Unspoken Words | Aisha Islah Kabir | TEDxNTIC Abuja Youth

I used to think silence was safer. When things felt heavy inside me, I keep it to myself. I would lie in bed at night staring at the ceiling, wishing I could just say what was wrong.But I couldn't. I was scared of being misunderstood, scared of sounding dramatic, scared of being too much. So, I stayed quiet.Sometimes I'd be in class or swim at friends and I just zone out, lost in my own head. In those moments, I imagine myself finally saying everything out loud. How tired I felt, how heavy my chest was, how ...