Orphan child diagnosed with ADHD, senior world champion in martial arts

Veronica Serbov had a nightmare childhood, eating bread and butter from the older girls in the orphanage where about 300 children were crammed.

"I simply could not sit still. I was standing up on the bench and the teacher told me to sit down in vain. If I didn't move for more than 10 minutes, I felt like I was going crazy, my blood was boiling, my heart was pumping faster". says Veronica in a publication.

She found her vocation alone: ??"I liked martial arts when I saw the first movie with Bruce Lee. I saw him kicking trees to train, I was kicking too... There were some boys doing martial arts in our school hall. I was 8-9 years old and I used to watch for hours through the window during training. I would climb the building and stay there in the sun, in the rain, in the wind, summer and winter, it didn't matter".

19,333 children are institutionalized in Romania. In larger or smaller houses. Of them, 5,959 are in centers dedicated to those with special needs. 60% of those in special homes receive psychiatric treatment. And almost 30% of all institutionalized minors are under treatment. The reason? Does the system only want quiet, submissive children with no aspirations and no freedom of expression? I am convinced that many of them would have had the chance to become normal adults, able to discover and develop their talents in painting, music, theater, but is it so easy to destroy sensitivities?

"I'm not saying I was born to do martial arts. But three years spent in the extermination center from P?cli?a, during which I was sedated, tranquilized, did not manage to turn me away from this sport". World champion of senior women in martial arts, kempo style, at only 18 years old, Veronica Serbov was a child-phenomenon, who promised to overcome her destiny with amazing drama.

"Three years forced me to take crap that ate my health. Haloperidol, Levomepromazin, Romparkin, Napoton... If you refused, they would break your teeth. Because of overdoses, you often faint. They only gave us expired food, brought by some Germans. For this, the director Ion Marcu ended up in prison. I had a pair of broken sneakers, which I also wore in the winter. When I got out of there, I had an ulcer and giardia, but I thank God that I remained sane. I had three friends who became vegetables - one tried to commit suicide with caustic soda and was operated on from the neck down. Like me, they had been hospitalized in good health, one because she had a boyfriend, another because she missed school and one because she was just like that, quicksilver"

Discover her whole story here: http://www.gandul.info/reportaj/cum-dobori-un-campion-mondial-de-kempo-846975