A permanent solution to a temporary problem. Depression is treatable. Your life has value.
If you're in immediate danger, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.
Depression feels permanent when you're in it. It feels like it will never end. But depression is temporary, even when it doesn't feel that way.
Let's call it what it is. "Medical Assistance in Dying" for depression is government-sanctioned suicide.
Canada's government has made it easier to access death than to access proper mental health care. This is a policy failure, not a compassionate option.
❌ What the Government Offers:
✅ What You Actually Need:
You deserve better than a system that offers death before exhausting every treatment option.
If someone is suggesting MAID for your depression, GET A SECOND OPINION.
The sacred medical principle that has guided physicians for millennia
"I will apply, for the benefit of the sick, all measures which are required..."
"First, do no harm."
- Hippocratic Oath, circa 400 BC
For over 2,400 years, physicians have sworn to preserve life and never intentionally cause harm. This principle has been the foundation of medical ethics across cultures, religions, and civilizations.
MAID for mental illness represents a fundamental departure from medical tradition:
We believe that true medical care honors the Hippocratic tradition: physicians should never give up on life while healing remains possible.
For depression—a TREATABLE condition with 80-90% success rates—offering death before exhausting treatment options violates the fundamental principle of medicine: FIRST, DO NO HARM.
We stand with 2,400 years of medical tradition: Life is sacred. Treatment comes first. Never give up.
Suicide doesn't end your pain—it transfers it to the people who love you. Your family, friends, and community will carry that pain for the rest of their lives.
But: With treatment, you can rebuild and strengthen these relationships. Recovery brings connection.
You're ending all the moments you haven't experienced yet: new friendships, achievements, love, adventures, growth, and joy you can't even imagine right now.
But: Treatment opens doors to possibilities you can't see when you're depressed. Recovery brings hope.
You have the potential to help others, to make a difference, to create beauty, to show kindness. Your story could save someone else's life.
But: Recovery allows you to use your experience to help others. Your pain can become purpose.
Suicide doesn't just affect you. It creates a ripple effect that touches everyone who knows you, and even people who don't.
Remember: People care about you more than depression allows you to see. Your life matters to others, even when you can't feel it. Treatment can help you see and feel that truth again.
When you're depressed, your brain tells you things that aren't true. It distorts your thinking about yourself, your future, and your worth. Understanding this can help you see that suicide is based on false information.
This is a lie. Depression makes you believe you're a burden, but the people who love you would be devastated by your loss.
The truth: Your absence would create a void that can never be filled. People need you, even when you can't see it.
This is a lie. Depression makes the future look hopeless, but 80-90% of people respond to treatment.
The truth: Depression is temporary and treatable. With proper treatment, things can and do get better.
This is a lie. Depression strips away your ability to see your own value and potential.
The truth: You have inherent worth. Your experience with depression could help save someone else's life. Your story matters.
This is a lie. Depression makes pain feel permanent, but it's not.
The truth: Treatment can reduce and eliminate the pain of depression. Chemical imbalances can be corrected. Healing is possible.
The vast majority of people with depression respond positively to treatment. Recovery is not rare—it's the norm.
Even severe, long-term depression can be treated successfully.
Your brain chemistry can be restored. Neurotransmitter imbalances can be corrected through medication and therapy.
Your brain has the ability to heal and form new pathways.
You can feel joy, pleasure, and hope again.
Fatigue lifts, and you regain motivation.
Connection with others becomes possible again.
Even when you can't feel it, even when depression tells you otherwise, your life matters. You matter.
Suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem. Depression is treatable. Recovery is possible. Help is available.