28 year old depressed woman to die by euthanasia in Netherlands!

[INTJme]

Thoughts?

Woman, 28, decides to die by euthanasia after suffering crippling depression

A PHYSICALLY healthy woman has decided to get euthanised after suffering from crippling depression. Zoraya ter Beek, 28, from Twente, Netherlands, is scheduled to die in May after being told her co…

www.thesun.co.uk

 

[sserafim]

I wish that could be me

 

[Oliver]

Unfortunately, it is only possible for people who are citizen of the country.

 

[sserafim]

Unfortunately, it is only possible for people who are citizen of the country.

*Starts Googling how to become a Dutch citizen*

 

[INTJme]

Yes, but it's not every day that they grant this privilege to a 28 year old with perfect physical health, right? Maybe a sign of more progressive outcomes in the future?

 

[Oliver]

*Starts Googling how to become a Dutch citizen*

Hahaha yeah!

 

[iloverachel]

I respect her choice and decision. "For ten long years, she tried all possible solutions from therapy to medications to improve her condition."

If someone has tried very hard for that long but still can't escape unbearable suffering, then that person has a right to end their life on their own terms.

I am quite jealous of her and wish I could get euthanasia too.

 

[sserafim]

Hahaha yeah!

No I'm serious

 

[Buffy]

Unfortunately, it is only possible for people who are citizen of the country.

Luckily I'm already a Dutch citizen, but too bad I don't live there anymore

 

[LivideLamb]

I wish it was me. She's lucky

 

[Oliver]

Yes, but it's not every day that they grant this privilege to a 28 year old with perfect physical health, right? Maybe a sign of more progressive outcomes in the future

Tbh it has been like this for the last 10-15 years in The Netherlands, but yeah I think given enough time, they will eventually start putting you down in a lot of countries if you are depressed. I mean, if you are incapable of working and paying taxes, then they really have no use for you, right?

 

[INTJme]

Luckily I'm already a Dutch citizen, but too bad I don't live there anymore

You can always go back...

 

[Oliver]

Luckily I'm already a Dutch citizen, but too bad I don't live there anymore

You should still be able to take advantage of it, I think. If you want to go down that road.

 

[ijustwishtodie]

I envy them. I wish I could be in their position instead. They're lucky to be allowed euthanasia in a world which is so pro life.

I respect her choice and decision. "For ten long years, she tried all possible solutions from therapy to medications to improve her condition."

If someone has tried very hard for that long but still can't escape unbearable suffering, then that person has a right to end their life on their own terms.

I personally believe that people should have a right to end their own life even if they didn't try to exhaust all options. If somebody says that their life has existed long enough, then their life has existed for long enough regardless of whether they exhaust all options or not

 

[FuneralCry]

Those who are able to die in such a way are very fortunate and privileged to me, such a thing doesn't exist in my country, I despise how where I live is such a hellish anti-suicide place. What's tragic is how this isn't already available for all, it shouldn't be news if an individual is deciding when they die, a fate we are all destined for anyway, Rather it's unacceptable how such a thing isn't seen as completely normal and valid, nobody is obligated to continue in this existence that was imposed in the first place.

 

[Dayrain]

Judging by what is written in the article it is not easier than in Switzerland, about which there are many threads on here now. Maybe someone knows more about Belgium?

 

[LunarLight]

How lucky she is!
A lot of people I follow on social media are radically opposed to euthanasia because they think it's a way to annihilate "unproductive" people. It would cost less money for the State to simply kill people who are a burden to society because they're unproductive and receive disabilities/unemployment allowance. They're not wrong, euthanasia can be used for eugenic purposes.
But on the other hand, well, I'd be so happy if euthanasia for mentally ill people was legal in my country. I don't want to live anymore and there are peaceful ways of dying available. The freedom to decide what happens to your body is a fundamental human right. Why isn't it observed?
Anyway, on a global scale, I understand why some people are reluctant to euthanasia because of its possible (and probable) eugenic purpose : it will kill the poor, the disabled. But on an individual scale, if someone wants to end their life, they should have the right to, no matter the reason why. It's just a fundamental human right.

 

[Buffy]

You should still be able to take advantage of it, I think. If you want to go down that road.

Nah my anxiety would prevent me from talking to the doctors. And the worst part is that I've lost my grasp of Dutch in just a matter of 4 years, so now I speak any language fluently.

 

[TheGoodGuy]

Interesting read and I can only agree with her who wants to just grow old watching life go by without never being able to live it yourself?

 

[momento.mori]

Tbh it has been like this for the last 10-15 years in The Netherlands, but yeah I think given enough time, they will eventually start putting you down in a lot of countries if you are depressed. I mean, if you are incapable of working and paying taxes, then they really have no use for you, right?

"Putting you down!" LOL. It's called euthanasia

 

[Dr Iron Arc]

A lot of people I follow on social media are radically opposed to euthanasia because they think it's a way to annihilate "unproductive" people. It would cost less money for the State to simply kill people who are a burden to society because they're unproductive and receive disabilities/unemployment allowance. They're not wrong, euthanasia can be used for eugenic purposes.

Appealing to other people's selfishness is the only chance we've got for getting the public to be more accepting of euthanasia it seems.

 

[sserafim]

Interesting read and I can only agree with her who wants to just grow old watching life go by without never being able to live it yourself?

Who wants to grow old?

 

[ijustwishtodie]

How lucky she is!
A lot of people I follow on social media are radically opposed to euthanasia because they think it's a way to annihilate "unproductive" people. It would cost less money for the State to simply kill people who are a burden to society because they're unproductive and receive disabilities/unemployment allowance. They're not wrong, euthanasia can be used for eugenic purposes.
But on the other hand, well, I'd be so happy if euthanasia for mentally ill people was legal in my country. I don't want to live anymore and there are peaceful ways of dying available. The freedom to decide what happens to your body is a fundamental human right. Why isn't it observed?
Anyway, on a global scale, I understand why some people are reluctant to euthanasia because of its possible (and probable) eugenic purpose : it will kill the poor, the disabled. But on an individual scale, if someone wants to end their life, they should have the right to, no matter the reason why. It's just a fundamental human right.

I'm unproductive and I wish to be dead. I don't ever want to be productive

 

[flightless bird]

while it is true that most of us feel envy, i can only imagine what she has been going through. wish her all the best.

 

[Adûnâi]

That moment when you're not a 28 yo depressed woman in the Netherlands, why even live?

 

[thewalkingdread]

I wish other countries would update their laws to allow the same progress they have in the Netherlands...

Unfortunately, the prospects are dire and the ignorance is only getting more rampant.

Yesterday, I saw comments on Twitter that were framing euthanasia as some sort of evil "Leftist" conspiracy to rule the world.

They even posted memes of Justin Trudeau, as If he were Hitler, in a pink LGBT military uniform... Suggesting that this is the new gayzist eugenic holocaust coming for us all... Just plain stupidity at it's worse!

 

[dggtscccvfd]

Sadly, it'll be a long time before other countries follow the Dutch example. The benefits of the Dutch approach are clear: it provides people who are really sick - mentally and/or physically - with choice. As a bonus, it comes at a negative cost to the taxpayer, because those who choose this option are generally not fit enough to work.

 

[AliceTheGoon]

Physically healthy my ass. That's a copout that translates as 'not detectable by known biomarkers'. This website is a graveyard of pharmaceutical victims similarly damaged and gaslit by doctors under the same pretext.

 

[Adûnâi]

Physically healthy my ass. That's a copout that translates as 'not detectable by known biomarkers'. This website is a graveyard of pharmaceutical victims similarly damaged and gaslit by doctors under the same pretext.

Wait wait wait, mental disorders are a highly murky area. Their biological nature is not proven. On the other hand, there may be the opposite issue - "anyone who doesn't think like I do has worms in the head and has to be lobotomised". I'm not even sure which one is worse.

 

[Dayrain]

Physically healthy my ass. That's a copout that translates as 'not detectable by known biomarkers'. This website is a graveyard of pharmaceutical victims similarly damaged and gaslit by doctors under the same pretext.

I would give 100 Likes for that comment that if I could. This woman is still a victim of the greedy medicine mafia.