(THIS IS A REPOST OF SOMETHING I POSTED A FEW DAYS AGO ON THE SUB, REPOSTING TO SEE IF I’LL GET BETTER ANSWERS HERE, DELETE IF REPOSTS AREN’T ALLOWED)
what if i have no interest in killing myself or in dying (and i dont, i very much do not want to die) but i have rationally and logically concluded that i should?
i was originally going to make a giant long explanation on what my logic or rationale for it is, and how doing so is the best compromise for all parties involved (for me and for the people in my family who love me) taking into account what i am and am not, but im kinda too lazy to (at least rn) and i think the hypothetical may be more interesting
i dont want to die, but i think i should. is that kind of sentiment a bad thing? can it be countered even if the logic is airtight? (asking here because it directly connects to be trans)


i guess i think that theres not really any way the logic for dying can be ‘airtight’ since u can never know all the possibilities that could occur afterward, like a butterfly effect sort of thing. im absolutely of the opinion that people should be allowed to die, but i think that the desire to die would be the primary determining factor; whatever the cause, the choice should be made based on intrinsic experience rather than extrinsic factors, i think? idk if that makes sense. in other words i guess i would say that someone with the converse ultimatum to yours would be the candidate for dying, i.e., someone who thinks “i want to die, but i don’t think i should”, because i think being compelled to live only out of guilt or obligation is wrong. obviously that has a lot of complicated material implications but idk at the very least i dont think that kind of sentiment is a ‘bad thing’ per se; it may or may not be healthy to have that on your mind all the time, but you arent doing anything wrong by thinking or talking about it. i think its a really interesting question and im sorry you are dealing with it. i have been there too.
that makes a lot of sense actually
thank you for this perspective, i never thought of it like that