Hi! I’m a 20 year old medical student from South India. I was always pampered as kid owing to the fact that I was the only child. I had everything growing up be it wealth, health or laughter. But things started changing from middle...
Stories
Every woman and every girl inspires us. We are deeply grateful to those who have shared their stories about breakthroughs in their lives, the ways in which they have overcome fears, beliefs, or events that once kept them from connecting with their inner strength and recognizing their amazingness. Some of these stories are stories of pain and how a women or girl triumphed over it. As you read these stories, rather than focusing on the pain, choose to focus instead on the triumph and the ways that others have overcome what may once have seemed impossible to overcome. Let's celebrate their triumphs!
I was always an anxious person. From the time I was very little I always worried about everything, in ways that nobody could ever understand. I would cry over things that people would think you would never cry over. My anxiety always was a...
There were changes in body after post- pregnancy. My body was not moving, and I had a lot of pain in my bones. My husband consulted so many doctors but there was no improvement. Doctors told that it will be throughout the life…my problem...
As we reflect on how to commence this article and share reflections and musings on the COVID-19 situation and its impact on the reproductive health and rights of women and girls in Kenya, a particular statement sticks out – leaving no one...
Telling my story might help me heal and maybe help someone else in the process. We read other people’s stories all the time. This is just mine. I don’t like to tell my story because I don’t want it to be the Susanne show. I’d...
Trigger warning: Before reading this story, please be aware that it includes a description of childhood rape and assault. For years, it felt easier to just rewrite the story. Hmm, ok it was a dream. Nope it didn’t happen. Maybe it was...
When they asked me, who is the strongest person I know? I replied, it’s me…i am the strongest person I know, I have been through things no one knows and I still laugh and be happy… I am a woman who was told by my own husband...
I personally struggle with bipolar depression and severe anxiety. I was diagnosed about 3 years ago. I was 13. I was in and out of behavioral health facilities for 2 years. I have been a year clean from self harm and hospitals and all that. I...
Hey there. Today I’m going to be writing once and for all. People think it’s a healthy outlet for emotions. At least now, that I can’t talk to anyone, it’s the only thing keeping me sane. A story, all 14 years of my life...
Trigger warning: Before reading this post, please be aware that it contains descriptions of childhood sexual assault and sexual abuse. Just sitting at home playing with my dolls as a ten-year-old would… at the time my grandma and grandpa...