Kabir Bedi opens his heart away about son Siddharth's Suicide, says 'I Lost, He Chose To Go'
Actor Kabir Bedi opened his heart out about the loss of life of his son, Siddharth Bedi, who committed suicide in 1997, at age 25, after being diagnosed with schizophrenia, through the launch of his book Stories I Must Show: The Emotional Quest of an Actor. He said that the wounds heal, but the scars will generally remain. He further said that it is vital in such circumstances for the family group to the stand by position the one experiencing mental illness.
Talking to Bollywood Hungama, he said, "Siddharth was a very brilliant young man… He was fantastic in his abilities, and suddenly, 1 day, he couldn't think. We tried so hard to first find out what was wrong, and for 3 years, we battled these unidentified ghosts, and eventually he previously this really violent breakout in the streets of Montreal, and it had taken eight policemen to nail him down. And, the doctors in Montreal finally diagnosed him as schizophrenic." Also Read - Verify Your Privilege! Pooja Bedi Faces Flak From Netizens Over Her 'Don't ALLOW Virus Cage You' Tweet
The family tried to battle with Siddharth's illness but towards the end 'he thought we would go'. Kabir was quoted as saying, "I lost, he thought we would go.' He stated that in his book, he wanted to capture what it really is like for families that go through something like this, 'because the individual they are seeing is not the individual they knew'. He explained that it doesn't matter how hard he attempted, the 'guilt is certainly enormous'.
Siddharth's sister Pooja Bedi had also discussed her brother in her blog. She wrote, "I miss my brother Siddharth deeply. We had been inseparable as children. Same school, same good friends, same room. We travelled mutually, fought, laughed and adored one another madly. His being identified as having schizophrenia and his suicide in 1997 left my life changed permanently. He was a, sensitive, caring, gentle and witty person. He was amazingly bright too, and acquired graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with Honours. The void of his death and subsequently my mother's death in 1998 is something I can never fill."
