The 28-year-old Dutch woman is scheduled to be euthanized next month due to her struggles with mental illness, with psychiatrists saying her condition will not improve.
Zoraya ter Beek lives with her boyfriend and two cats in a nice house in a small Dutch town near the German border. According to the Free Press, she plans to end her own life due to her depression, autism, and borderline personality disorder, despite her physical health. That’s what it means.
She once had ambitions to become a psychiatrist, but her own mental illness prevented her from finishing school or starting a career. But now she is tired of her life and she wants to end her life.
The tattoo on her upper left arm depicts the “Tree of Life” but “reverse”.
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Zoraya ter Beek, 28, is due to be euthanized next month after a psychiatrist said her condition would never improve due to her battle with mental illness. (St. Petersburg)
“While the tree of life represents growth and new beginnings, my tree is the opposite,” Ta Beek told the Free Press. “The leaves are falling and dying. And when the tree dies, the birds fly away from it. I think of it more as my own release from life than my soul leaving. ”
Ms Ter Beek’s decision was made after her psychiatrist told her that every effort had been made to help her mental health.
“There’s nothing more we can do for you. It’s not going to get any better,” she recalled her psychiatrist telling her.
After announcing her decision, Ter Beek said: “I was always clear that if the situation did not improve, I could no longer do this.”
Regarding her plans for going out, Ter Beek said she plans to lie on the couch in the living room without playing any music. However, she asked her boyfriend to stay with her until the end.
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Zoraya Ter Beek plans to end her life due to depression, autism and borderline personality disorder. (Getty Images)
“Doctors are really time consuming,” she said. It’s not like they come in and say, “Lie down!” Most often, first a cup of coffee calms the nerves and creates a soft atmosphere. Then she asks me if I’m ready. I sit on the sofa. She asked me again if I was sure, started her process, and wished me well on my journey. Or, in my case, a nice nap. Because I don’t like it when people say “travel safety”. I’m not going anywhere. “
Doctors then administer a sedative and then a drug to stop Ter Beek’s heart.
After her death, a euthanasia review board assessed Ter Beek’s death and found that doctors followed “good standards of care,” and the Dutch government declared her life legally over. It’s planned.
No funeral service will be held after Ter Beek’s death. Instead, she requested that she be cremated, and her boyfriend plans to scatter her ashes at a spot in the woods they chose together.
“I didn’t want to put the burden on my partner of having to clean the graves,” Ter Beek said. “I haven’t chosen an urn yet, but it will be my new home!”
Ms Ter Beek made the decision to end her life after a psychiatrist told her they had done everything possible to help her mental health. (St. Petersburg)
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Ter Beek admitted that she is a little scared of dying because she doesn’t know what will happen after she dies.
“It’s a little scary to die because it’s the ultimate unknown,” she said. “We really don’t know what’s going to happen next. Or is it nothing? That’s the scary part.”
In 2001, the Netherlands became the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia. At least eight countries have now legalized it. Assisted suicide is also legal in 10 states in the United States and Washington, DC, and in all six states in Australia.
Theo Boerin, professor of medical ethics at the Protestant Theological University, served on the Dutch Euthanasia Review Board from 2005 to 2014. During this time, he told the Free Press that euthanasia in the Netherlands “has evolved from death being the last resort to death being the default option.” . ”
