Why We Must Lead Mental Health Conversations from the Inside Out
In every movement, there’s a moment when the story changes. When awareness gives way to architecture. When silence is no longer survivable. For Black and minority ethnic women, that moment is now and it’s not just personal, it’s neurological.
Let’s begin with a fact from neuroscience. Trauma doesn’t just happen to us it rewires us.
The amygdala, the brain’s fear centre, goes into overdrive. The prefrontal cortex, responsible for decision-making, begins to dim. Memory becomes fragmented. Logic short-circuits.
This is not a metaphor. This is what happens when you’ve endured narcissistic abuse, survived financial control or lived in systems that gaslight your very existence at home, online or in the workplace.
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