Posted by used2b on April 1, 2005, at 12:41:34
In reply to Re: Can't afford the maintenance, posted by sunny10 on April 1, 2005, at 10:28:55
> The bad news is that they CAN require you to want to live; it's called involuntary commitment to a mental health facility...
At the most, all they could do is tie a person to a bed and forcibly hydrate and nourish a body. They might try to hold a person prisoner for years until the person says the clinician's life is worth living, but that would have nothing to do with the life of the patient. Telling strangers I am old and ready to die a natural death is not a committable disorder. I can't be committed for not taking vitamins and for not reading longevity books. A person cannot be forcibly committed for not wanting eternal life.
Otherwise, never mind. Everything is fine with me.
> Will you let us try to help? Please?
>Help me what? Old people die. It was probably a mistake to post here thinking anyone would understand and accept my outlook without trying to change it. The psychology game is probably more about classifying outlooks as "disorders" than it is about understanding and appreciating the tragedy of human life.
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