Mental Health Awareness Day

I had completely lost myself a year ago.

It’s been a year since I began to heal and pulled myself out of the bullying, violence, and toxicity.

I vividly remember how they all were working on me, and my mind wouldn’t stop racing—not even for a minute. There was constant bullying, gaslighting, and violence. The job losses had made things worse.

When I came out of that hellhole and reconciled with my husband, my confidence was in pieces, my mental health was at its worst, and I had developed anaemia. There was no one else there for me — only my husband.

I moved from the hostel to my father’s place because I needed complete rest, and my husband took care of me in every way. He was there day after day, looking after me. Through his unwavering presence, I began to heal and rebuild myself.

My father, his wife and my stepsisters also helped us in so many ways, and we will always be thankful.

I still carry a lot of trauma, and healing has been slow, but it is happening — I am getting better.

I’ve completely removed the violent, negative, and toxic people from my life who tried to create doubts and spread false information to mess me and my husband.

Through everything, my husband has been the only one who stood by me, and he still does — day after day — while they only try to mislead.

Every day, I am thankful to God for my husband, our children, and for giving me a second chance at life. I know that if I had stayed in that apartment, I wouldn’t have survived.

My husband and the Canadian people welcomed me with open arms and provided trauma-informed care, for which I will always be thankful.

On Mental Health Awareness Day, I would say that we need to understand each other more, be there for each other more, and love each other more — because we are together, always.

(Mental Health Day is October 10th)