Dr. Aravind Padmaraju describes the depression and self-blame that followed his wife's death in a train accident, then shares how therapy, support networks, and self-acceptance helped him heal. He emphasizes that time alone doesn't fix grief; active steps toward recovery are what matter.
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Hey Insta family, the photo which you're seeing, it has a great story and one of my deepest story which I'm going to share it with you right now. That photo is taken back in 2013 December when I went to meet my brother in Netherlands, and that photo was taken in Paris. The face what you are looking that time is the person who is physically broke, mentally broke, emotionally broke, and almost like every part of his life is broke. So that was the time when I lost my wife in a train accident, and I kept on blaming myself. I was into deep depression. I don't know what was happening, and that phase of my life was so painful. And why I'm sharing that right now is when you are emotionally impacted, when you are emotionally traumatized, it is really, really difficult to get back to yourself. I know that time will heal over a period of time, but I was being in that suffering and I've