I was scared when I first walked into the Psychiatry Department at a Government Hospital. The hospital was overcrowded. Everywhere I looked, there were people in pain, waiting for treatment and hoping to feel better. My hands were shaking. Crowds were already hard for me. And because of what I was going through at the […]
Tag: Mental Health Awareness
When you do not speak up
Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.-Elie Wiesel, writer and Nobel laureate Nothing else helps the fight against stigma as much as advocacy does. And advocacy begins when those in power speak up. Silence is easy when it is not our suffering. But it helps to remember that […]