{"id":26824,"date":"2023-01-24T07:00:06","date_gmt":"2023-01-24T01:30:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/?post_type=story&#038;p=26824"},"modified":"2023-01-23T18:10:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T12:40:09","slug":"how-manvi-tiwari-turned-adversity-of-mental-ailment-into-a-purpose","status":"publish","type":"story","link":"https:\/\/old.globalindian.com\/youth\/story\/cover-story\/how-manvi-tiwari-turned-adversity-of-mental-ailment-into-a-purpose\/","title":{"rendered":"Manvi Tiwari: Turning lived experiences of OCD and anxiety into survival strategies for people with mental health issues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\"><strong>(January 24, 2023) <\/strong>\u201cOne in seven people worldwide deal with a mental health issue. I am one of them,\u201d remarks Manvi Tiwari. Turning her adversity into advantage, the nineteen-year-old youngster has built her identity as a well-known mental health activist. She was one of the youngest speakers at 2022\u2019s World Health Summit held in Berlin, Germany in October.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She began writing &#8211; describing her own experiences with mental health, which she sent out to online media platforms. That grew, leading to full-fledged activism and global collaborations for the teenager.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26828\" style=\"width: 614px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26828\" class=\"wp-image-26828 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/card_manvi.jpeg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manvi Tiwari | Global Indian \" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 604px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 604\/805;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26828\" class=\"wp-image-26828\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/card_manvi.jpeg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manvi Tiwari | Global Indian \" width=\"604\" height=\"805\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-26828\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manvi Tiwari<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">One significant association includes the Global Mental Health Peer Network (GMHPN). Based out of Johannesburg, South Africa GMHPN reaches out to people in 30 countries with the agenda to create a network of experts with lived experiences to be on board of initiatives to combat the global challenge. Manvi has been the country executive of India for GMHPN.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cI am associated with a lot of projects on mental health and coincidentally most are based in Europe,\u201d says the Kanpur girl, who has been pursuing her Bachelor\u2019s degree in Mumbai over the last two years.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global associations\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manvi is associated with Women in Global Health (WGH),<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> a women-led movement challenging power and privilege for gender equity in global health.<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> Another association has been working as a lived experience expert for MQ Mental Health Research,\u202fan organisation working to identify world-wide longitudinal datasets that can be best used to advance the understanding of how brain, body and environment interact in the trajectory of anxiety, depression and psychosis.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The teen is also part of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> a collaborative initiative of<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\"> London-based The McPin Foundation\u202fand British magazine, Economist Impact for a project titled the \u2018Common Metrics in Mental Health (CMMH) Programme\u2019. \u201cI\u2019m on the advisory board for this much needed project,\u201d she tells <a href=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Global Indian<\/em><\/a>. <\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26829\" style=\"width: 983px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26829\" class=\"wp-image-26829 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Manvi-tiwari.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manvi Tiwari | Global Indian\" width=\"973\" height=\"688\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 973px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 973\/688;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26829\" class=\"wp-image-26829\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Manvi-tiwari.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manvi Tiwari | Global Indian\" width=\"973\" height=\"688\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-26829\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manvi Tiwari with delegates at World Health Summit in Berlin<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">World Health Summit in Berlin\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">As representative of Global Mental Health Peer Network, Manvi got the opportunity to represent the organisation and be a speaker at World Health Summit, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">co-organised by WHO and GMHPN. High profile participants from across the globe, including presidents and prime ministers of several countries were part of the summit. \u201cI remember seeing the presidents of France and Germany at the breakfast table,\u201d recalls Manvi. There were other dignitaries like<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> Dr Mansukh Mandavia, minister of health and family welfare, Dr Amar Patnaik, member of Parliament in Rajya Sabha, and UNICEF representatives from several countries.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">It was a \u2018surreal experience\u2019 for the teen, being a member of the panel that included representatives from the health ministry of Egypt and director of non-communicable diseases and mental health, WHO. This was also her first foreign exposure, as well as her maiden attempt at speaking on such a large platform.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She was nervous at the start but soon found her feet. \u201cTo my surprise, many people whom I met at the World Health Summit knew me already.\u201d One such person was Dr Shubha Nagesh, heading the South Asia region of Women in Global Health. \u201cShe just walked up to me and said, \u2018you are Manvi Tiwari, right, I have been looking for your number for quite some time\u2019,\u201d recalls Manvi. Having admired Dr Shubha Nagesh, Manvi was pleasantly surprised to learn that Dr Nagesh was following her work too. Today, Manvi is part of Dr Shubha\u2019s project \u2013 Women in Global Health.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26833\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26833\" class=\"wp-image-26833 size-full lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_3059-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manvi Tiwari | Global Indian\" width=\"900\" height=\"738\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 900px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 900\/738;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26833\" class=\"wp-image-26833 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/IMG_3059-1.jpeg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manvi Tiwari | Global Indian\" width=\"900\" height=\"738\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-26833\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manvi Tiwari with panel members of her session on mental health at World Health Summit, Berlin<\/p><\/div>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Manvi\u2019s lived experiences<\/span><\/b><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI am a lived experience expert. It means an expert who has experienced mental health issues,\u201d tells Manvi. She wasn\u2019t even a teenager yet when she first began dealing with mental illnesses like obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD), and depression. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI was 11 or 12 when my mother was diagnosed with OCD and depression. Right now, there is lots of awareness about mental health but that time it was close to zero. I remember how I used to search for keywords on the internet to find a solution to my mother\u2019s problems, but was led to concepts like superstition to describe her situation.\u201d It took time for Manvi and her family in Kanpur to realise that the condition that her mother has been suffering from was a mental health issue and that there are specialised doctors to treat her condition.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cEven today there is a very niche audience comprising youngsters, well-to do people, or those staying in metro cities who are aware of what mental health means. Outside of these segments, most people remain unaware, like we were eight years ago in Kanpur,\u201d she remarks.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With psychiatric interventions, Manvi\u2019s mother\u2019s condition gradually started to improve and has shown drastic progress since. Her mother, Manvi says, showed great determination, handling her job as the principal in a government school, taking care of a family of four and working with psychiatrists at the same time to lift herself out of her mental health situation.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">This talk was my moment of \u201cwhy should people listen to me amidst people with doctorates and decades of experience\u201d. And the answer was for my lived and living experience. It\u2019s important we democratise the mental health and development space. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8lx5aZ45eH\">https:\/\/t.co\/8lx5aZ45eH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Manvi Tiwari (@Manvi_Tiwari_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Manvi_Tiwari_\/status\/1585967392202821633?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 28, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Manvi had a great role to play in her mother\u2019s successful journey. She often found herself talking and behaving like a therapist around her parent. However, as her mother began showing signs of improvement, Manvi began to develop OCD and anxiety herself. \u201cI did not share it for long with others except my family,\u201d she says. Her teachers noticed a change in her behaviour and asked her what had happened. She was reluctant to talk but as they persisted, she began to open up.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cI still have OCD moments; I still get anxiety. I still seek help from professionals but I am more or less cured,\u201d says the activist, who has been using her personal experiences to help others transform their lives. \u201cMy source of strength is certainly my mother,\u201d she smiles.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cEven now just because I speak regularly about it, it\u2019s still hard to speak about my experiences, but a person gradually adapts to the condition. And there are forces that compel me to speak for benefit of others,\u201d she tells.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Speaking out is important<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Manvi had written the first-person account of her entire journey of helping her mom deal with her OCD and depression, experiencing it herself and rising above it. The purpose was to help de-stigmatise mental health ailments and make people understand that they should not be ashamed of it.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u201cIf first person accounts of mental health struggles had been available to me when I was 12-years-old, I would have had more clarity and been less scared,\u201d she says. \u201cThe lack of voices of lived experiences compelled me to write down my thoughts,\u201d she adds.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_26839\" style=\"width: 587px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26839\" class=\"wp-image-26839 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Capture-2.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manvi Tiwari | Global Indian \" width=\"577\" height=\"688\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 577px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 577\/688;\" \/><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26839\" class=\"wp-image-26839\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalindian.com\/youth\/\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/Capture-2.jpg\" alt=\"Indian youth | Manvi Tiwari | Global Indian \" width=\"577\" height=\"688\" \/><\/noscript><p id=\"caption-attachment-26839\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Manvi Tiwari speaking at World Health Summit, Berlin<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Manvi wanted people with mental health issues to know that many others are going through the same condition and it is absolutely possible to come out of the situation with help from experts.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">When the teenager started writing, she had approached several digital media platforms to publish her work and is grateful to organisations like Livewire and iViva who published her thoughts. \u201cWhen positive feedback started pouring in with people thanking me for sharing my story, my fear of how people would react slowly vanished. Sharing became quite empowering,\u201d tells Manvi.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The course of life<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">While Manvi was sending her first-person account to different media platforms, she sent it to the <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Global Mental Health Peer Network as well, mistaking it for a media house. However, this error proved to be a boon, changing the course of her life. \u201cThe non-profit organisation, which works with people with lived experiences, approached her and made her the country executive of India. Thus began her journey of global collaborations.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The multimedia and mass communication student wishes to pursue a career which is at the intersection of her degree in media studies and passion for mental health. Writing a book on her lived experiences is also one of her future goals.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233117&quot;:true,&quot;134233118&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Follow Manvi Tiwari on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/manvi_tiwari_?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Twitter<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/manvi-tiwari\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">LinkedIn<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(January 24, 2023) \u201cOne in seven people worldwide deal with a mental health issue. I am one of them,\u201d remarks Manvi Tiwari. Turning her adversity into advantage, the nineteen-year-old youngster has built her identity as a well-known mental health activist. She was one of the youngest speakers at 2022\u2019s World Health Summit held in Berlin, Germany in October.\u00a0\u00a0 She began writing &#8211; describing her own experiences with mental health, which she sent out to online media platforms. That grew, leading to full-fledged activism and global collaborations for the teenager.\u00a0 One significant association includes the Global Mental Health Peer Network (GMHPN). 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