The Better India · 18 hours ago

‘I Tried to End My Life; What It Took to Fight Depression & Walk Again'

After a spinal injury left him paralyzed from the waist down and a suicide attempt revealed the depths of his despair, Jaikishaan Sharma found an unexpected turning point in his daughter's smile. What followed was seven months of deliberately reshaping his mindset through mindfulness and gratitude -- practices that eventually led to the inexplicable: waking up one morning able to move a toe, then months later, taking his first steps. "I decided that I would not live my life by design and default," he recalls of the moment he chose to prove the doctors' five percent chance wrong. Now a mindset coach helping others navigate their darkest moments, Sharma carries one message from his journey through job loss, paralysis, debt, and back to walking: "Do not let your temporary emotions dictate your future."