Today I had morning duty at Blood Bank, GMCH. As I was about to leave from my rented house, I saw one lady around 100 metres apart... She was making some movements.. It appeared like she was dancing to the tunes of some music and that too by the side of a public road !! While I was crossing her, I slowed down my speed to some extent and watched her carefully taking utmost care not to embarrass her in any way... But she was totally indifferent to the surroundings... She was herself singing the song "I am a disco dancer.." and was dancing to the same tunes... She would be around 40 yrs old.. She was well dressed and from her dresses it appeared like she belongs to a good family and from the prominent vermilion on her forehead I came to know that she is a married woman... Probably she belongs to some family in my neighbourhood as I have seen her a few times before... Even yesterday I had noticed her on the same place near Iskon Temple, Ulubari, Guwahati, singing the same song...
Frankly speaking, I didn't have the courage to approach her at that time on that empty road, moreover it won't serve any reason, but I have every hope that may be there will be someone who will be able to identify this lady by the slightest hint that I have mentioned in this post and thus will notify her family about her condition if they are not already aware of... I am also quite sure that if somebody knows her, then he/she will be careful enough not to reveal her identity here...
You know... Most of us have the hesitation to consult a Psychiatrist even for the most needed conditions of a family member... By acting this way, temporarily we may be "successful" to keep our so called "Family pride" intact, but on long course, knowingly or unknowingly we do huge injustice to our loved ones by denying the necessary medical attention they deserve.. Its really tragic that even in this century psychiatric problems are social stigmas... But do you know what I feel? Personally I feel, somebody might even need lifelong medications, yet like diabetes and hypertension, if someone gets proper treatment and consultation, he or she would be able to lead a normal productive life in most of the psychiatric conditions...
I don't know why, but I was deeply saddened by the scene that I witnessed and thus I am writing this post to convey one bitter truth... If she really has a caring family, she would get proper Psychiatric treatment and soon she would get back to normalcy ... Otherwise there is every possibility that there will be addition of another woman to the whole lot of numerous mentally imbalanced persons whom we quite often encounter roaming pathetically here and there.. Nothing more to say..!!!!
Frankly speaking, I didn't have the courage to approach her at that time on that empty road, moreover it won't serve any reason, but I have every hope that may be there will be someone who will be able to identify this lady by the slightest hint that I have mentioned in this post and thus will notify her family about her condition if they are not already aware of... I am also quite sure that if somebody knows her, then he/she will be careful enough not to reveal her identity here...
You know... Most of us have the hesitation to consult a Psychiatrist even for the most needed conditions of a family member... By acting this way, temporarily we may be "successful" to keep our so called "Family pride" intact, but on long course, knowingly or unknowingly we do huge injustice to our loved ones by denying the necessary medical attention they deserve.. Its really tragic that even in this century psychiatric problems are social stigmas... But do you know what I feel? Personally I feel, somebody might even need lifelong medications, yet like diabetes and hypertension, if someone gets proper treatment and consultation, he or she would be able to lead a normal productive life in most of the psychiatric conditions...
I don't know why, but I was deeply saddened by the scene that I witnessed and thus I am writing this post to convey one bitter truth... If she really has a caring family, she would get proper Psychiatric treatment and soon she would get back to normalcy ... Otherwise there is every possibility that there will be addition of another woman to the whole lot of numerous mentally imbalanced persons whom we quite often encounter roaming pathetically here and there.. Nothing more to say..!!!!
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