Mentally Ill Dutch Woman Says She Will End Her Life by Euthanasia
April 5th, 2024Via: Daily Mail:
A physically healthy 28-year-old woman who suffers from depression and has autism and a borderline personality disorder will end her life with euthanasia, she has said.
Zoraya ter Beek, who lives in a small village in the Netherlands, will be ‘freed’ early next month, she has claimed. She will be euthanized on the sofa in her home with her boyfriend by her side.
Ter Beek decided she wanted to die after a psychiatrist told her ‘there’s nothing more we can do for you’ and that ‘it’s never gonna get any better’, The Free Press reported.
“A psychiatrist told her ‘there’s nothing more we can do for you’ and that ‘it’s never gonna get any better’.”
Did the psychiatrist actually use these words, or words that meant the same? If so, it’s no wonder the patient concluded she may as well die now. Or, did she choose these words to paraphrase what he said, or what she thought he meant? Or, did a journalist select them to make this article sound more shocking?
There’s not nearly enough info here for a reader to understand why she would be approved for euthanasia. One’s first thought is that surely something could help this woman; it just hasn’t been identified or sufficiently applied yet.
Suicidality in Borderline Personality Disorder
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6632023/