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At the Railway Station, My Father Put Food in My Mouth. I Felt Ashamed

We deboarded the train at Gorakhpur railway station, as we were here for me

Sunil Kumar Chaudhary

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Train at a railway station (Photo-Gemini)

In 2012, when my father took me to Gorakhpur for treatment of my mental illness, I was fighting a battle I could not understand.

I felt hungry but was unable to eat food due to my illness; then my father put food in my mouth.

My schizophrenia symptoms were increasing day by day, arriving in new and unexpected forms.…