“I cannot comprehend why anyone should believe any problem is insurmountable. As the old adage says, “This too shall pass.””
Most of the time, yes. But with some age-related degenerative diseases (i.e., Alzheimer’s) the cure is found in death.
I’ve always been against any sort of suicide, and probably still am, but after watching a family be destroyed financially and emotionally caring for a woman that screams in pain everyday and doesn’t know who they are -— well, my opinion is softening.
I don’t think I would knowingly put my family through that; it seems cruel and stepping out of the way promptly would be a gift I could give them because I love them.
I totally understand that position but that situation itself is part of the human experience. Having said that, my relations have all passed away from other conditions or illnesses before senility of any kind could take them. My Dad died at 56 from his fourth heart attack.