Viktor Frisk attempted to commit suicide – saved by love

They have participated in the Melodifestival three times, have toured Sweden and their songs have been performed more than 100 million times on Spotify. Samir and Viktor are now publishing a book on the path to success and friendship. Here lies behind the scenes stories about wild parties, friendship and the journey of success, but Viktor Frisk also explains to him how he broke with mental health silently and learned that he was bipolar . Eighteen months ago, he felt so bad that he was trying to commit suicide.

"And one day, when I felt I was not hurrying anymore, I made the decision," he says in the book. "I stuffed a lot of pills, rinsed them with brandy, and I lay on the couch to sleep forever, and after a while, I panicked. I did not want to die, I vomited, I rushed into the bathroom, rolled over the toilet, stopped my fingers in my throat and threw up. "

We wanted to tell you how it goes when the headlights go out

Viktor Frisk tells in "Samir and Viktor" that he had called a friend and had been taken to the conference room where he needed a lot of help.
Now, with their newly hand-printed book, Viktor tries to remember what went through his head when he made the right decision to live.

"It's the love of my family and Samir that made me regret it." When you're so broke, love is even stronger than hated, he says.

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"M opens a lot"

He tells his problems in the book to help others who are in the same situation. He has received professional help and feels better today.

"I open up a lot in this book, I let go of all the barriers, but I thought that if I could only help one person to feel better, it was worth it." I wanted to rewrite everything. It was a poor mental health or how Samir and Viktor influenced me, somehow, we wanted to tell you how it goes when the lighthouses s & # 39; You turn off and you find yourself in a dark room with yourself, what you feel next.

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For Viktor, not only was the support of his friends and family very important, but he also received the medical message that he was bipolar. Earlier, he was also diagnosed with ADHD.
– All the pieces fell into place when I got the bipolar diagnosis. I did not take it with bipolarity until everything in my life went down directly, he says.
– The medications I take are excellent. I feel such peace when I take medicine, he says.

We are bleeding for mental health problems, especially for boys

When it was dark, he heard a voice in his head saying that it was worthless. He tried to listen to audio books with headphones to master the voice, but it did not work.

"My inner voice spoke to me in a scary way," he says. And then we come to say, "Why does my voice speak to me like this, why is there an inner demon sitting in my head talking to me and telling truths that are really unruly?"

What did the voice say?

– The voice said how bad I was, how wrong everything was, what I could have done differently, what I looked like, so much self-hatred at a time. Catastrophism. The voice has disappeared a little now. It's there and it starts, but it's closed and sometimes it goes on. I think they are giant tires. I think it's scary. I saw Ted Gärdestad's film and then I felt the voice he had. His situation was a hundred times worse, but just the voice I felt again. But that's only good for learning how to handle it.

Viktor Frisk says that it is important to dare to talk about mental illness.

"At first, it's hard to talk about such things, but after all, you realize how much more beautiful it is to talk and ask for help, I will not go that night anymore." I have the necessary tools and I understand better not to make the choices I've made at the time and the importance of taking help I realize that it's not bad to take help, he says.

He believes that it is necessary to take action against mental health problems among young people.

"We are blind to mental health problems, especially among boys," said Viktor. We are talking about the fact that many girls feel bad and that is the case, but there are so many young boys who feel bad at the height of the machoereotype. I think it's important to emphasize this issue and help young girls and boys understand that you go crazy sometimes and that it's okay to be crazy, but you still need to understand that there is something better and that there is always a light. in the dark to help you.

Talk about the close friend

For a moment, he was so "broken" that his friends were lucky enough to be with him. In the book, Viktor tells us how he had once held a friend over a balcony stand.

"I held it over the railing." From the fourth floor, her eyes were filled with horror, she later told me that I was absolutely unbreakable. "Anything could have happened, I could have slipped it and dropped it," he writes.

Samir and Viktor changed my life

In the book, Samir and Viktor also congratulate their parents for the support they have always trusted. In one passage, Viktor tells us about the love that he received from his parents when he came out bisexual.

"I'm the best friend in the world and family, that's why I have everything, without them we were both on the plate," he said, shaking his head.

During the night he received valuable help from Samir Badran. Now, he is supporting Samir, a victim of burnout. He should actually sit next to Viktor.

"I call every day and I support it, but make sure you never talk about jobs," he says. We hung all that up until he felt better.

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From high school life bullied to a beloved idol

Viktor was only 17 when he met Samir. The transition from nothing to star status was quick. In the book, written with the help of author Pascal Engman, we get on well with the journey from the big public holiday to the beloved idol.
"Making such a life changing trip is not normal," says Viktor. It is not normal to attend the Melodifestivalen three times before the age of 23.

"Now I'm sitting down and saying that in a way that would be nothing but negative, but Samir and Viktor have changed my life, it has produced many strengths with me and Samir. Let's also tell you how much fun we have – you must never forget it – these five years have been the funniest of my life and I hope it will be another year.

Later, he reads the chapter on his depression. He is visibly taken and stops not crying.

"I usually think that you can have ups and downs so that you can inspire others, but more importantly to make yourself stronger, and for that I have become," he says.
"What I want to do more in social media and with Samir and Viktor in the future is to show that you are human, and that's exactly what we show in the book. are, like everyone else, individuals who can take a break at any time, even if you have everything.