re: Suicide is now the 10th leading cause of death in the US

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People with ALS, Parkinson's, and brain cancer must be weak minded, too.

What an ignorant statement.

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Okay, so you want to play stupid today.

I wouldn't wish ALS on no one. You literally are trapped in your body. However, most do not consider that a mental disease. They try to use the dementia symptom to tie into mental illness.

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ost experts believe that ALS does not affect a person’s mental processes. In most people, neither cognitive processes (such as thinking, learning, memory, and speech) nor behavior is affected. Occasionally, however, a person with ALS does experience profound mental changes, which are called dementia. Dementia is a severe brain disorder that interferes with a person’s ability to carry out everyday activities.

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Here read.