The last patient at the outpatient clinic today was a noblewoman, just 25 years old, accompanied by her brother.
She complained of frequent dizziness and fainting, headaches, and fatigue — problems I often encounter with my patients. To me, she seemed like just another routine case.
As usual, I asked my standard question, "Are you under any mental stress right now?"
The response came quicker than expected:
"Some small issues with my husband…"
Curious, I probed further, "What are these 'small issues'?" I asked casually.
What followed left me stunned. For a moment, I wondered if I was witnessing a scene from Sreenivasan’s Vadakkunokkiyanthram movie.
She began recounting her life. Married at the tender age of 15, she was still a child at the time. The cherished daughter of her family, her husband has been working in the Gulf. He suffers from an extreme paranoia disorder, manifesting as relentless suspicion about everything and everyone. From their very honeymoon, he began spying on her by hiding under the bed.
He doubted the affection between his wife and her father. He suspected an illicit relationship between her and his younger brother. (To allay this suspicion, he suddenly arranged a Gulf job for his brother and sent him away.)
He wouldn't even let their 6-year-old son sleep next to his mother at night out of distrust.
While speaking to her on the phone from the Gulf, if he happened to overhear a male voice in the background, it would lead to a cascade of verbal abuse. Each call would end with demands for a divorce.
When he asked, “How are you?” and she replied, “I’m fine,” he would shout, “I’m suffering here, and you’re happily enjoying yourself there!”
For 10 years, she endured this mental torment in silence, without sharing it even with her own family. It was only after the immense stress turned her into a patient that she finally opened up.
When her family confronted her husband’s family, they received a shocking response:
"He’s been like this since childhood. We thought getting married would fix him!"
To all parents reading this, please think for a moment:
If something you couldn't fix as parents after years of effort, how can you expect a newly married woman to "fix" it? This is a grave misconception. Please don’t subject anyone to such experiments.
 

The last patient at the outpatient clinic today was a noblewoman, just 25 years old, accompanied by her brother.
She complained of frequent dizziness and fainting, headaches, and fatigue — problems I often encounter with my patients. To me, she seemed like just another routine case.
As usual, I asked my standard question, "Are you under any mental stress right now?"
The response came quicker than expected:
"Some small issues with my husband…"
Curious, I probed further, "What are these 'small issues'?" I asked casually.
What followed left me stunned. For a moment, I wondered if I was witnessing a scene from Sreenivasan’s Vadakkunokkiyanthram movie.
She began recounting her life. Married at the tender age of 15, she was still a child at the time. The cherished daughter of her family, her husband has been working in the Gulf. He suffers from an extreme paranoia disorder, manifesting as relentless suspicion about everything and everyone. From their very honeymoon, he began spying on her by hiding under the bed.
He doubted the affection between his wife and her father. He suspected an illicit relationship between her and his younger brother. (To allay this suspicion, he suddenly arranged a Gulf job for his brother and sent him away.)
He wouldn't even let their 6-year-old son sleep next to his mother at night out of distrust.
While speaking to her on the phone from the Gulf, if he happened to overhear a male voice in the background, it would lead to a cascade of verbal abuse. Each call would end with demands for a divorce.
When he asked, “How are you?” and she replied, “I’m fine,” he would shout, “I’m suffering here, and you’re happily enjoying yourself there!”
For 10 years, she endured this mental torment in silence, without sharing it even with her own family. It was only after the immense stress turned her into a patient that she finally opened up.
When her family confronted her husband’s family, they received a shocking response:
"He’s been like this since childhood. We thought getting married would fix him!"
To all parents reading this, please think for a moment:
If something you couldn't fix as parents after years of effort, how can you expect a newly married woman to "fix" it? This is a grave misconception. Please don’t subject anyone to such experiments.