Choosing Life: A Story of Overcoming Despair and Finding Control

Searching for hope in a hopeless moment

The story had all the information that a suicide contemplator would require. Pretty standard methods too - inhaling gas, sleeping pills, hanging, drowning etc.

By Mallika Singh
A staunch believer of 'you are what you read', Mallika is never found without a book or any conceivable object that would allow her to read. In her own words, she is a traveller who is just passing by. And during the course of her chosen journey, her first instinct is to put on paper how she sees and hears the world. On a regular day at Soulveda, Mallika entertains rather generously all requirements 'internet'. A huge Jim Morrison fan, the only people for her are the mad ones. You might also find her wielding sarcasm as her weapon of choice when challenged intellectually. She believes in the uniqueness of every individual and can often be found fighting for it.

20 January 2017

“Easiest ways to kill yourself”, she typed on the search engine. The spiders got to work and within two seconds displayed on the screen were 770,000 results to choose from.

She clicked on the top result, “seven quickest painless ways of killing yourself”. The first paragraph was a disclaimer screaming that the article was for “story-writing purpose only” and if someone really wanted to commit suicide, then they shouldn’t.

It had all the information that someone contemplating suicide would require. Pretty standard methods too – inhaling gas, sleeping pills, hanging, drowning etc.

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