{"id":61891,"date":"2019-01-21T06:25:54","date_gmt":"2019-01-21T04:25:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/swaarkry-depressie-maak-haar-sterk-20190116-3\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T16:49:18","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T14:49:18","slug":"swaarkry-depressie-maak-haar-sterk-20190116-3","status":"publish","type":"school_article","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/weslander\/school\/swaarkry-depressie-maak-haar-sterk-20190116-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Swaarkry, depressie maak haar sterk"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Larissa Beukman moes dikwels haar ma se werk oorneem in die huis \u2013 terwyl sy voltyds skoolgegaan het, deur depressie gewerk het en na haar gesin moes omsien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\n <b>\u2019n Moeilike matriekjaar <\/b>\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Di\u00e9 18-jarige matrikulant van die Ho\u00ebrskool Dirkie Uys in Moorreesburg het egter sterker aan die ander kant uitgekom, die swaarkry oorkom en matriek met \u2019n A in geskiedenis geslaag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haar ma, \u2019n enkelouer, het in 2017 in Malmesbury begin werk nadat hulle na Moorreesburg verhuis het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die gesin het eers in Piketberg gewoon waar hulle alles verloor het en moes n\u00e1 die trek van voor af begin. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy ma woon in die week in Malmesbury en ons sien haar net naweke as sy geld kan afknyp vir petrol.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Haar negejarige sussie is serebraal gestremd en Larissa moet gereeld inspring om by die huis te help en na haar om te sien. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cMy ouma woon by ons, maar sy het onlangs \u2019n beroerte gehad en tydelik die gebruik van die linkerkant van haar liggaam verloor. Sy is nou weer reg, maar destyds moes ek baie in die huis help. In die eksamen was daar darem tye dat my ouma na my sussie gekyk het en ek myself in die kamer kon toemaak om te leer,\u201d s\u00ea sy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Die naaste skool vir kinders met spesiale behoeftes is in Saldanha en volgens Larissa is dit te ver en duur om haar sussie daarheen te stuur. Sy moet dus by die huis bly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cEk wil \u2019n sukses maak van my lewe sodat ons haar na \u2019n skool kan stuur sodat sy ook onderrig kan ontvang,\u201d s\u00ea sy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Larissa het boonop van 2015 tot 2017 aan erge depressie gely en selfs in haar gr. 11-jaar \u2019n klomp pille gedrink om haar lewe te probeer neem. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDaarna is ek na \u2019n kliniek wat my baie gehelp het om die depressie onder beheer te kry. 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