Talking about other peoples' issues forces you to examine your own pain and grief. Credit: Living Well Dementia.
Growing up in a Muslim and South Asian household, the notion of shame was drilled into me at an early age. In Urdu there is a term for being without shame, it is “besharam”. For a Muslim woman, not many insults could be more damning.
Societal shame plays the same role in silencing women of colour. Often, we can't speak about the depression or the anxiety we may be feeling: our silence is valued above our lived experiences. People of colour, particularly women, must always be strong.
