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A woman who survived the Brussels airport terror attack has died after choosing to be euthanised due to severe depression and PTSD she suffered following the incident.

Shanti De Corte, 23, was walking through the departures lounge of the Belgian airport in Zaventem on March 22, 2016 with her school classmates ahead of a trip to Italy when Islamic State terrorists detonated a bomb.

The then 17-year-old escaped the explosion, which together with two other detonations claimed 32 lives and injured more than 300, without suffering any physical wounds.

But the psychological effects of the ordeal left her wracked by constant panic attacks and bouts of dark depression from which she never managed to emerge.

Despite attending a psychiatric hospital in her home town of Antwerp for rehabilitation and taking a range of anti-depressant medications, Shanti was unable to shake the spectre of depression and attempted suicide on two different occasions in 2018 and 2020.

Earlier this year, the troubled young woman opted to be euthanised - a procedure which is legal in Belgium, and died on May 7, 2022 after two psychiatrists approved her request.

Shanti's tragic story was brought to light earlier this week when her mother Marielle told Belgian outlet VRT of her daughter's pain. 

'That day really cracked her, she never felt safe after that,' Marielle said.

'She didn't want to go anywhere where other people were, out of fear. She also had frequent panic attacks and she never got rid of it.' 



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23 years old. This feels really wrong.

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23 years old. This feels really wrong.

 Yeah. I'm OK with assisted suicide when folks are near the end of life. 

 

This doesn't seem appropriate. 



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I am amazed any country would legally permit a physically fit young person to be euthanised, it just seems wrong.


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I am amazed any country would legally permit a physically fit young person to be euthanised, it just seems wrong.

Another triumph for the religion of  fucking 'Peace'.

 

Phil.



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I am amazed any country would legally permit a physically fit young person to be euthanised, it just seems wrong.

Another triumph for the religion of  fucking 'Peace'.

 

Phil.

 Atrocities in the name of religion.

 

It's not only that religion, though that one leads the way at present....all religions leave their fair share of human casualties in their wake.



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She was so young, too young to be euthanised. I really don't think this should have happened tbh. 😞

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She was so young, too young to be euthanised. I really don't think this should have happened tbh. 😞

 yeah, it doesn't sit well at all. I couldn't allow one of my kids to do it. However the horrible fact is that people will attempt to kill themselves no matter what is tried to treat them. She was obviously suicidal and this way she was allowed peace in a painless manner. Still wrong but?



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She was so young, too young to be euthanised. I really don't think this should have happened tbh. 😞

 yeah, it doesn't sit well at all. I couldn't allow one of my kids to do it. However the horrible fact is that people will attempt to kill themselves no matter what is tried to treat them. She was obviously suicidal and this way she was allowed peace in a painless manner. Still wrong but?

 Yeah I get that, such a shame though eh?



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She was so young, too young to be euthanised. I really don't think this should have happened tbh. 😞

 yeah, it doesn't sit well at all. I couldn't allow one of my kids to do it. However the horrible fact is that people will attempt to kill themselves no matter what is tried to treat them. She was obviously suicidal and this way she was allowed peace in a painless manner. Still wrong but?

 Yeah I get that, such a shame though eh?

 Sometimes the emotional and physical pain can be simply unbearable. :{

 

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Anonymous wrote:
Magica wrote:

She was so young, too young to be euthanised. I really don't think this should have happened tbh. 😞

 yeah, it doesn't sit well at all. I couldn't allow one of my kids to do it. However the horrible fact is that people will attempt to kill themselves no matter what is tried to treat them. She was obviously suicidal and this way she was allowed peace in a painless manner. Still wrong but?

 Yeah I get that, such a shame though eh?

 Sometimes the emotional and physical pain can be simply unbearable. :{

 

Phil.

 Phil, have you contacted the Samaritans yet to get some help with your situation?   Each time we ask you don't reply.  You need to sort yourself out and we are very worried about you.



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Magica wrote:

She was so young, too young to be euthanised. I really don't think this should have happened tbh. 😞

 yeah, it doesn't sit well at all. I couldn't allow one of my kids to do it. However the horrible fact is that people will attempt to kill themselves no matter what is tried to treat them. She was obviously suicidal and this way she was allowed peace in a painless manner. Still wrong but?

 Yeah I get that, such a shame though eh?

 Sometimes the emotional and physical pain can be simply unbearable. :{

 

Phil.

 Phil, have you contacted the Samaritans yet to get some help with your situation?   Each time we ask you don't reply.  You need to sort yourself out and we are very worried about you.

 That. /\.



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She invoked her human right and the state allowed that to be assisted with appropriate safeguards.  As an outsider one always thinks that there is a fairly simple means of persuading someone otherwise.



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