Donna was 26 when she tried to take her own life by jumping from the 16th floor of her condominium block. It was 2011 — two years after she graduated from university in Australia — and she had just managed to break off from what she'd describe as an emotionally abusive relationship. Falling into a deep depression, she harboured suicidal...
Donna was 26 when she tried to take her own life by jumping from the 16th floor of her condominium block.
"It's not that I wanted to die, but I just wanted the pain to go away… When it got very bad, it was like life wasn't worth living," she'd said.The time that passed as she waited for her brother to arrive home - she had promised him to - however allowed rescuers from the Singapore Civil Defence Force to set up a safety air cushion at the foot of the block.
Besides therapy, healing for Donna also came through her own "inner work" and the support of her loved ones, including her mother and brother, whom she's extremely close to. Not only did she power through the months of training and races while under antidepressant medication — which caused her to feel drowsy for most of the day — she didn't let her fear of open waters stop her either.
Her current work as a volunteer for the Movement for the Intellectually Disabled of Singapore , since 2016 under the Appropriate Adult Scheme for Persons with Mental Disabilities , has also imbued her life with greater purpose. "The inner work I've done, pursuing a certificate in counselling and life coaching as well as my own trial by fire, enables me to help others heal. Because I have been there. And I know how lonely, painful and dark it gets.
She also reminds those who're struggling that "there is no shame in seeking help, and it does not make one weak".
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