Thats lovely guitar there @TAB! Wanted to say my friend who euthanased herself was a member of Dying with Dignity Victoria. They used to be called Euthanasia Victoria and were really politically active years ago. Don't know what its like now. But Dr. Philip Nitszche euthanasia doctor gave people who were struggling with serious ill health empowered options before it became legal. I notice the site has since changed. Its worth having a look around. It really opened my eyes to what goes on. They used to run meetings and groups and my friend who was not dying at the time had an end of life plan in place. She met many friends along the way and they made a documentary about them. It was a good end of life journey for her and I was happy she had that in her life. https://www.dwdv.org.au/
My other friend who I met on facebook through a transgender friend used to be a night nurse, got serious depression as a result of circadian rhythm disruption and other ill health and hosted a big pagan community group from her home. Her place was like a halfwayhouse for people and she ended up becoming a death doula. I saw her talk to people and she was very compassionate and comforting to the dying. Have seen other death doulas say people should never die alone. Have seen one other woman who was a death doula offer so much care and respect for peoples journeys and would give stage by stage care in the dying process. Accepting you are dying is a big deal and it requires the type of care standard healthcare can't give. There was a book by Elizabeth Kubler-Ross that was written on the stages of dying. I can't recall the title but she was a pioneer in this field. I read the book once. Acknowledging you are dying is very difficult adjustment to make for anyone. I understand how you must be feeling and all those feelings are ok
