Regarding death, who has the right to choose?

The Netherlands is a country where euthanasia is an option, and we are all familiar with it. When we suffer from physical pain, after diagnosis by a doctor, the disease is judged to be irreversible and the patient suffers from pain, with the consent of the doctor, euthanasia can be chosen to prevent the patient from suffering so much.

An incident in the Netherlands has brought euthanasia into the limelight and is highly controversial. A 29-year-old girl, Aurelia, chose euthanasia to end her life, but she was not suffering from an incurable disease, she was suffering from a mental illness and ended her life. This choice has caused a lot of controversy as to whether or not euthanasia is an option for mental illness, how it is unbearable suffering, and how to know if there is any possibility of improvement.

Some people feel that she should not choose to end her life with euthanasia, because mental illness disorder is not incurable.

Some people respect her choice. First of all, life is in her own hands and she has the right to decide whether to stay or go, and the reason why she chose euthanasia shows that she is suffering from depression.

Many people feel sad and sorry for Aurelia's death.

She wanted to die simply because she didn't want to suffer from mental illness anymore. "I am 29 years old and I voluntarily chose euthanasia because I have many mental health problems and I struggle with hopeless and unbearable pain, every breath, is torture for me. I had depression when I was 12 years old, my first diagnosis they told me I had a borderline personality disorder, then all kinds of diagnoses came, emotional disorders, chronic depression, I was suicidal for a long time, paranoia, I would hear voices that weren't there."

Mental illness encompasses many kinds, and does not refer to schizophrenia alone; schizophrenia is just one of them.

People who are suffering from cancer are in pain, they have to undergo chemotherapy, take medicine, and endure physical pain, which is very torturous; and depression, which is also very painful, it doesn't make you lose your hair, but it makes you feel tired, and for people who are depressed, eating is painful, brushing your teeth is painful, getting up is painful, going out is painful, doing everything is painful, suffering from psychological torture.

When life comes to an end when you choose the time you will leave the world, will you know how to cherish it? Will you feel the desire to live well? In the case of Aurelia, a Dutch girl, this was not the case. She had said goodbye to all her friends and the world when her life was counting down, but she still felt bad and she still felt miserable for the rest of her life.

And as depression itself, it is treatable, although it is terrible, the difficulty perhaps lies in the fact that the patients themselves do not even have the desire to seek help. They will think about the meaning of life, the meaning of their existence, the difference between life and death, and what to do with their family and friends after they are finished. But in the end, many of these thoughts are no match for their desire to give up on life, and may suddenly end their lives one day!

The case of Aurelia today is not meant to be alarmist or to exaggerate the impact of the disease, but I hope to present it objectively and fairly so that you can understand the case. I can't say that it is right for her to choose euthanasia, nor can I say that it is right for her to continue to take medication and live in pain every day, but I just respect her choice and what she thinks is right.

In major depression, some people will end their lives, and some people will choose treatment to return to a relatively healthy life.

Whether to live or die is a question that everyone thinks about, and for people with depression, the symptoms can cause them to exacerbate this desire to die. And who knows if they will have a moment of regret when they are sober? Who knows, this may always remain a mystery.