Years after leaving her hometown of Santo Domingo to study art and design in the United States, Indhira Rojas was diagnosed with complex PTSD and generalized anxiety disorder. The California-based Dominican’s mental illnesses are rooted in a childhood marked by traumatic abuse.
Rojas is not alone. Nearly half of American adults develop a mental illness in their lifetime; depression affects approximately 350 million people worldwide. The struggle to be well, however, is still a shameful secret so many lock away. Anxy, a print magazine helmed by Rojas herself, aims to turn the mental health conversation on its head by smashing its every stigma through storytelling.
[For more of this story, written by Marjua Estevez, go to http://www.vibe.com/2016/10/an...al-illness-magazine/]
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