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Silakbo.ph offers mental health fighters a venue for catharsis and self-expression

Interview by Danielle Austria

The youth has been at the forefront of the mental health movement as of late. As an art and mental health group-slash-publication by the Filipino youth, there is so much more work to be done. Also, aside from an avenue to lessen stigma, Silakbo sometimes becomes a platform to speak out against mental health-related injustices, such as the way that drug abuse is being demonized here.

As horrible as it is to invalidate and demonize mental illness, I think it’s also unhealthy to coddle people who go through mental illness. I recently attended a talk about mental health in the workplace, and the speaker echoed this belief by saying that mental health issues should be treated just like any other physical illness, with accommodations but without special treatment.

Read more about Silakbo PH on our Unbroken issue.