Pickles and Vodka: a Mental Health Podcast · Christina & Lauren

#218 A Good Death feat. Anonymous

·46 min·4 clips
After years of suffering, she got accepted for assisted dying in Switzerland and jumped up and down with excitement.
An anonymous guest shares her personal journey with treatment-resistant depression and chronic anorexia, discussing her pursuit of assisted dying in Switzerland after Canada delayed its expansion for mental illness. She talks about her failed treatments, family dynamics, and plans for a dignified death, blending dark humor with raw vulnerability.

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A difficult, intimate episode about autonomy, suffering, and the practical realities of assisted dying.

This episode takes on assisted dying for severe mental illness with care and restraint. The guest talks through constant mental pain, then shifts to Switzerland, where the process is possible but complicated, expensive, and now more reachable from home through online steps.

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Play this if you want a direct, deeply human conversation about assisted dying for severe mental illness.

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