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“AFTER I WAS diagnosed, I felt insecure, and I worried about what people would think of me; my employees, my colleagues, my investors… I had all these doubts and lack of self-worth. But then I got tired of fearing that people would find out, so I decided to tell everyone. That was when I posted on social media.”
Timothy Tiah came out about his struggles with mental health three months after he was diagnosed with mixed anxiety depressive disorder. Like many others, Tim had been keeping his depression under wraps because he was worried that the stigma could negatively affect his successful career as a co-founder of Colony and Jerry, co-working spaces in Malaysia.
