Not everyone can laugh off trauma – Actor Ibrahim Suleiman explains why it’s not always good to tease people with their weakness

Actor Ibrahim Suleiman has explained why it’s not always good to tease people with their weakness. 

The actor who shared an experience with a friend, said people teased him about not knowing how to drive. However, after he asked what stopped the said friend from learning how to drive, he revealed that he was scarred deeply after surviving an accident that took the lives of two people when he was 15. 

Suleiman tweeted; 

“Met someone recently (M.43) who can’t drive, and has never tried to learn. He was getting proper teased about it and we were all having a good laugh, but I noticed his unease. Later that day, I asked him what the real story was. Apparently, when he was 15 years old, He was involved in a ghastly car crash that saw 2 childhood friends not make it. It has scarred him deeply. Not everyone chooses to not do things like most people. I apologised to him for teasing him when everyone else was, and made sure to hint the others to avoid the topic. 

“I cannot swim. Something happened when I was much younger (don’t want to go into detail) and it has made me averse to being fully submerged in water. I get teased about it a lot. I just laugh it off, because, personality. But not everyone can laugh off trauma. Let us be kind.”