A physically fit woman has tragically ended her life through scheduled euthanasia due to severe depression . Zoraya ter Beek, 28, resided in a quaint village in the Netherlands near the German border and chose to end her life via assisted suicide. Zoraya, who lived with her partner and two cats, opened up to local Dutch media about her ongoing battle with mental health, which eventually led to depression in her adult life.
Despite once harbouring dreams of training as a psychiatrist to aid others, ter Beek arranged her own death through assisted suicide after medical professionals reportedly informed her that there were no further options to alleviate her distressed mental state. She passed away at 1:25pm local time on May 22, just 20 days after her 28th birthday, with the assistance of the Euthanasia Expertise Centre, as revealed in a blog post by a friend. READ MORE: Horror moment airport worker mowed down by 77-tonne plane as he fights for his life Despite once dreaming of training to help others as a psychiatrist, ter Beek planned her own death via assisted suicide ( Image: RTL) The friend went on to pay a heartfelt tribute to ter Beek, stating: "She was granted euthanasia on the basis of psychological suffering.
She was on the waiting list of the Euthanasia Expertise Center for more than 2.5 years and the process that followed also lasted more than six months. I got to know Zoraya before she started the process.
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