I was from BMTC Sch 2.Dec 1998 PTP batch at Nee Soon Camp.One of
my section mates went mad within 5 days of PTP..
Day 1 we could see he was quite slow-in packing his stuff and
adhering to orders from commanders.Whenever asked to fall in,he
dillydallied.Then due to his tardiness,we all kena whacked jialat
jialat.We at 1st very angry with him then we realised this guy
seemed to be very stressed. His physical fitness sucked too.Could
not even do 1 standard push up.After last parade when we all rushed
up to our bunks,he often appeared in a daze-he just stood at the
company line area for a while before he went up.
We tried to talk to him,but he seemed to be in his own
world...
The final straw was during one of the Field PT lessons conducted by
PTI. He was late again so he asked for permission to fall in with
the rest.
PTI:"Join the rest,recruit"
Rec:"Permission to fall in,SIR!"
PTI:"Yes,join them please,rec and I'm not SIR!"
Rec:"Permission to fall in,SIR!"
PTI(puzzled)
???
Rec:"Permission to fall in,SIR!"
PC came over and talked to him.
PC:"What's wrong with you???"
Rec:"Permission to fall in,SERGEANT!"
Every instructor at this stage all blur liao....
The poor guy kept repeating "Permission to fall in,SERGEANT!" for
countless times...
My OC and PC brought him to one corner and tried to calm him down
so that the rest of us could carry on our training.Sudddenly,the
guy just laid on the floor and started rolling around muttering
some nonsense.
A few of the instructors had to help to bring him to medical centre
and that was the last I saw of the poor guy...

Wonder how he is doing now...