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Nighat Mahmood


Before her arranged marriage, Nighat was a confident and feisty woman. After years of abuse, she left her husband, not realising she was exchanging her battle with her husband for one with her culture and community. Eventually she began to believe she really was a bad person and illness and depression followed. Attending her first Patient Voices workshop gave Nighat the courage to seek help and her confidence is finally beginning to return.

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