Malala Yousafzai

We can see more girls in schools by supporting them.

Yeah.

So yeah, I got therapy seven years after the Taliban attack.

And in my first therapy session, I told my therapist all of the challenges that I was going through, including the flashbacks of the Taliban attack and many, many panic attacks for months.

And then I told the therapist, here's all my problems.

Now give me the medication.

I was of this view that it's always medication and surgeries that are supposed to treat you and help you recover.

I even remember that I was offered therapy as part of my initial treatment to recover from the Taliban injury, but I refused to get it because I thought that I'm supposed to be called brave and courageous, and asking for help makes me feel weak.

I thought I had to live up to this definition.

But then I realized that actually true bravery is still doing what you believe in, even when you are scared.

Yeah, absolutely.

I felt that this was this, you know, unfinished part of my recovery.

And I got therapy many, many years later, but I'm so grateful that I received that support.

Yes.

You know, I always aim high.

I know, absolutely.

Because when I was a kid, I decided that I would never get married.

Because I saw many girls lose their education and their dreams because they were forced into marriages.

And as I got older, I realized that women oftentimes have to make more compromises.

And I said, like, just stay away from marriage.