Sonja van Breda

Background

About Sonja van Breda

I am a Public Speaker for mental health and my message is to make talking about trauma a part of everyday conversation in order to normalise it, because we really bloody need it. I grew up with a family who tried to silence me, who tried to make me believe the abuse was all my fault. They manipulated everybody else around us but me and they were never able to silence me. Currently writing my first book 'Funny Mental Life' about my recovery from bipolar and PTSD using humour to change stigma. I took on my recovery on my own, without prescriptions nor professionals. I took on my recovery as a full time job, as my passion, my life. I began with anxiety, then depression (she's an S.O.B) I've kept a little bit of manic for creativity, then finally kicked out PTSD and I’m great in emergencies.