Perhaps death is caused solely by lack of will to live. The extreme case which highlights this is a Tai Chi exercise where you hold a parallel stance (thighs parallel to the ground). My teacher said that if someone were to hold a gun to your head and say, "Hold the stance for 1 minute", you would do it. I disagree. I think you would start, but after a while you would give up. 1 minute is within most folks' ability, save for the very fat or the very unfit but I still think most people would fail.
I wonder if the same can be said of other causes of death. The clinically obese person who dies of a heart attack, the smoker who has one last ciggy, the raging alcoholic who has to drink, the druggy looking for one more vein. Perhaps even cases like the trauma victim who loses the battle for life, the old person who has another stroke. The extremes here sound incredibly insensitive, but I'm not sure I can discount the aspect of 'giving up', even here.
More thought required.
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My gran died recently. A part of her brain packed in - the part that performs motor control. She probably died of asphyxiation.
Her death was probably a good thing as she was suffering greatly. Had she been a dog, she'd have been put-down weeks before.
I miss her.
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