That’s one point I have personally experienced. I’ve faced the reality of 30-31 migraines per 31 days a month. Luckily medical treatment is helping cut that number back significantly (though every day is a careful balance). But those medical treatments have been around less than 10 years. There’s even a class of headache, cluster headaches, which are also known as suicide headaches. Not every chronic pain can be dialed back.
Re:Anthony Bourdain has died
by oldsklgdfth on Friday June 08, 2018 @09:23AM
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Chronic pains is evil. I would be more inclined to associate that with euthanasia, than with suicide.
Not to sound insensitive, but it's more comparable to putting down your old suffering pet in my mind.
Psilocybin has been showing remarkable results at treating Cluster Headaches, you might be interested in reading the relevant literature if you haven't already.
This have been explored philosophically in the school of existentialism, see Camus and his work.
EDIT: i guess a valid reason is significant physical pain and suffering that has no hope of being cured.