@Adriondackwannabe
I am sorry you are in a bad place, and cannot imagine what you could have possibly done to contemplate this. That said, yes, I have thought about it, although I have never “mapped out a plan”, as someone mentioned, and, not even from a place of despair or even depression, just more that I don’t really wish to be around if or when I either become sick, deprived of comfort, resources and/or joy in living.
Personally I do not think that one has to always be in some unhealthy psychological state to contemplate or wish for an easy end before things get too hard to manage.
I also truly believe that each and every one of us has a right to choose when and how and where and why.
Being terminally ill is only one possibility.
If one is not seriously depressed but simply decides they have had enough of lifes experiences and wants to forgo the bitter end, whether that comes from illness, poverty, deprivation, disability or just being plain ass tired, I think it is ones right and see no reason for the stigma.
The stigma comes from it being such a taboo subject that nobody can have an open and honest discussion about it.
People say it is a selfish act,and yes, it can be, leaving behind children or other loved ones that are unprepared for the loss, but, OTOH, why shouldn’t a person be able to say, “I have had enough” and have their feelings honored?
Maybe those that call others right to die choices “selfish” are really the selfish ones themselves.
Who the hell ever has a right to determine anothers level of suffering for them?