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Eh, if I were slowly dying over the course of weeks, and I were given 50/50 odds: "this wild ameliorate your mortality salience, or break your brain and make you crazy" I'd still take that. Heck, if you're worried about being crazy, you are probably less worried about death.

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I would probably prefer a high morphine dose though.

Lying in a hospital bed and tripping for the first time might just a little bit crazy.

NOT! Saying it should be illegal, i think the current laws are braindead.

Yeah, experiencing that in a hospital cot sounds awful. I believe usually they have some sort of comfortable space for that.

I have to say, I think you underestimate the suffering brought by insanity. Thankfully the odds are much better than that.

Actually I've struggled with bipolar disorder for two decades so I'm rather well acquainted with suffering caused by distorted perceptions of reality. Maybe that's why it's less daunting of a proposition to me :)

But yes you're completely right, the actual odds of an adverse psychologic reaction are much lower. My point was moreso that dealing with terminal illness can lead to its own kind of detachment from reality and all sorts of stress.

I like that thought of yours 'dealing with terminal illness can lead to its own kind of detachment from reality and all sorts of stress.'

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