Zoraya suffered from chronic depression, anxiety, trauma and an unspecified personality disorder since childhood. She was also diagnosed with autism. When he met his partner, he believed he could recover, but the self-inflicted injuries and suicidal thoughts continued. After ten years of intensive treatment and 30 sessions of electroconvulsive therapy, Zoraya decided to die in December 2020.
The permit comes after three and a half years. “I feel relieved. It was such a long struggle,” he said, recalling that when his story became public, he was told: “You should burn in hell” or “don’t do this, your life is precious.” Cases of euthanasia due to mental illness are always controversial and are on the rise. There were only two in 2010, but last year there were 138, for a total of 9,068 deaths by euthanasia.
Author: João Saramago
Source: CM Jornal
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