Life After… depression: Turning to theater to spotlight mental health
SINGAPORE – After turning 16, Ms Priscilla Khong wanted to end it all. “I grew up in a good family. My father’s a pastor. My mother is a doctor. I would say I did not have any wants or needs,” said the 45-year-old. Her father is well-known pastor Lawrence Khong, who is also a social entrepreneur and professional illusionist, and her mother, Nina, was a general practitioner. Yet Ms Khong, executive director of Gateway Arts, a not-for-profit organisation that focuses on theatre addressing the emotional and psychological needs of young people, said her teenage self “did not really find any reason to live”. “I […]…
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