Malala Yousafzai
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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.
Because she said, I should give it a try.