I am bipolar and I moved to the Netherlands to legally end my life,” said Joseph Awuah-Darko, 28 A 28-year-old man in the Netherlands has opted to end his life with euthanasia rather than continue living with mental illness.

Darko, a 28-year-old British-Ghanaian artist, has chosen to move to the Netherlands to legally end his life due to the unbearable pain of living with bipolar disorder. While awaiting approval for euthanasia,

On his bipolar disorder journey, a 28-year-old Ghanaian man shares his experience and decision to choose assisted death in the Netherlands prompting a much-needed conversation about mental health struggles and how some people are in a cyclic treatment resistance.