Loading

Loading

Your Stories

Share Your Story

“I have started slowly losing hope of ever getting back on track since my substance addiction.”
Read Story
May we become a voice for the voiceless, those who find themselves in the midst of an identity crisis.
Read Story
I have anorexia and fight for freedom of the stigma. I fight for beaten women.
Read Story
I know it was her way of silencing me, but I ended up understanding the true meaning of mental health, anxiety, self-love and trauma."
Read Story
“I want people to know that OCD can be anything, it is a kaleidoscope of fear. It is not ‘a quirk’, it is not ‘beautifully organised things that are satisfying’, it is the fear and unwanted guilt that consumes every single part of a person.”
Read Story
“They don't understand that HIV is not a death sentence”
Read Story
“Grief has made itself a permanent home in my heart, my stomach is in knots and the feeling of helplessness and guilt permeates my existence.”
Read Story
“There is stigma surrounding vitiligo in Kenya. Some people say that it's a curse,”
Read Story
“In my early 20s, I started to experience symptoms of generalized anxiety disorder and I was lost in terms of where to seek help."
Read Story
"My experience of mental illness has been a gift."
Read Story
"It is a high time that refugee women learn to put themselves first, especially in relationships. You are supposed to love yourself first before loving the other person. "
Read Story
"People who have mental health issues feel socially isolated. They are judged as being immoral, unfocused, hopeless and without goals when in reality they are suffering from mental illness."
Read Story
“Akili Bomba is a community based organization that deals with mental health awareness and advocacy through sensitization.”
Read Story
“My hope for the future is that Kibera will become a community that is sober, self-reliant and healthier.”
Read Story
"I'm a youth I focus on my future. All I require is victory that is my pleasure."
Read Story
"Most artists from Kibera die while trying. Making it out of the slums is not easy. They have no one to counsel them."
Read Story
"Since my recovery, I have been able to talk to others who are going through the pain of loneliness and loss as well."
Read Story
"I drank alcohol following the example of my father who would come home drunk every night."
Read Story
My hope for the future is that people living with mental illnesses will be free from the stigma and we will have a community that embraces such people.
Read Story
"It's so mentally taxing to be walking on eggshells and feeling anxious when meeting new people."
Read Story