It's Ok To Talk

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We hope these stories will inspire you and more young people to come forward and share their own, helping to break down the stigma surrounding mental health.

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Yes, it is tough. But I am tougher.

You deserve help, and you're not weaker for asking for it ...

July 3, 2020 • Riya • 19 • Delhi

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Listen Up

I want you to read this every time you feel like it's getting harder to breathe. When you feel the walls close in on you, when fear sneaks up and ...

November 15, 2019 • Nivedita Nandakumar • 21 • Bangalore

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Silence of A Survivor

April 4, 2017 • Mona Sharma • 38 • New Delhi

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Prison of Silence

April 4, 2017 • Vedika Aum • New Delhi

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He keeps asking me, “what’s wrong”?

Few years ago, I had built and run one startup business in education technology in India. I was a success on the outside. I was crumbling on the ...

April 4, 2017 • SHABNAM AGGARWAL • Boston

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My struggle with mental illness

The more vulnerable I let myself be, the stronger I became. The more I talked, the more I felt a version of that validation that I had always sou ...

April 4, 2017 • AMAAYA DASGUPTA • New Delhi