a serious inquiry:

[moominmolly]

How do you help someone feel like life is worth living when they've basically just given up and decided to wait to die?

You'd think I'd be good at solving this one, but I'm not.

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[oneagain.livejournal.com]

I also believe, based on my own experiences, that sometimes the most loving thing we can do is to tell people who matter to us "it's okay, I understand, you don't need to hang on for me."

This this this this this. And this.