Zealda Liyana
Salam and Hello! I am Zealda Liyana, an anxiety disorder warrior with OCD (thoughts). Currently I am a caretaker of a special need daughter and a housewife. I was diagnosed since 2012 but I believed to have the symptoms since I was small but was under diagnosed due to lack of awareness on mental health back then.Previously, my triggering factor was stress from the workplace and I was advised to resign from my job and find a job that is more flexible for mental health patient like me. I ventured into business and thrived and decided to stop my medication and seeing the psychiatrist because I thought I was doing well. Little that I know, when my special need daughter born, I faced big challenges in life hence it triggered my anxiety and relpased. This time around a ‘hidden’ illness was discovered too which was the OCD on thoughts. I always had negative thoughts bothering me especially when I was doing my solat and sometimes I confused whether it was me or something else in my mind.Sometimes, I had low self esteem due to my unemployment status and always hesitate to apply for a new job but I am grateful Sapot gave me chance to have a career in peer support.I experienced a roller coaster journey in my recovery route but it was a precious one if I could use that to help others in facing similar journey in life. Let’s ‘meet’ and talk! I am looking forward for our sessions.