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Hufsa Ahmad

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Mental Health Advocate, Speaker, Comedian

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Hufsa Ahmad Ted Talk

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This program is perfect for:

  • ​College students
  • Mental health professionals
  • People with mental illness and their families/friends

The audience will leave with:

  • ​Knowledge of the signs of mental illness, mental health resources, self-care strategies
  • Increased hope and empowerment

​Hufsa details the trials of being a college student while experiencing mental health challenges and how she transformed from being a victim of her illness to a champion of recovery. This powerful presentation is followed by a Q&A session.

This program is perfect for:

  • ​Mental health professionals
  • Individuals in recovery from mental illness/addiction
  • Anyone who interacts with people with mental illness/addiction

The audience will leave with:

  • ​Better understanding of mental illness
  • More positive views of people with mental illness
  • Knowledge of how to combat stigma and self-stigma

​Stigma is the shame and discrimination associated with mental illness. This workshop includes information on the Recovery Model, Recovery Language, and Hufsa’s powerful story of overcoming self-stigma to view mental illness not as a deficit, but as a strength.

This program is perfect for:

  • ​Individuals with mental health conditions
  • Friends and family members of individuals with mental health conditions
  • Anyone who is not sure how to have a conversation about mental health

The audience will leave with:

  • Audience members will learn how to self-disclose and how to respond when someone is self-disclosing
  • Audience members will learn the process for deciding whether to self-disclose

​My second TEDx talk was on this topic and I have given this program about 10 times. (TEDx talk is under review by TED and will be posted on Youtube soon.)

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