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I always feel like something bad is going to happen. I get nightmares and feel
like committing suicide. I feel alone even around other people. I can think
about nothing for long hours. I can‘t remember things and I have no one with
whom I can share my thoughts and feelings. I feel lost all the time. My mind
reminds me of the important things that I need to do but for some reason, I
keep wasting my time.
-Ananya
M y mother doesn‘t understand me at any point. I have tried to tell her my
feelings. I attempted suicide in 2009. At that time, she understood what my
problem is and we sought psychological treatment but the medicine didn‘t
work on me. I tried telling a doctor as well, but he said that I didn‘t have a real
problem and that it was just stress.
-Akshata
I am a medical student from Ludhiana, Punjab. Yesterday, one of my
colleagues committed suicide because of the infinite amount of stress on the
students. We are forced to work for 24 to 36 hours and we get scolded and
rebuked. On top of that, we get no salary. We get a low stipend which is
nothing compared to the fees we pay.
-Sudeep
M y friend committed suicide this year. She used to tell me that she does not
want to stay alive. She tried committing suicide many times. My friends told
her not to do so but no one knew what she would really do. I still repent that I
could not help her. She was writing letters saying that she didn‘t want to stay
alive for more than two months. Only a few of my classmates knew about this
and they didn‘t tell anyone. If we knew, we could have saved her.
-Nilanjana
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like committing suicide. I feel alone even around other people. I can think
about nothing for long hours. I can‘t remember things and I have no one with
whom I can share my thoughts and feelings. I feel lost all the time. My mind
reminds me of the important things that I need to do but for some reason, I
keep wasting my time.
-Ananya
M y mother doesn‘t understand me at any point. I have tried to tell her my
feelings. I attempted suicide in 2009. At that time, she understood what my
problem is and we sought psychological treatment but the medicine didn‘t
work on me. I tried telling a doctor as well, but he said that I didn‘t have a real
problem and that it was just stress.
-Akshata
I am a medical student from Ludhiana, Punjab. Yesterday, one of my
colleagues committed suicide because of the infinite amount of stress on the
students. We are forced to work for 24 to 36 hours and we get scolded and
rebuked. On top of that, we get no salary. We get a low stipend which is
nothing compared to the fees we pay.
-Sudeep
M y friend committed suicide this year. She used to tell me that she does not
want to stay alive. She tried committing suicide many times. My friends told
her not to do so but no one knew what she would really do. I still repent that I
could not help her. She was writing letters saying that she didn‘t want to stay
alive for more than two months. Only a few of my classmates knew about this
and they didn‘t tell anyone. If we knew, we could have saved her.
-Nilanjana
63
