“My life is not a Netflix series. We can't argue about the ending."
And yet… Only 23 years old, Olympe, a young Frenchwoman suffering from dissociative identity disorder, announced in a video posted in recent days on Instagram her intention to resort to assisted suicide in Belgium in the last quarter of the year 2023. While the influencer - Lily of her real name - has more than 250,000 subscribers on her channel, her message has gone viral.
And, in the midst of the debate on active assistance in dying, it did not fail to arouse a wave of emotion.
Mental health problems, feelings of despair and social networks… These are the ingredients of this sad story that looks like a postmodern nightmare.
Doll's face, cascade of blond hair, big wide blue eyes, Olympe regularly confides to her 250,000 subscribers her troubles, which appeared after
"serious traumas during childhood"
and her life with the 15 "alters", different personalities who…
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