"I thought then that today is the day I want to end it," she told me.
"It" was her life, and she was my patient. Hers was a long illness, with origins in childhood history of trauma and neglect, with the abandonment of father and sexual abuse by a stepfather, of scarified arms from self-cutting, of wreckage of relationships, and multiple hospitalisations.
Already a subscriber? Log in
Read the full story and more at $9.90/month
Get exclusive reports and insights with more than 500 subscriber-only articles every month
ST One Digital
$9.90/month
No contract
ST app access on 1 mobile device
Unlock these benefits
All subscriber-only content on ST app and straitstimes.com
Easy access any time via ST app on 1 mobile device
E-paper with 2-week archive so you won't miss out on content that matters to you