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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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Duniya Kya Kahegi: 100 Years of Solitude

Transforming sorrow into strength ...

June 3, 2020 • Aditya • 32 • Jaipur

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I Choose To Fight

I was very glad that I asked for help, both medically and emotionally. ...

September 26, 2019 • Vaishnvi • 19 • Pune

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It’s Time To Talk

I began to doubt myself in a way I had never done before: why was I unable to feel comfortable with people on my course? Why did I feel unable to ...

December 12, 2018 • Shuranjeet Singh • 23 • Birmingham, United Kingdom

My Fight Against Depression

“I ran into my bedroom and locked myself up” ...

October 17, 2018 • Sumedh Bilgi • 24 • Mumbai

OCD and Mental Illness in India

Huafrid is a young person who is trying to fight the stigma of mental illness by battling his own. ...

October 17, 2018 • Huafrid Billimoria • 22 • Mumbai

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Prisoner in my own mind

I have always used writing as a tool to lighten my mood, and always believed that my pen and paper were the only ones who would understand me. Ho ...

August 23, 2017 • Anonymous • Delhi

We Gotta Live

I was getting over my lifetime of depression and suicidal thought but now I'm right back in the middle of it. The completion of this piece of mus ...

August 8, 2017 • Gladwyn Scott • Halifax

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On Depression

Having been through depression twice, I realised that what I sought was just someone to talk to. My friends in India were always there to help ou ...

July 7, 2017 • Subhashish Bhadra • Bengaluru

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Depression, it isn’t just your fight

I believe that people in positions of power, workplaces, families have a responsibility to care and to try to understand others without judgement ...

April 28, 2017 • Sudhamshu Mitra

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Doctors to Psychiatrist. In that order.

I have been living with depression and anxiety for almost 3 years now. But the first two years I didn’t know it. My body tried to tell me. But I ...

April 4, 2017 • ANONYMOUS • New Delhi