What you’re describing is called senicide and is seen acros various cultures in history. It is a specific form of suicide where an elderly person sacrifices themselves to not be a burden on the clan. (Source: @mushroommunk@lemmy.today)
Suicide is not sacrificial. It is often caused by mental illlness, like depression, or other forms of unbearable suffering in the eyes of the victim, like financial problems or drug abuse.
What you’re describing is called senicide and is seen acros various cultures in history. It is a specific form of suicide where an elderly person sacrifices themselves to not be a burden on the clan. (Source: @mushroommunk@lemmy.today)
Suicide is not sacrificial. It is often caused by mental illlness, like depression, or other forms of unbearable suffering in the eyes of the victim, like financial problems or drug abuse.