“I was staring at emptiness, doing nothing for days”
Sofia / Depression
Sofia / Depression
Sofia, now 26, had a childhood marked by verbal and physical abuse from her family environment. At the age of 11 she was diagnosed with depression but her life took a new turn when, at 15, she met a dance teacher who helped her discover her worth and inner strength. She finished school with good grades, worked summers to finance her education and graduated as a midwife. However, after college, she hit a rough patch, struggling with bipolar disorder and depression, which led her to seek help at a psychiatric clinic. Today, after years of perseverance, he is healthy, medication-free, living independently and surrounded by a supportive circle of good friends.
Latest Interviews
“I was staring at emptiness, doing nothing for days”elisseos2025-01-22T09:46:12+00:00
“I was staring at emptiness, doing nothing for days”
“I dug a hole and buried my mother”elisseos2025-01-22T09:42:14+00:00
“I dug a hole and buried my mother”
“If I could ever see again I would like to look in to my husband’s eyes”elisseos2025-01-22T09:33:13+00:00
“If I could ever see again I would like to look in to my husband’s eyes”
“I saw hell with Benzo withdrawal”elisseos2024-10-01T08:42:23+00:00
“I saw hell with Benzo withdrawal”
“It’s like a dark forest, many go in but few come out”elisseos2024-10-01T08:29:05+00:00
“It’s like a dark forest, many go in but few come out”
“I was trapped by a snipper in Iraq”elisseos2024-07-13T08:21:17+00:00
“I was trapped by a snipper in Iraq”
“I feel happy when people applaud me”elisseos2024-07-12T23:53:12+00:00
“I feel happy when people applaud me”
“I have depersonalization and derealization attacks”elisseos2024-05-26T09:39:36+00:00
“I have depersonalization and derealization attacks”
“It is a former bad aspect of myself that does not represent me”elisseos2024-05-16T22:31:32+00:00
“It is a former bad aspect of myself that does not represent me”
“Simplify life, dont expect anything, live for today”elisseos2024-04-25T13:23:35+00:00
“Simplify life, dont expect anything, live for today”
“I have been to swingers party with 2500 people”elisseos2024-03-22T17:18:29+00:00
“I have been to swingers party with 2500 people”
“Disability is not synonymous to weakness and incapacity”elisseos2024-02-27T21:56:45+00:00
“Disability is not synonymous to weakness and incapacity”
“Plus size models do not promote obesity”elisseos2024-02-14T18:10:01+00:00
“Plus size models do not promote obesity”
“I am not trans Nancy, I am Nancy the model, I am Nancy the sexworker”elisseos2024-01-24T00:50:27+00:00
“I am not trans Nancy, I am Nancy the model, I am Nancy the sexworker”
“I couldn’t tell what was sane or not”elisseos2024-01-16T00:49:41+00:00
“I couldn’t tell what was sane or not”
” Our only hope was in the blue sky above, in God”elisseos2024-01-03T20:39:30+00:00
” Our only hope was in the blue sky above, in God”
“I was attacked and got pregnant”elisseos2023-12-26T11:53:22+00:00
“I was attacked and got pregnant”
“Doctors shouldn’t decide about our gender”elisseos2023-12-26T11:50:36+00:00
“Doctors shouldn’t decide about our gender”
“Since I was six I remember only violence”elisseos2023-12-16T02:14:09+00:00
“Since I was six I remember only violence”
“We were strangers at times for her in the house”elisseos2023-12-16T02:11:26+00:00
“We were strangers at times for her in the house”
” I was seeking love by hurting myself”elisseos2023-12-16T02:06:36+00:00
” I was seeking love by hurting myself”
“Now I feel free to do whatever I want”elisseos2023-10-22T16:20:27+00:00
“Now I feel free to do whatever I want”
” The word lesbian is an empowering term”elisseos2023-09-19T06:32:41+00:00
” The word lesbian is an empowering term”
“I can do everything just like you if society helps”elisseos2023-08-03T21:56:59+00:00
“I can do everything just like you if society helps”
” I didn’t wake up one morning and said I will kill a man”elisseos2023-07-17T09:56:43+00:00
” I didn’t wake up one morning and said I will kill a man”
“Being tough is about becoming something in your life”elisseos2023-07-11T22:05:11+00:00
“Being tough is about becoming something in your life”
“The worst day in treatment equals the best day in the problem”elisseos2023-07-01T16:43:41+00:00
“The worst day in treatment equals the best day in the problem”
“Fight for your rights in anyway you want”elisseos2023-06-21T05:47:14+00:00
“Fight for your rights in anyway you want”
“I feel like a man and I want you to respect that”elisseos2023-06-11T14:34:27+00:00
“I feel like a man and I want you to respect that”
“Many of the people that come to us, are perverts”elisseos2023-05-07T10:35:52+00:00
“Many of the people that come to us, are perverts”
“My sweet heroin, wherever you come from, you come for me”elisseos2023-04-24T22:16:53+00:00
“My sweet heroin, wherever you come from, you come for me”
“If you fight for your ego even if you win, you have lost”elisseos2023-02-26T15:01:30+00:00
“If you fight for your ego even if you win, you have lost”
“You can become whatever you want”elisseos2023-02-19T12:58:43+00:00
“You can become whatever you want”
“I was a virgin and I was dreaming about threesomes”elisseos2023-01-29T02:29:25+00:00
“I was a virgin and I was dreaming about threesomes”
“Some people keep their children in darkness”elisseos2023-01-13T13:18:48+00:00
“Some people keep their children in darkness”
“I saw a stiff body that blossomed like a flower”elisseos2023-01-13T13:28:30+00:00
“I saw a stiff body that blossomed like a flower”
“Someone asked me to impersonate the Prime Minister”elisseos2023-01-13T13:28:54+00:00
“Someone asked me to impersonate the Prime Minister”
“Doing this job doesn’t mean I can’t be trusted”elisseos2023-01-13T13:29:11+00:00
“Doing this job doesn’t mean I can’t be trusted”
“A person who lives with HIV is not a threat to us”elisseos2023-01-13T13:29:25+00:00
“A person who lives with HIV is not a threat to us”
“I thought a lot of times to take my own life”elisseos2023-01-13T13:29:33+00:00
“I thought a lot of times to take my own life”
“I woke up after 55 days in the ICU about 45 kilos less”elisseos2023-01-13T13:29:47+00:00
“I woke up after 55 days in the ICU about 45 kilos less”
“I like to put my ropes around people”elisseos2023-01-13T13:30:02+00:00
“I like to put my ropes around people”
“I like to see the other one in pain”elisseos2023-01-13T13:30:12+00:00
“I like to see the other one in pain”
“What we saw was bodies but people were strong”elisseos2023-01-13T13:30:19+00:00
“What we saw was bodies but people were strong”
“What matters is the heart and brain, not how you look”elisseos2023-01-13T13:30:28+00:00
“What matters is the heart and brain, not how you look”
“I wish people treat us with respect and understanding”elisseos2023-01-13T13:31:20+00:00
