Shahril Zainal on Clubhouse

Bio

I’m just an ordinary guy, nobody special. As someone with lived experience of mental illness (clinically diagnosed with MDD & GAD, potentially PTSD), I’m passionate about my role and effort on spreading mental health awareness, suicide prevention and speaking up against stigma related to mental health.

I have been placed on medication, attend one-on-one counseling with my therapist, one-on-one with my psychiatrist and also group therapy. All of which I have grown to love and don’t think I can make it without.

Also, it’s about reaching out to others even though my issues still confront me each morning and haunt me each night. I can stretch out one hand to someone that has not reached the level of recovery I have and with the other hand, grab the hand of one who is in a more advanced stage of recovery so they can pull me up to where they are until we all reach the top together.