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Dr Sona Kaushal Gupta

I get a call from a class XI student Neha saying she is feeling very low emotionally and about to end her life. I try to buy time by keeping her engaged in the conversation. I ask her the reason for feeling low and she says that her parents keep fighting and her mother blames her for it. Her mother wants her to score very good marks and take science but she has not opted for science because she does not like the subjects. She says she feels she has disappointed her parents and doesn’t wish to live anymore.

A very common experience with youth today is that they are not able to cope up with the adversities which they face in life. Parental expectations are a big stressor for children along with their own expectations of how their life should be. Peer pre

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