28-year-old Dutch woman will be euthanized due to mental illness she says will “never” get better
A 28-year-old Dutch woman is expected to be euthanized next month after battling the disease mental illness After she panicked she said her condition would never get better.
Zoraya ter Beek lives with her boyfriend and two cats in a beautiful house in a small Dutch town near the German border. Although she was in good health, she planned to end her life due to depression, autism and borderline personality disorder, Free Press reported. according to.
She once had ambitions to become Panic, but due to her mental illness she was never able to finish school or start a career, but now, she’s tired of life and wants to end her life.
A tattoo on her upper left arm shows a “tree of life” but “in reverse.”
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Zoraya ter Beek, 28, who battled mental illness after horrified she would never get better, is expected to be euthanized next month. (iStock)
Terbek told Hurriyet: “The tree of life represents growth and new beginnings, but my tree is exactly the opposite. It is losing its leaves, it is dying. Once the tree dies, birds fly from it. Got out.” …I don’t think it was my soul leaving, but my own release from life. “
Tebek’s decision came after she told her in despair that they had tried everything. Help her mental health.
“There’s nothing we can do. It’s never going to get better,” she recalled her inspiring words.
“I’ve always been clear that if things don’t get better, I can’t do this anymore,” Terbick said after the decision was announced.
As for how she plans to go out, Terbick said she will lie on the couch in the living room with no music playing, but she has asked her boyfriend to stay with her until the end.
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Suffering from depression, autism and borderline personality disorder, Zoraya ter Beek planned to end her life. (Getty Images)
“Doctors really take their time,” she said. They don’t just walk in and say, “Please lie down!” Most of the time they start with a cup of coffee to calm their nerves and create a gentle atmosphere. Then she asked me if I was ready. I’ll take a seat on the couch. She would ask me again if I was sure, then she would start the process and wish me a good trip. Or, in my case, take a nap because I hate when people say ‘have a safe trip’. I’m not going anywhere. “
Next, doctors will administer a sedative and then drugs to stop Terbick’s heart from beating.
After her death, a euthanasia review committee will assess Terbick’s death to ensure doctors followed “due standards of care” and the Dutch government will declare her life legally ended.
There will be no funeral after Terbick’s death, but instead her boyfriend will scatter her ashes in a wooded area of their choice because she wished to be cremated.
“I don’t want to put the burden on my partner of keeping the grave tidy,” Terbick said. “We haven’t picked out the urn yet, but this will be my new house!”
Terbek decided to take her own life after she became desperate and told her they had done everything they could to help her mental health. (iStock)
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Turbek admits that she’s a little afraid of death because she’s not sure what, if anything, will happen after death.
“I’m kind of scared of dying because it’s the ultimate unknown,” she said. “We don’t really know what’s going to happen next, or nothing? That’s the scary part.”
The Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia in 2001. Now, at least eight countries Assisted suicide is also legal in 10 US states and Washington, DC, and in all six Australian states.
Theo Boerin, professor of medical ethics at the Protestant Theological Seminary, served on the Dutch euthanasia review committee from 2005 to 2014. During this time, he told Hurriyet that he observed euthanasia in the Netherlands “evolving from death as a last resort to death as the default option.”
