it really is not as simple as "if you don't like being alive, you can leave"
- it's very hard to overcome the survival instinct, even if you want to die
- chances are you have been told at some point by someone religious you'll go to hell if you end your own life, and even if you don't believe any more it doesn't mean it doesn't still affect you
- someone is likely to be traumatised by your death e.g you may have been told the worst thing a parent can ever go through is the loss of a child - especially by suicide
- access to peaceful, reliable methods is very difficult for many people - you could go through a lot of pain, fail and end up permanently damaged
- euthanasia / assisted suicide is expensive
- you're unlikely to be accepted by euthanasia / assisted suicide clinics for "mental illness" - they will want you to have gone through many treatments before they will consider you
(i understand there are some previously suicidal people who are glad they got professional support and are glad they didn't end their lives. some people have suffered intensely for a long time, and don't want to have to gamble on countless treatments on the offchance something might help. increased access to effective mental health treatment is a good thing, but the point is there are people suffering deeply right now who don't want to wait on the offchance in the distant future something may possibly help. i don't think anyone should be pressured into ending their life, and i appreciate there is a risk of this happening and measures need taking to help reduce that risk)
as someone with "mental illness" (a term i don't really like, as it tends to be associated with having a lack of capacity or logical thinking, which I don't think is true in my case) I WISH my parents had not had me, or at least had knowledge of mental health conditions / neurodiversity before doing so. I don't know if it had been "caught early" if things might have been different, but the longer you've suffered with something the more difficult recovery becomes, and not everyone wants to be forced to try every treatment under the sun whilst suffering deeply in the meantime.
i just think bringing children into a world where they are not allowed to leave if they hate it here is too big a risk to take. mental health is still poorly understood. you can't guarantee that your child will be happy. and having an unhappy child is painful for the parents as well as the child.
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