Driving mental health awareness across India
Mental health advocate Seher Hashmi is traveling across India on a motorcycle to raise awareness and reduce the stigma surrounding mental illness. Her campaign, 'Beyond the Horizon,' shares her personal journey of surviving clinical depression and Borderline Personality Disorder.
Why it matters
Personal advocacy campaigns are increasingly vital in India for challenging cultural stigmas and encouraging youth to seek professional mental health support.
When Seher Hashmi speaks about mental health, her words do not stem from textbook theories or clinical observations. They carry the raw truth of a survivor. Having battled severe clinical depression and Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), and having survived multiple suicide attempts and self-harm, Seher knows the darkest corners of anguish. Today, she is converting her trauma into a movement, traversing thousands of kilometres across India on her Royal Enfield motorcycle to shatter the silence surrounding mental illness.
Her ongoing nationwide campaign, titled ‘Beyond the Horizon – A Ride for Resilience,’ has reached Keralam after completing its north Indian leg. Together with a group of fellow riders, Seher is engaging with youth to transform societal attitudes towards mental health.
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