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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree. I secretly hope I die before I lose independence. Honestly, I hope I don’t make it to 80. Watching elderly relatives around me lose their ability to live in their homes, any independence and declining cognitive abilities have assured me of this.

No matter how healthy you are and how well you take care of yourself it happens at some point. Better to go out before you get there. [/quote]

This.

And it’s not about wanting anyone to die. My sibling died in their 30s of a chronic illness. By the end they couldn’t do any daily care for themselves and also lost their ability to communicate. I don’t ever want to live like that and I think my sibling would have felt the same if they had known the future. I cried myself sick when my sibling died, but I know it was truly a mercy.

Perhaps some people don’t mind losing their independence, or want to live even when they lose it, but that’s not me - I’ll be ready to go when that happens, no matter what the age.[/quote]

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