I couldn’t agree more with you!
My late wife battled mightily for 11 years to beat back the tumors that would grow around her brain stem. The doctors would operate, radiate and 18 months later we did the whole routine again. Each operation did more collateral damage so her quality of life towards the end really sucked.
Then you have asshats like this guy that off’s himself in front of people. No sympathy, none, zero, nada.
Saw an interesting article several months ago about suicide in healthy adults.
The rate is quite low, about 1 in 10,000.
And, almost all of them come from three categories:
(1) Mentally ill
(2) Drug or alcohol addicts
(3) Family history of suicide
In teenagers, most suicides seem to be very impulsive or follow an intensely emotional event.
In the elderly, most suicides involve the death of a spouse or an intractable health problem.
I’m very sorry to hear about your wife, Everest.
Here in Seattle we had a female newscaster who battled a benign brain stem tumor for almost 15 years.
Very sad.
She was a high energy journalist with young kids when it all started.
Everyone admired her courage, but it was like watching someone die in slow motion for 15 years.
So sorry! You have my deepest sympathy.