Milana Prakash takes her social media page very seriously. It’s here that she posts vignettes about the happy parts of her life—getting into IIM Ahmedabad, date nights with her boyfriend, and meeting a best friend after four years. But, she also doesn’t hold herself back from talking about fighting the voices in her head, the feeling of not wanting to exist: “sometimes [it] gets too loud. Too frightening. And life doesn’t seem like it’s worth living.”

The 24-year-old was diagnosed with bipolar disorder (BPAD), attention deficit disorder and obsessive-compulsive disorder three-and-a-half years ago. “The first six months [after the diagnosis] were strange…,” she tells us. Reading journalist Sandhya Menon’s posts about her struggle with BPAD, made her feel less alone. “You know when you get a diagnosis, you start feeling whether it’s the end… in terms of vitality and productivity. Sandhya inspired me, because she is successful despite everything.”