Severe pain and feeling hopeless scares me a lot but I wouldn't have a clue how to end it all in this way. I would probably get it wrong and make things worse.
I am sure you can find out what and how much, but personally I was going to go to Switzerland when I didn't know if it was an option I needed to consider. Not pain but a gradual loss of abilities, and I knew I couldn't handle that. As with Roy, my other half was totally against such an idea, but when you have to face it, it makes a lot of sense. They really should legalize it.
Postdog, I was faced with such a situation last summer and promised to sort something out. Had no ideas of the how's and not sure if I could actually have done it but thankfully I didn't have to.
I thought it was handled with the utmost sensitivity and i, too, believe that if anyone out there has made up their minds to do likewise, they will not use a work of fiction as a type of sounding board.
I also believe BAFTAs are on their way to Julie Hesmondhalgh and David Nielson. Brilliant acting by the pair right the way through this storyline.