Yin Yan

With so much stigma attached to the topic of mental health, 18-year-old Yin Yan shares her reflections as a young person who never felt safe to seek help growing up. Now, having graduated from secondary school, she recognises the changing complexities of a changing Asian society, how subtle changes in the school environment, as well as self-awareness, can help the mental conversation be more widely accepted.

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