Malala Yousafzai

I was shaking.

I was shaking every minute.

I could not look at

harmful objects.

I could not look at a knife.

I could not watch news that said anything about murdering people or somebody being killed or shot or wounded.

I just felt so disappointed with myself that somebody who actually faced a Taliban gunman was somehow now scared of

these small things.

It was all trivial stuff that it made no sense to me.

And I thought that I had lost my courage, that I was not brave enough.

The titles I had received my whole life, and I thought I had to live up to them.

I felt like an imposter.

And then one of my friends suggested that I see a therapist.

She said that a lot of students actually get therapy in college, that she herself is seeing a therapist.

And I was a bit skeptical.

I also thought a therapist would not understand what I'm going through.

But she said, I should give it a try.

Yeah.

Yes.

You know, growing up in Pakistan, we had not heard about therapy and mental health that now we are hearing where it's been accepted as a normal conversation.