Physically healthy woman dies by euthanasia

For a lot of people, asking to die by euthanasia as such a young person is just outrageous. Especially for people that are not healthy, have cancer or diseases. But mental illness is a completely different thing that a lot of people don’t understand. For example, my husband has been struggling with anxiety for the past 8 years or so. I know other people who also have anxiety and talk about it and the daily struggle they have to endure because of it. The only way my husband feels normal is when he works, something that keeps him busy daily, because with anxiety comes the pain of having ADHD. Some mental health issues can come with a variety of other issues attached to them. Sometimes I also have a really hard time understanding why my husband has anxiety, something I have never dealt with, besides having depression myself. Something my husband doesn’t understand either.

Having depression just doesn’t stop there. It’s very misunderstood and for example, my mother always thought of it as having a disease. To me a disease is more like having something like HIV. Something you cannot cure. Depression can, or can’t be cured, it depends on the type of depression you have and you are dealing with it. It depends what brought it on in the first place. Mine was brought on by childhood physical and mental abuse. I was physically abused by my parents when I was young and later on, mentally abused by my father, and bullied at school. I had to keep all my emotions to myself for fear of being physically abused even worse.

You can imagine what happened with all that resentment and anger that built up over the years. When I was finally old enough to understand what was happening, I started cutting myself, to numb the emotional pain. You see, to a lot of people this would be a totally crazy, unimaginable thing to do ! Why would someone, would something like that !? It’s horrible and it’s taboo. But you see, to someone that has depression from abuse, the emotional pain is MUCH stronger than the physical pain. Sometimes it also can be a cry for help.

Other times, some people who cannot, just cope and live a normal life, will turn toward suicide to end all of the emotional pain that overtake them, or try to kill themselves, as a cry for attention. When you notice someone dealing with something like that, it is because they need help. They need to talk, they need to let it all out. It takes time. But some other times, medication, therapy (Which is rarely effective) just won’t work. You still struggle with the pain, the depression, every single day. That means, not having any interest in doing anything at all. It’s impossible to find any joy in anything at all. Nothing makes you happy.

Sometimes, I have those episodes where I just feel numb. It doesn’t happen often but sometimes it just does and i can’t explain it, or why it’s happening, it just does. I can’t do anything about it. It’s draining and I feel like I am in a pit of despair, with no way out. I just have to let it pass, and trust me, it’s a horrible feeling. My husband tries to make me feel better but it doesn’t work. I just have no interest in anything, i feel numb, indifferent, i have no interest in anything at all, i don’t want to do anything, my mind feels trapped, i can’t snap out of it. I feel like I am in this deep, dark place, where I can’t escape. The outside world just seems like a totally different place I can’t reach. I have no pleasure in anything, even in my animals. I just wish at that particular moment, I could just cease to exist, to make that horrible feeling go away.

Now imagine feeling that way, every single day of your life. Would you be able to live with yourself like that ? It’s very hard for normal functioning human to understand those feelings. But i would rather end it, than living with this feeling every single day of my life. That is when, fortunately, in some places, human euthanasia is a solution, after trying everything possible. Personally, I have no problem with that, because I know the pain of feeling like that sometimes, and i don’t wish that on anyone.

Only people dealing and struggling with depression can really understand why a person would want to end their lives. Unfortunately, some tries, unsuccessful and end up being disabled, but, happy to be alive, and seeing life in a totally different way. While others try, but are too scared to go through with it, and that is completely understandable too. You have others who are just stuck with this feeling, and that there is no way out for them, because there is nothing else than can do.

Most comments I have read about human euthanasia were positive for the most part, while some people could not fathom someone doing something like that and not understanding why they would, because they are young and healthy, others were saying that it was her choice. It’s true. We all have rights over our own bodies. Our bodies only belong to ourselves and no one else and nobody can tell us what to do with it. It’s very sad that someone feels like they have reached the end at such a young age, but on the other hand, when they feel like it is their only way out of emotional pain, I think it’s their decision and choices to make.

What do you think ?