We need to treat suicide like we treat other issues surrounding bodily autonomy.
That starts with us each getting comfortable with the idea that those we love may choose to live their life (including its end) differently than we'd like.
That's down to us and the conversations we have with each other. I've told my kids that I have no intention of living out my final years like my elderly uncle. The key is to have those discussions early.
@stuartblair To each his or her own, but it's not even a remote possibility for me.
No matter how one chooses to end their life, there is a period of time between the act and the death, and that period of time is filled with a level of terror that cannot be described.
So no, I will not be normalizing suicide. I think that's one of very few things that all of the world's major religions got right.
Lets normalize mortality. Plan your exit.