My Story: My Suicidal Mother Sent Me To Buy Rat Poison
Joyce Wanjiru, 31, is a mental health advocate and
the CEO of Impart A Generation. She became an advocate for children’s mental wellbeing after struggling with anxiety occasioned by domestic violence.
Wanjiru shared her experience with nation.africa and here’s her story:
“As a child, I suffered mentally as I witnessed my parents fight. That’s why today, I am a mental health advocate.
My struggle with anxiety began when I joined a boarding high school. I kept worrying that my mum would poison herself and my brothers too. So severe were anxiety attacks that I would struggle to breathe. I did not know who to talk to about my struggle. I just did the one thing I knew; pray.