What do you do when you feel being hopeless? What goes into your mind in those moments of helplessness? What happens to you when you feel there is no help out there? What do you do? You may feel that you have no options in front of you, still you try to seek help. You…
Month: May 2011
Honour Killing Or Zero Tolerance For Female Body
Honour killing is about violence against females, a serious and complex social-mental health problem when there is zero tolerance for female bodies. It does not matter where this act of crime takes place; it is still a problem of the world and it needs the world’s attention. Once in a while we hear this disturbing…
A Brave Generation
A New Generation of Our Iranian Youth Most Diverse and Most in Need For Support We tend to forget that our young generation has become what we have never seen in our previous ones. A vast majority of our young generation who is 30 years of age or under are extremely smart, intellectual, peaceful, and…
Democracy An Integral Part of Our Mental Health
Our basic human rights are defined as the right to live, to grow, and to develop. Besides food and shelter we have the right to feel safe and secure. Our psychological health is the main part of our basic rights as a human beings. However this definition does not match our reality, our Iranian reality.…
Endless Possibilities For a New Immigrant
Over two decades ago, as a newcomer in Sweden, I was trying to register for a Swedish language class. I could appreciate how learning the native language would give me the key for many things. In order to start somewhere, I had to attend a neighborhood community college that was suggested to me. In the…