{"id":2,"date":"2016-09-16T10:44:25","date_gmt":"2016-09-16T10:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesoundofapplause.com\/im-not-afraid\/wp\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2022-05-23T16:51:07","modified_gmt":"2022-05-23T16:51:07","slug":"sample-page","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/thesoundofapplause.com\/im-not-afraid\/","title":{"rendered":"I’m Not Afraid"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A free-minded psychiatrist assists one of his patients with her suicide.<\/h1>\t\t\t\t\t
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\u2018I'm Not Afraid\u2019 is a moving documentary about loneliness, compassion and free will.<\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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71 year-old psychiatrist Frederik Polak is in the final stages of preparing for the assisted suicide of his patient Mrs. L. After 15 years of trying to treat her mental illness, he\u2019s come to the conclusion that helping her die is the only way to save her.
I\u2019m Not Afraid<\/em> follows the painfully intimate process of assisted suicide and the emotional toll it takes on both doctor and patient.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>
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Mrs. L has been suffering from a severe anxiety disorder all her life. She spends her days alone and heavily medicated. 40 years of debilitating mental illness have isolated her completely, leaving her with no family or friends. Mrs. L\u2019s lonely existence is in complete contrast to Frederik\u2019s life which is packed full of friends, grandkids, birthday dinners and colleagues. Despite his life of privilege, Frederik digs deep in himself to find the empathy needed to help Mrs. L and see things from her point of view. But how does he cope with the idea of losing a person he\u2019s known intimately for the last two decades?
I'm Not Afraid<\/em>\u00a0follows the painfully intimate process of physician-assisted suicide and the emotional toll such a journey takes on both doctor and patient. It is as much a story about a woman facing her death as a story about a doctor facing the hard reality that helping his patient die is the only way to end her suffering.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>