How do you guys feel about assisted suicide?

[lapislzi]

55. Sad story.

Sounds like she was determined to die, which suggests a co-morbidity with depression. Not uncommon in borderlines. Borderlines will often theatrically attempt suicide, and kill themselves by accident. But it is very, very difficult, even for professionals, to unravel the tightly wound threads of mental illnesses.

Obvious suicide note: typical borderline.
Purchasing and hiding the gun: deep depression. Possible bipolar/rapid cycling?

SSRIs will help depression and are useful in treating bipolar, in conjunction with other drugs, but they need to be given time to work. I wish for your friend's sake that this could have been undertaken in a safe clinical environment.

I'm no doctor. It's not for me to second guess the professionals...but it sounds like your friend was able to slip through the safety net by accident and design.

That is sad.