Even if assisted suicide becomes legal it will be a complex thing were you are evaluated a ton to confirm that you are in the right state of mind and have a valid reason to ask for it
I doubt most jumpers would pass the psych eval needed to qualify for assisted suicide, they would get instantly a severe depression diagnosis and put in a mental facility with constant watch
So if it were a thing, severe depression wouldn’t be a valid reason? That would be pretty fucked up.
But I guess it’s because you can’t really prove it to be a terminal thing like cancer as we don’t quite fully understand the cause of depression. But I’d hope if you proved that you suffered from it for decades they could assume that it probably wouldn’t clear up anytime soon…or ever.
Lobotomies still get approved for severe depressions that don't respond to any other treatment. As proof Sapolsky said, they also lose the ability to feel joy, but they weren't feeling joy to begin with.
Also note that these are specific lobotomies, not the horrific icepick lobotomies. Just can recall right now what part of the brain they sever.
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u/HarrekMistpaw Aug 13 '21
Even if assisted suicide becomes legal it will be a complex thing were you are evaluated a ton to confirm that you are in the right state of mind and have a valid reason to ask for it
I doubt most jumpers would pass the psych eval needed to qualify for assisted suicide, they would get instantly a severe depression diagnosis and put in a mental facility with constant watch
Ya know, in an ideal world