That depends on you. I do not know why you feel guilty - most likely the act itself is not what causes the guilt. Perhaps you and her had a falling out before unconsciousness, or perhaps her beliefs were against such, or maybe you believe that if more time was given she would have pulled through. There are other issues that could be at play singularly or in combination. Needless to say the guilt is of your own making - I seriously doubt the doctors would pull the plug (as it were) and let her die if there was nothing left to do or if there was a chance of recovery. What you are making from depends on many factors (as pointed out above) so you need to decide what factors are causing the guilt and work to resolve the issues or thoughts that are causing you pain. It is highly likely that you are still going through the grieving process and due to the added stress of making a decision guilt is manifesting where anger, depression, denial would be. Of course guilt and anger and depression and denial are easily mixed and sometimes go hand in hand. These are issues you need to resolve. You need to work on your feelings for the guilt to go away. IF you do not work on the issues, let go and Let God - then no the guilt will not go away. If on the other hand you do work through them the guilt will go. After nine months you may want to seriously consider getting a therapist. This was a traumatic stressful event for you and you most likely need somebody to work through what ever thoughts are going through your head as you think about that day and your mother's passing. My heart goes out to you.

I had it happen with my grandmother, and I have never felt guilt. The fact was that she was going to die anyway. I asked myself if I was prolonging her life, or prolonging her death. I made the most ethical choice I could, and it was in accordance with her own wishes.

i had to take my mother off of life support and pick the time and day. i felt unreal. but she asked me to make that decision. i just thought enough is enough .i did feel like she wanted to go but istill wonder why she couldnt get better and wake up and sometimes i feel like iam the one who did it.

My mother asked me to make this decision, to me that is a hard burden to put on someone. I am sure you made an informed decision, taking into consideration the benefits, risks, and what you feel your mom would have wanted for herself, I guess it will still cause feelings of guilt and uncertainty. There is always going to be "what if's", try to see, that what you did was extremely difficult, but necessary, I think you are a very strong and brave woman.

This is something that needed to happen. How can one continue to beat themselves up for making the right choice. I'm sure with time the feelings you are having will lessen. Good Luck.

One of my closest friends was on life support and I was the attorney the family hired to get life support removed. I feel very guilty about this. I will never forget that I played a part in this. It will bother me for the rest of my life.

My Mother was tecnially brain dead but they had 1 more test to make. IF this machine made 1 bloop thet said they would send her to a hospital somewhere in New york just for cases like this but stated she would never come to. I did not let that happen. Cause I KNOW she would'nt want that to happen. There should be no guilt because because it was the best for her. Think of her not you'r self. She would'nt want you to suffer any. You did what was right.

This happend to my grandmother, my mom and her sister had to make the desision. She says she dosn't feel guilty since that is what she would have wanted. But you can see it still pains my mom after 3 years. But I think it is since she isn't around anymore, more than the fact her and her sister had to decide.

I have had this happen. I am sad to say that the guilt never totally leaves you but it gets easier to cope with over time.