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Navneen Sembhi: Life after getting paralyzed

Interviewer: Hello, this is Lois here from persona magazine and today we have Navneen Sembhi talking about how she overcame being confined to a wheelchair

Interviewee: Hi thank you for having me

Interviewer: firstly let’s talk about what happened, how did u injure yourself?

Interviewee: Yeah so, I’ve had horseback riding lessons since i was 5, training to be a professional jockey. However I got into an accident about 5 years ago (when I was 16) and got a spinal cord injury leading to me being paralysed.

Interviewer: Oh I’m so sorry to hear that, I can’t imagine what that would have felt like

Interviewee: Yeah it was horrible

Interviewer: So how did it affect you?

Interviewee: I was in hospital for a few months, and had to have surgery performed 5 times. Which took a toll on my mental health, I felt like my life would never be the same again and I was just stuck in a black hole. When I was discharged and eventually went back to school in a wheelchair, I got bullied for a while since I ended up being perceived as weak and vulnerable. I had hit rock bottom. The doctor also told me I wouldn’t be able to go back to horse racing.

Interviewer: That must’ve been very traumatic and very hard to hear that you won’t be able to do something you loved and worked hard for anymore. How did you overcome it? Since I know you’ve published a book last year and started a charity to help teens deal with this sort of experience.

Interviewee: Although I wasn’t able to do my passion, I found new ones and had loved ones supporting me all the way, so I got out of my slump and found a new purpose, which is to inspire teens today. My book called ‘Life after becoming paralysed’ details my experience overcoming the difficulties of a wheelchair

Interviewer: Glad to hear that you’re doing so much better now after everything you’ve been through. Thank you for sharing your story with us today

Interviewee: Thank you for having me