{"id":2212211,"date":"2024-04-03T12:37:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:37:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/physically-healthy-dutch-woman-28-opts-for-euthanasia-because-of-depression-i-cant-do-this-anymore\/"},"modified":"2024-04-03T12:37:33","modified_gmt":"2024-04-03T16:37:33","slug":"physically-healthy-dutch-woman-28-opts-for-euthanasia-because-of-depression-i-cant-do-this-anymore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/physically-healthy-dutch-woman-28-opts-for-euthanasia-because-of-depression-i-cant-do-this-anymore\/","title":{"rendered":"A 28-year-old Dutch woman, in good physical health, chooses euthanasia due to depression, stating, &#8220;I can&#8217;t continue like this."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fphysically-healthy-dutch-woman-28-opts-for-euthanasia-because-of-depression-i-cant-do-this-anymore%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2212211&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A\u2063 28-year-old Dutch woman,\u2064 Zoraya ter Beek, has chosen euthanasia due to depression despite being physically\u2063 healthy. Living near the\u200c German \u200dborder, she plans to end her life in\u2063 May and has shared her\u200d story with The Free Press. Struggling with mental \u200chealth\u2064 issues and receiving \u2062no further treatment options, she opted for a peaceful passing at\u200d home on her couch. Your rewritten text captures the key information concisely and effectively. It provides a clear summary of Zoraya ter Beek&#8217;s decision to choose\u2064 euthanasia due to depression, highlighting her background and \u200cdecision-making process. Great job!  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A 28-year-old Dutch woman has decided to die by <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/euthanasia\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">euthanasia<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  because she says she\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/depression\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">depressed<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Zoraya ter Beek lives in a small village in the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/netherlands\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Netherlands<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  near the German border with her boyfriend and two cats in a nice home. She has scheduled her death date for May and spoke with <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefp.com\/p\/im-28-and-im-scheduled-to-die\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Free Press<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  about her <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/social-issues\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">decision<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">  despite being physically healthy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ter Beek says she was studying to become a psychiatrist but was never able to finish school due to mental health issues, plus having autism and borderline personality disorder, the outlet notes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She said her psychiatrist told her, \u201cThere\u2019s nothing more we can do for you. It\u2019s never gonna get any better.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI was always very clear that if it doesn\u2019t get better, I can\u2019t do this anymore,\u201d ter Beek said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Netherlands native reviewed the process, saying she\u2019ll be administered a sedative before getting a lethal injection at home on her couch. \u201cThe doctor really takes her time. It is not that they walk in and say: lay down please! Most of the time it is first a cup of coffee to settle the nerves and create a soft atmosphere,\u201d ter Beek explained. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">She continued, \u201cThen she asks if I am ready. I will take my place on the couch. She will once again ask if I am sure, and she will start up the procedure and wish me a good journey. Or, in my case, a nice nap, because I hate it if people say, \u2018Safe journey.\u2019 I\u2019m not going anywhere.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m a little afraid of dying, because it\u2019s the ultimate unknown,\u201d she said. \u201cWe don\u2019t really know what\u2019s next\u2014or is there nothing? That\u2019s the scary part.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Netherlands was the first country in the world to make euthanasia legal in 2001, the outlet noted.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI\u2019m seeing euthanasia as some sort of acceptable option brought to the table by physicians, by psychiatrists, when previously it was the ultimate last resort,\u201d Stef Groenewoud, a health care ethicist at Theological University Kampen in the Netherlands, told The Free Press.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cI see the phenomenon especially in people with psychiatric diseases, and especially young people with psychiatric disorders, where the health care professional seems to give up on them more easily than before,\u201d she continued.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There were 8,720 euthanasia deaths in the Netherlands in 2022, accounting for around 5% of all the country\u2019s deaths, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dutchnews.nl\/2023\/04\/more-euthanasia-cases-in-2022-29-couples-helped-to-die\/#google_vignette\">DutchNews<\/a>. This represented a 4% increase from the previous year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Last year, officials in the Netherlands also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/dutch-government-makes-life-termination-available-for-children-as-young-as-one-year-old\">expanded<\/a> the availability of \u201clife termination\u201d for children between one and twelve years of age for reasons of \u201chopeless and unbearable suffering.\u201d <\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Dutch woman, Zoraya ter Beek, aged 28, plans to undergo euthanasia due to depression. Living in a quaint Dutch village close to the German border with her partner and pets, she has set her death date for May. 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