring and nihilistic the current climate can be. You'd think in a society where people trample over each other and were human life isn't valued that everyone wouldn't be so upset over people ending their lives?

 

[alexit]

Yes I think the attitudes toward suicide that most people have now will change - though maybe not in the near future.

To be honest I'm actually suprised that it isn't more accepted right now; given just how uncaring and nihilistic the current climate can be. You'd think in a society where people trample over each other and were human life isn't valued that everyone wouldn't be so upset over people ending their lives?

I've thought about that notion, what you're saying a lot. My theory is that if suicide were more acceptable the rich would stand to lose so much money because people would max out their credit lines, have fun, die and the banks would be stuck with the bill. I don't think it's a crazy conspiracy theory to say money is part of the reason it's not more widely accepted. It's why insurance won't pay out on suicide in the first two years.

 

[Incorrigible77777]

I hope so. In my country people have strong misunderstanding and prejudice towards depression and suicidal thoughts. I hope that the deaths of me and some other people in the next few years can at least bring some attention to people and gradually change their perceptions.