Zoraya ter Beek, a physically healthy Dutch woman aged 29, chose euthanasia due to severe depression, anxiety, trauma, and borderline personality disorder. She had battled mental illness for over ten years and was diagnosed with autism at 21. Her decision to end her life through assisted suicide has sparked discussions on protecting individuals with mental health challenges.
At 21, Zoraya ter Beek was diagnosed with autism, depression and anxiety. Eight years later, she had been approved for euthanasia in the Netherlands owing to her mental illness. She ended her life May 22, 2024 through physician assisted suicide. The society in which she lived… https://t.co/JlLl49zDf1
Her cause of death is not yet known 💙🖤 https://t.co/zarDUALdgs
Zoraya ter Beek: "I’m pro-death. But we need to be careful to protect people who’re in psychosis or depressed and not thinking straight...you don’t know if somebody, maybe with the right help, could have chosen to live". At 21, Zoraya was diagnosed with autism. Eight years… https://t.co/JlLl49zDf1
“She Was 29. And Doctors Helped Her Die.” @RupaSubramanya: “I told Zoraya ter Beek I understood her suffering, but hoped she would decide to live.” https://t.co/iXWDYFkLfm
🔥🚨DEVELOPING: Physically healthy woman, 28, dies by euthanasia after scheduling own death due to depression. Zoraya ter Beek, 28, lived in a small village in the Netherlands close to the German border and decided to take her own life with assisted suicide after finding it too… https://t.co/iqWr0FR304
NEW: Physically healthy Dutch woman, 29, dies by euthanasia because because she didn't want to live with depression and anxiety 'I have a house. Two cheerful cats. And a partner who loves me dearly, and I love him. I've got everything. But that "all" is not enough to live… https://t.co/sdG8iS5m8v
🚨🇳🇱 PHYSICALLY HEALTHY DUTCH WOMAN DIES BY EUTHANASIA BECAUSE OF DEPRESSION 29-year-old Zoraya ter Beek chose euthanasia after enduring severe depression, anxiety, trauma, and borderline personality disorder for over ten years. Euthanasia, legal in the Netherlands since 2002,… https://t.co/fYcvDJm7AP https://t.co/6CI8vv1L1o
Zoraya ter Beek, the Dutch woman whose plea to end her life after years of battling mental illness touched the hearts of many across the globe, has died by euthanasia at age 29. She is profiled here by @RupaSubramanya: https://t.co/5BLkhUwK6p
Physically-healthy Dutch woman Zoraya ter Beek dies by euthanasia aged 29 because she did not want to live with depression https://t.co/CsPRe68gPi https://t.co/8tiphh17RY