Re: Marriage of Individuals with Challenges in the Desi Community
I don’t know this girl personally so I don’t know too many details. She lives in a different state and is very close friends with a girl I’m friends with (they were college room mates, went to medical school together, my friend was a brides maid at her wedding etc.). I met her when she came into my city to attend my friend’s wedding and during the reception, I overheard another girl say something like “Oh is that the girl whose husband committed suicide.” So a few weeks later I asked my friend about it and she told me the story. Her name still comes up now and then (when my friend visits her).
I’m told she found out about the mental illness b/c she saw the meds a once they started living together after the wedding. It seems unbelievable that being a physician wasn’t enough to keep him on his meds regularly but I’ve seen professionals like doctors, lawyers etc. do crazier things. I agree that this is a rare situation but I think it highlights why people are so hesitant to marry someone with a mental illness.
The good thing is that she has put the trauma behind her (or so it seems). Almost 3 years after the suicide, she re-married and had a baby last year.