I watched two incredible grandparents' life ebb away painfully in hospital beds and hospice care. It was agonizing to sit helplessly while they suffered for days on end. But it helped me come to peace with my actual powerlessness in the most important aspects of life. Personally, I'm glad they didn't take that from me by choosing their own moment of death away from family.

Just my experience and I don't discount that that same experience could have been traumatizing for someone else.