But you don’t seem to want to tackle the reasons why that happened, only that it makes you sad to think about.

This, x 10000

I especially hate the whole “We’ll never know why he/she did it” that they always come out with, even though in many cases they told their family they going to do it and why and the family just brushed them off, or it was obvious what their problems were (eg financial etc) and the family did nothing to help. Then the family act like they’re the victims, and how could you do this to them. had to listen to this crap at the funeral of a friend and it was enraging.

Well, I am extremely unhealthy physically and mentally.

I don’t believe in assisted suicide simply because I believe it is used as an excuse by capitalism as a sort of eugenics and/or an excuse to not try and help people who might not feel that way if their needs are met and environment is different.

But their needs aren’t going to be met anyway. If someone wants assisted suicide because, for instance, their benefits have been stopped and they can’t afford to live any more, or because their country doesn’t provide adequate medical treatment and they are suffering with their untreated medical conditions, or because they’re living in an abusive situation and there are no other avenues open to them, the government isn’t going to say, “This person now wants to die because we aren’t taking care of them, so let’s start taking care of them so they don’t feel that way any more!” Either way, they aren’t being taken care of and they aren’t going to be taken care of. So denying them AS is just making them suffer longer against their will. And there are many instances where all the intervention in the world wouldn’t help anyway. Even if someone does have access to all the available help, many still suffer from untreatable pain, or are dying slowly and horribly anyway and want their suffering to end.

If capitalism really wanted to get rid of useless eaters/disabled/etc then assisted suicide would be legal in a lot more countries, and much more easily accessible in the countries it’s already legal in.

It’s just absolutely fascist to deny people this service. People get outraged when people want to ban abortions or gender reassignments, but the same people are against AS, which means they are against people having the fundamental right to choose whether to exist or not. It’s just crazy to me that people support every right over your own body except the ultimate right. As if that isn’t bad enough most countries ban most things that would enable you to do the job reliably from home, and are banning more and more of these things all the time. Even websites that allow discussion of methods and a place to meet people to help you with it have been banned (at least in the UK). Vulnerable people aren’t taken care of at all but are also prevented from ending their suffering. At this point I’m convinced it’s just to be cruel, to create as much suffering as possible.

There’s an online diary called penzu, I used to use that to record my dreams. I’d keep a pen and paper by my bed, scribble them down immediately and then type them up. I still enjoy going back and reading them. I also used to have a paper book of my dreams but lost it unfortunately.

it sucks. I’m so tired all the time and miss dreaming.

The bulk of my dreams used to be me lost on random streets, or being driven down a motorway scarily fast, or in swimming pool changing rooms where all the toilets are clogged up and overflowing, but I barely dream at all now as my sleep is so awful.

Dreams are great. We should have a permanent dream megathread on here.

Never do they say “seek therapy if you have the option to.” They actually say things like “Therapy, NOW.” And don’t seem at all aware that it’s unaffordable for many people. When informed that it’s unaffordable, they insist a reshuffling of priorities will provide the money rather than accepting that some people don’t have disposable income. In fact today one redditor told someone with a problem, “therapy, regardless of anything else.” Regardless of whether or not you can afford it then.

An average can of soup is like £1.70. So I certainly wouldn’t have gotten 3-4 meals for the price of a bag of chips, and would also have had to have eaten the soup cold without utilities.

My cancer treatment has also caused me to develop multiple severe food intolerances to the point there are very few things I can safely eat, and soup is a no-go for me, but you sound like one of the people who thinks poor people shouldn’t be allowed food intolerances and should just eat whatever is cheapest no matter how violently ill it will make them.

And they did, in fact, call me a liar and say “Nobody lives like that,” when I spoke about having to choose between utilities or food. What ready to eat groceries was I supposed to buy without utilities? Even a ready made sandwich was the same price as a bag of chips. Maybe something is lost in translation. When I say chips I mean these: https://i0.wp.com/metro.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/chips_flickr_gary-tanner-e1424258208729.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&zoom=1&resize=644%2C538&ssl=1

So yeah I would rather have one hot meal than one can of cold soup that will make me ill. And sorry for preferring hot food in the middle of winter when I couldn’t afford central heating.

You are very much denying my experience, and these people were not well-meaning. If even people here think this way, then we truly have no hope of a communist future.

Is that even possible? when I go to the hospital, they ask name, date of birth, address etc, I don’t see how you can just give a fake name. Also it’s debatable whether bankruptcy is better than death, depends on your current circumstances. I’d choose death at this stage of my life.

I find people in general are like that though. Very judgmental of anyone who’s struggling, always assuming if you aren’t doing well it’s your own fault for not trying hard enough. Many of the people on reddit who say things like this are middle aged too.

Wow $200 once a week would be over $10K a year. Some people are surviving off less than that but say you can’t afford therapy and redditors are like “You need to get your priorities in order. Cut down on unnecessary spending.” Some of us already have no unnecessary spending as we can’t afford it!

Thank you.

Was the food then divided between the residents?

Probably just too ashamed.

Older generations were brought up with the idea that it’s shameful to receive help, but we need to do away with that idea, especially as wealth gets more and more concentrated in the hands of a few and there’s less for the rest of us.

You can pay for rehab with food stamps?

They want to deport immigrants, repeal human rights laws, destroy the NHS, give tax cuts to the wealthy, get rid of all climate protection policies, implement mass stop-and-search, introduce a “patriotic curriculum” in schools, ban “transgender ideology,” oppose “woke content,” protect landlords, reduce abortion access, repeal equality diversity and inclusion, restrict LGBTQ+ rights, and propose a “hardline, nationalist and socially conservative agenda.”

This is exactly what happened to me. GPs refused to do any tests for nearly 4 years, saying I was too young for it to be anything serious. Eventually my employer paid for me to get tests at a private hospital. Turned out to be thyroid cancer.

Thanks for the bump!