So...interesting. I read through your link and I saw some direct application to this story:
1. Fear of Abandonment
One of the defining characteristics of Borderline Personality Disorder is fear of abandonment. The idea of being alone terrifies people with BPD and causes them a great deal of anxiety. Whether the threat of abandonment is real or imagined, it can produce a very strong response in people with BPD. They may
beg their loved ones to stay,
threaten self-harm or even suicide,
seek revenge,
have an affair,
become very angry and verbally or physically abusive,
keep calling or texting when their loved ones are late,
decide to reject their loved ones before they can reject them, such as initiating a breakup themselves.
She's threatening suicide, but she wants her boyfriend there when she does it (fear of abandonment) and she wants the whole world to know that she's planning on killing herself.
Then I noticed this :
6. Suicidal behavior and self-harm
According to statistics, 70 percent of borderline patients attempt to commit suicide, and 10 percent actually die at their own hands [source]. It doesn’t include those who die from other risky behaviors, such as overdosing on medication or drunk driving.
For some people with BPD, physical pain is a distraction from emotional pain and, perhaps, a way to show others they need help. Cutting, burning, and breaking bones aren’t the only ways borderline people may hurt themselves; they may also intentionally provoke physical fights, drive recklessly or eat and drink until they are sick.
Sometimes people with BPD will threaten suicide or self-harm without intending to actually hurt themselves. In this case, it’s a way to get attention or other desired outcomes, such as manipulating their partners into staying in the relationship with them or forcing their families into giving them money.
So she might be doing this, consciously or subconsciously, for the attention. But the scary part is, if left to her own devices there's a good chance that she would attempt but fail, but she's going to have a medical professional do it. Another article on this same woman shows a part of her really
DOESN'T want to go through with it.
https://www.foxnews.com/health/dutch...get-any-better
Ter Beek admitted that she is somewhat afraid of dying because she is unsure of what, if anything, happens after death.
"I'm a little afraid of dying, because it's the ultimate unknown," she said. "We don't really know what's next — or is there nothing? That's the scary part."
The Netherlands in 2001 became the first country in the world to legalize euthanasia. Now, at least eight countries have legalized it. Assisted suicide is also legal in 10 U.S. states and Washington, D.C., and all six states in Australia.
Protestant Theological University healthcare ethics professor Theo Boerin served on a euthanasia review board in the Netherlands from 2005 until 2014. During this time, he told The Free Press, he observed Dutch euthanasia "evolve from death being a last resort to death being a default option."
Lot's to unpack there. So this is really the end of the "slippery slope" that some warned about years ago with euthanasia. Going from "Let the terminally ill die with dignity" to "We'll just help the mentally ill transition out of here." And the comments on these stories are bizarre. I was
roundly attacked for simply saying "suicide is not the answer" by death cult people saying "How dare you judge her!" Really? There is nothing wrong with judging someone's
actions. And it's funny the "don't judge" crowd are continually judging others.
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