Premavathi Finds Hope After Homelessness at The Banyan

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Premavathi, a Chennai resident, became homeless in her twenties after developing a mental illness. With a father facing mental health struggles linked to unemployment and a mother who had left the family, she was left vulnerable. In February 2023, social workers from Kaakkum Karangal rescued her from the beach and admitted her to The Banyan, where she has since found emotional support, family-like bonds, and a sense of strength she never experienced before.   00:04 – 00:46 | When I Am There  01:04 – 01:58 | The Loop of Being  03:48 – End | Echoes of Existence   Follow us:  Website: https://www.outlookindia.com/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Outlookindia  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/outlookindia/  X: https://twitter.com/Outlookindia  Whatsapp: https://whatsapp.com/channel/0029VaNrF3v0AgWLA6OnJH0R  Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@OutlookMagazine  Dailymotion: https://www.dailymotion.com/outlookindia   #MentalHealth #Chennai #Homelessness #TheBanyan

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00:00When I was sitting there, I had to wear a dress and be homeless on the road and roaming on the night.

00:09I was not conscious of what I was doing.

00:17My father was working on a contact basis.

00:21He was working on a jobless.

00:24He had a mental health problem.

00:28He was working on a jobless.

00:31My mother was working on a job.

00:33He was working on my grandparents.

00:38When I was working on my life, my grandparents supported me.

00:44I didn't know anything about them.

00:49We were working on a certain period.

00:53At that time, I was working on a mental health problem.

00:58I was working on my grandparents' death.

01:02I was working on a stage in my own house.

01:06I was working on a physical, mental and financial.

01:12I was working on a private health problem.

01:15That's why I was working on a family.

01:17This was my father and his father.

01:18I was working on a doctor, and I was working with him.

01:21I was working on a doctor, and I was working on a doctor.

01:25What did you do to talk about him?

01:27I have done a pharmacy and a UG or PG Diploma in health care.

01:34So, for me, I have worked at least for a minimum salary.

01:42I have done my life at a minimum level.

01:46I have done my life at a minimum level.

01:50I have done my life at a minimum level.

01:55I have done my life at first.

01:58I have done my life without a stability,

02:00in a job.

02:03I don't have no dude in society.

02:09When I was pregnant with my mom,

02:14I stayed home for two days like that.

02:19When I was hospitalized for two days then,

02:23When they got to go to the medical hospital, they could go home and walk home.

02:34They told me, I haven't told them, I have recommended them, then they will move them, they will go home.

02:43It's been 20 years since I've been in my dress and been homeless on the road and on the night.

02:54I don't have to be conscious of what I've been doing.

03:02I've been in February 2023 on the beach.

03:09So, I didn't know that I had an admission.

03:16I had an admission because I was very violent.

03:22I didn't know my nature.

03:25I was very violent.

03:30I had a lot of struggles in my life.

03:33I had a lot of struggles.

03:37There is a lot of personal issues in this life.

03:39So, we have to take care of the medicines.

03:44I have to take care of the medicines, food, etc.

03:49I have to take care of the emotional feelings,

03:53but I have to take care of the family.

03:56But in the past two years, I have to take care of the family.

04:03I have to take a balanced diet.

04:04I have to take care of the family.

04:08I have to take care of the family.

04:11I have to take care of the family.

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