If you are having suicidal thoughts or feelings, contact 911 or the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255, or a qualified physician / mental health professional immediately.
Competition may be perhaps one of the biggest driving forces in South Asia’s education system, but that’s certainly not the case in...
...I was in a major I did not like, but I felt weak in admitting I was not good at science. My GPA was falling and by my second semester...
...“Oh, this is just me being a teenager.” Little did I know it was something serious… I was too young to feel this sadness, right? I mean...
I forgot. I forgot about how he looked like until today. Only today, in this very moment, when I saw a picture of him, did I remember...
“One hundred pounds” the doctor read off the scale. I looked over to see my mother smiling in approval. The doctor, however...
...a “my way or the highway”, ultra-conservative, and devoutly Muslim sort of man. My mom has been depressed and self-loathing...
I'm a 21-year-old man who moved to the US from Pakistan in my early teens. If you would have asked me three years ago if I struggled...
...So is depression. And suicide. Especially in the Indian American community, there is a tendency to pretend that these things are not...
...my life was confined to my bed. I couldn’t get out of bed to attend my classes. I couldn’t get out of bed to see my friends...
Fall 2011: “Congratulations, we are pleased to inform you have been accepted into our medical school.” It felt unreal. I’d gained admission into a U.S. Medical school I’d wanted since I was a kid. I was born severely premature, only 2 pounds, and medicine saved my life.
I was sexually assaulted and violated by someone not once, but twice. And possibly multiple times without my knowledge...
...I’m sure most of us would assume they either work as an engineer, a doctor, a scientist, or an upper position in a company. I’m not...
In alignment with our mission to encourage others to #SpeakUp about mental health, we’ve created this blog – a passion project highlighting those who wish to share their stories with the world.
Open to anyone and posted biweekly, the series features personal anecdotes from members of the South Asian community who have struggled with mental illness – and the stigma that comes along with it.
My story begins when I was 10 years old. This was the year I found a suicide note written by someone close to me. This person never...
From 2003 to 2015, 76 teens died by suicide in my hometown of San Jose, California. During the same time, Palo Alto’s youth suicide rate...
... due to several moves, lack of money, and a nasty divorce. From the time I was in 4th to 7th grade, I was also sexually abused by my...
My life has been one long-drawn nightmare. All the memories keep replaying as they’ve just happened yesterday. No matter...
I have had an incredibly long and difficult journey with mental health and neurological issues over the past 42 years. On top of it...
People often think therapy is an immediate, easy solution. You lie on a couch and dictate your feelings to a doctor writing...
Since I was 7, attending medical school had been my dream - to finally say that yes, I’m going to be a doctor. Like anyone else pursuing...
...The moment I had been waiting for months and months had finally arrived. The year was 2002 and I was finally about to see...
My struggle with mental health began at an early age. It wasn’t until I started learning more about mental illnesses and mental well...
...a “my way or the highway”, ultra-conservative, and devoutly Muslim sort of man. My mom has been depressed and self-loathing...
In the moment it seems like the end of the world like thing. Its very overwhelming. It's hard to think positively even though you know...
Anorexia. Listen Baba, listen to the word.It’s an ugly word, you say, your eyes shut, head turned away. I don’t like that word. Divorce.
10 years old. When a girl is 10 years old she should be worrying about what color dress to wear, or how to do her hair...
One of the things my mother has always emphasized is the importance of privacy, of keeping things within the family...
I always feared that I would be called weak if I expressed any vulnerability. So instead, I put on a “strong” face at all times...
...just a number, something in the back of their mind, or maybe even something that nags at them every day. For others, like me...
MannMukti pledges to serve all South Asians, recognizing the power hierarchies in our communities, created and maintained by different identities of caste, language, geography, gender, sexuality, and religion that shape individuals’ obstacles while seeking mental liberation.
