“Meaningful connections are crucial to our wellbeing, but what is life like without friends? As someone with obsessive-compulsive disorder, I will discuss the struggles of forming and maintaining friendships, and how I’m working to be brave.”
In this TEDx talk, Courtney Ryman talks about her experiences with loneliness, and an underlying struggle with mental illness. She works actively to destigmatize mental illness and speaks about the value of human connection. Strength can be found even in times of weakness and Ryman hopes to inspire people to find the bravery to reach out for help.
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me have many friends. but i don’t have any friends. i were loyal to them. but they don’t. i treat them like my family members. but don’t see me like that. i want them. but they don’t want me. i have many feelings to say. but don’t hear to me. i feel strong , brave , fearless when my friends with me. but i don’t feel like that because i don’t have friends. i have only three loyal friends – God , my parents and anime.