• efstajas@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    Why are you assuming that her mental situation developed as a result of society or “the government”? The article mentions that her conditions are chronic and started developing in early childhood. People can have mental conditions without any particular external trigger.

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      6 months ago

      She has trauma, according to the article. Most traumas are largely systemic issues that have been improperly handled.

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        6 months ago

        Fair enough — though the trauma is also just one of the named conditions, and we have no idea what that trauma was caused by.

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          6 months ago

          Depression and anxiety are also heavily influenced by societal conditions. She would probably still have to deal with these issues but to a much less QoL damaging extent under a more humane system.

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      6 months ago

      I read somewhere that we have way more suicides in general than before. That seemed plausiblevso I didn’t look it up proper. Also, whatever her problem is, that’s not what assisted suicide is for , she is abusing the system. The backlash from this improper use will impede access for the people who really need it.

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        6 months ago

        She’s run out of treatment options and is still symptomatic to the point that her quality of life is severely diminished.

        It wasn’t an overnight decision and has been reviewed by multiple medical teams, over 3 and a half years. All stated in the article.