Julia Buang, (Julie the crazy) the town's most popular mentally ill person. As a kid we use to tease her. She always without fail respond with a smile. she use to entertain us with her kind of dance. she usually wears flowers in her ears, her clothing is not usual at that time but I found it to be similar these days seeing models of signature apparels walking in a ramp.
That was my first encounter with someone who is suffering from mental disorder. later on I saw a distant relative restricted in her prison like room, she too is suffering from mental disorder. she looked pitiful but the family has to restrained her or else she would wander around and may cause more trouble.
Few years back, we were tasked to take care of a friend who is beginning to experience a mental breakdown, that was my closest encounter with someone who is mentally unhealthy. My left thumb was just operated, the doctor took out puss from my thumb which had suffered from being burned earlier. It was on bandage, the wound is still very fresh. it was on that very time when we were trying to restrain our mentally ill friend inside the taxi going to mental hospital. All of the sudden she grabbed my wounded thumb and squeezed it firmly. I wanted to shout at the top of my voice from pain.
Since most of them are violent we fear and shy away from them but these people needs our love and care. Just recently I have lived, slept and ate with these people inside a jail like mental hospital ward room.
I'll share my first hand experience inside the mental hospital on the next episode... see you later.
