Caroline found it hard to tell her husband about her struggles, but when she did, they found ways to get help.
Transcript
Mais c’est … J’ai eu … J’ai commencé à avoir des pensées de vouloir mourir, qui me sont arrivées… C’était vraiment, ça venait tout seul. « Je veux mourir, je veux mourir. », je n’arrivais pas à en parler à mon conjoint. Je n’arrivais pas à en parler à personne. Puis là j’essaie de me changer les idées, je me dis : « Ok, je vais aller à la librairie. Je vais aller me trouver de la lecture. ». Tout faire pour me changer les idées, mais ça ne fonctionnait pas. Puis c’est … Puis après le lendemain, j’ai réussi à en parler à mon conjoint. Puis il a dit : « Là il faut que tu ailles voir ton médecin. ». Parce que j’avais des bonnes journées, mais mes journées moins bonnes, elles étaient devenues moins… moins bonnes, puis c’était vraiment… Je commençais à avoir peur pour moi. Je ne voulais pas mourir là, c’est ça qui est étrange, c’est comme tu vis des…
Intervieweuse: Des contradictions…
Oui, vraiment
[But it’s… I had… I started having thoughts of wanting to die, which came to me… It really just came on its own. “I want to die, I want to die.” I couldn’t manage to talk to my partner about it. I couldn’t talk to anyone about it. So I tried to distract myself, I told myself, ‘Okay, I’ll go to the bookstore. I’ll find something to read.’ I tried everything to distract myself, but it wasn’t working. And then… the next day, I managed to talk to my partner about it. And he said, “You need to go see your doctor.” Because I was having good days, but my bad days were becoming worse… much worse, and it was really… I was starting to be scared for myself. I didn’t actually want to die — that’s what’s strange — it’s like you’re living through…
Interviewer: Contradictions…
Yes, right.] Translation from the original French.
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