Geetha (not her real name) is a 19-year- old housewife. She has been married twice and has a young son from her first marriage.
She now lives with her second husband’s family. However, her husband does not want her to work; her mother-in-law cooks and cares for the house, so she has little to do. After her husband became angry and hit her, she tried to harm herself by drinking a pesticide stored in the house.
Despite knowing someone who had died from pesticide suicide, she had not thought of the consequences and had done it with no intention to die. She had simply developed “sudden anger”. She was brought to a hospital where the staff provided her with care.
At the time we met her, things were going better and she was glad she had survived.