My wife and I don’t have children, but my exit strategy is assisted suicide. I have no intention of living past my brain.

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wonderwonder 6 days ago | parent | next [-]

Yeah, as morbid as it sounds, I have no intention of my wife and children having to watch me degrade or to suffer that indignity myself. My plan is of course to never suffer from this disease but if I do, as soon as I know its spiraling I would check out. Would probably do something like attempting to climb a very tall mountain in the winter without oxygen. At least give myself a goal to distract myself as I head towards the inevitable. If I make it to the top I'll just take a long nap. That or just a massive Heroin overdose where a security guard will find me in the morning so my family doesn't have to deal with that. Big apologies to the security guard ahead of time.

While I have lots of guns, the thought of putting a bullet in my head is not something I could follow through on, would not want my family to have to identify me looking like that.

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bravesoul2 6 days ago | parent [-]

Suicide as a logical choice rather than a desperate one is so rarely talked about. It is just interesting to see views on it. For a "happy" person it sort of goes against the grain to do it but I see the reasoning. Add in the confusion of dementia at the time the decision has to be made. I'm not sure what to make of it!

	▲	wonderwonder 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		I’ve always been against suicide as a solution for desperation, for example, people who feel trapped or don’t like how their life turned out. I’ve always felt that at that point in time you are truly free. abandon everything and go live a new life. Join the marines, become a laborer on a farm, join the crew of a ship, anything. For situations that truly have no hope and the only outcome is suffering both of yourself and your family. I understand it now.
	▲	mjevans 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		I don't think I'd be happy in that context. Medical technology failed 'us' and at that point the body has failed too. Time ran out and we did not slay the dragon. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZYNADOHhVY CGP Grey : Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant

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aziaziazi 6 days ago | parent | prev [-]

Willing to share if/what’s your plans? Do you live in a somewhat helping country like Swiss?

I’ve a similar view for myself but my GF find it creepy and don’t want discuss it, yet. That’s embarrassing, I don’t want to cause grief by a surprise disparition.

Practically speaking there’s NGOs that can help and even send kits after a (long) checkup. Inert gas asphyxia seems to be a classic as it’s fast, painless and quite cheap/easy.

	▲	linotype 6 days ago \| parent [-]
		I haven’t made concrete plans yet as that should be decades away (though maybe I should anyway) and the laws change all the time depending on the jurisdiction. I live in a country that’s fairly lax gun wise so I could always take care of it myself.