I read an article in our Catholic Diocesan paper a few weeks ago regarding depression/suicide and the problems it causes all Christians/non-Christians alike.

The scene was at a funeral service for a young man who had taken his life. His older brother was delivering an eulogy, comparing depression to cancer. In a "nutshell", he said the following:

Depression is a lot like cancer.
Some of it is curable.
Some of it is treatable.
While some of it is terminal.
My brother's was terminal.

I do not know a more profound definition of depression than this. It says it all. Suffering from rapid cycling bipolar depression myself, I know where my "cancer" is at the present moment. It will never become terminal in my hands, but with the recent cutbacks in health care, I no longer receive some services that keep me in "recovery". Those costs, I'm told, are too expensive for the government. I do not think anyone can ever put a "price" on a life, but in today's world that is not the case. Euthanasia has a much broader definition than what is now our understanding. Witholding services can be just as devasting as witholding food and water. Our nation is in trouble

I challenge all of you to advocate for yourselves ... your life may depend upon it. Mine will!