Living with the Suicide Disease

Nisha Kumar Kulkarni
7 min readAug 26, 2019

Being diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia and how the so-called “suicide disease” has changed my life.

Photo by Luis Galvez on Unsplash

THE NIGHT THAT CHANGED EVERYTHING

August 10th, 2017 was an ordinary summer day. It was close to 11pm when I started getting ready for bed. As I did every night, I brushed my teeth, washed my face, and massaged lotions and potions into my skin. I felt tired but…

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Nisha Kumar Kulkarni

freelance writer & editor | writing coach | chronic illness advocate