Metanoia | ✔

*Chapter 15*

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Jiya can't sleep well the whole night due to weird thoughts. Her mind kept running on the same issue again and again. "Am I really mentally ill?"

*opens door*

"Ah, Paras? When did you arrive?"

"P. Just some time ago mom..."

"M. Okay great, I just went to check some technical issues urgently at the rooftop. By the way, did you meet anyone here? You remember that girl, lives in this very building.. She was your patient too, Jiya? Jiya Shankar was her name.."

"P. Yes mom, I just came & she left.. I talked to her."

"M. Oh that's cool. Now, will have dinner?"

"P. After some time please, I'm tired actually so want a little rest mom."

"M. Yeah sure, I'm arranging some business files till then."

"P. Okay."

Paras then went to his room & lolled in his bed. While busy with phone, he suddenly receives a call.

"Yeah Paras, what's up?"

"All good buddy, what about you?"

"Cool, listen.. didn't you receive the reports of your recent patient, what was her name...*thinks closing eyes*"

"P. Jiya?"

"Yes yes, Jiya. Then?"

"P. Yeah Nikhil I did, she doesn't have any problem like that dude.."

"N. What? Really? That's amazing me to be honest... I mean without such serious issues, how is she dreaming so bad?"

*awkward silence*

"P. *sighs* I think today I've got a clue over this matter.. without something serious, she is seriously suffering. That too from childhood."

"N. Wait what? What do you mean? I didn't get it.."

Pramod describes all the issue, the whole history of Jiya's family background. Whatever he heard and understood from the discussion of her uncle's house.

"P. Who knows? There's a chance that, their behaviour affected her inside very hard.. Of course, it's possible! Because sometimes closer ones' behaviour towards a person can break them mentally & affect their lifestyle too!"

"N. Hmm I understand it now. So what are you thinking to do?"

"P. Nothing special. Nikhil, during these times, most of the people need just one thing to come round. And that is a free conversation. It may not help her to recover completely, but in such anxiety issues free discussion is necessary."

"N. Yeah as you said, she has some anxiety problems."

"P. I decided something. Am taking her in psychotherapy."

"N. You mean, talk therapy?"

"P. Yes, because she needs that only."

"N. Great, go for it.. okay Paras, I'm having an important call.. see you tomorrow in the hospital."

"P. Okay bye."

Jiya is sitting in the classroom idle. Whereas other students enjoy & roam around the college campus during leisure, she finds herself almost like dead from inside and tries to avoid all.

Meanwhile someone comes to her seat & slightly touches her cold fingers. Abstracted Jiya gets startled first and soon realizes who it is, none but Kunal.