The reason I got so hard against MAID is because I am a suicide survivor. I was labelled as treatment resistant. I was put on experimental compassionate release pharmaceuticals not yet approved by health canada. Psychiatrist tried to pressure me to do shock therapy.
If I was as sick as I was in 2018, now in 2024, I'd easily qualify for medical assistance in dying. I tried to end my life and the only reason I am currently alive is because God saved me. I remember it vividly, it felt incredibly real. I was in the ICU for 9 days, a coma for 7
I am passionately against killing the mentally ill because I would have chosen death before ever really getting to live. Most suicide survivors are glad they survived. Many people who experience near death report experiencing divine intervention. Whether you believe or not,
Our lives are valuable. Killing us at our most vunerable is wrong. Provide better mental health care for those who are suffering. We matter