A 28-year-old Dutch woman is set to be euthanized next month due to her struggles with mental illness after her psychiatrist said her condition will “never improve.”

Despite being physically healthy, Zoraya ter Beek plans to end her life due to depression, autism and borderline personality disorder.

A tattoo on the woman’s upper left arm shows a “tree of life” but “in reverse.”

“Where the tree of life stands for growth and new beginnings, my tree is the opposite,” ter Beek told The Free Press. “It is losing its leaves, it is dying. And once the tree died, the bird flew out of it. I don’t see it as my soul leaving, but more as myself being freed from life.”

Ter Beek, a once aspiring psychiatrist herself, made the decision to voluntarily end her life after her psychiatrist told her that they had tried everything to help her mental health.

“There’s nothing more we can do for you. It’s never gonna get any better,” she recalled her psychiatrist saying.

“I was always very clear that if it doesn’t get better, I can’t do this anymore,” ter Beek said.

“The doctor really takes her time,” she said. It is not that they walk in and say: ‘lay down please!’ Most of the time it is first a cup of coffee to settle the nerves and create a soft atmosphere. Then she asks if I am ready. I will take my place on the couch. She will once again ask if I am sure, and she will start up the procedure and wish me a good journey. Or, in my case, a nice nap, because I hate it if people say, ‘Safe journey.’ I’m not going anywhere,” she continued.

A doctor will administer a sedative and then a drug to stop ter Beek’s heart and following her death, a euthanasia review committee will evaluate her death to ensure the doctor followed “due care criteria” so the Dutch government can declare that her life was lawfully ended.

“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.”

Earlier this month, a new bill from California was introduced to expand the state’s assisted suicide measures to allow individuals to end their lives without being previously diagnosed with a terminal disease, such as those with early or mid-stage dementia.

The bill, CA SB1196, changes the definition of “terminal disease” to “grievous and irremediable medical condition.”

Non-residents of the state may also travel to California to obtain assisted suicide.